{"id":6433,"date":"2024-10-22T08:43:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/?p=6433"},"modified":"2024-10-22T08:59:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:59:24","slug":"a-different-kind-of-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"A Different Kind of Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

“A surging number of U.S. farms are giving people with developmental disabilities self-confidence, community, and connection.<\/em><\/strong>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Guthrie, a 32-year-old Albuquerque resident with intellectual and developmental disabilities, started working at\u00a0Mandy\u2019s Farm<\/a>, he was quiet and lacking in confidence. Over the next few months, he learned how to cultivate soil, grow crops such as tomatoes and sweet potatoes, and he also helped reskin a hoop house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full article here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Photos courtesy of A Farm Less Ordinary and Vertical Harvest
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

About the author<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

David Silverberg is a freelance journalist in Toronto who writes for BBC News, Agriculture Dive, The Toronto Star, MIT Technology Review, and many more. He is also a writing coach helping freelance journalists\u00a0level up their career. Find him at\u00a0DavidSilverberg.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“A surging number of U.S. farms are giving people with developmental disabilities self-confidence, community, and connection.“ When Guthrie, a 32-year-old Albuquerque resident with intellectual and developmental disabilities, started working at\u00a0Mandy\u2019s Farm, he was quiet and lacking in confidence. Over the next few months, he learned how to cultivate soil, grow crops such as tomatoes and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[205,206,207,22],"class_list":["post-6433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-care-farms-in-the-news","tag-a-farm-less-ordinary","tag-mandys-farm","tag-vertical-harvest","tag-what-is-care-farming"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Different Kind of Farm - Care Farming Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Different Kind of Farm - Care Farming Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"“A surging number of U.S. farms are giving people with developmental disabilities self-confidence, community, and connection.“ When Guthrie, a 32-year-old Albuquerque resident with intellectual and developmental disabilities, started working at\u00a0Mandy\u2019s Farm, he was quiet and lacking in confidence. Over the next few months, he learned how to cultivate soil, grow crops such as tomatoes and […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Care Farming Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carefarmingnetwork\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-22T12:43:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-22T12:59:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-Farm-Less-Ordinary.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"907\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"668\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kate Mudge\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kate Mudge\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kate Mudge\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4e9247b5d5a040897884c0c7b0b3647f\"},\"headline\":\"A Different Kind of Farm\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-22T12:43:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-22T12:59:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/\"},\"wordCount\":133,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-Farm-Less-Ordinary.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"A Farm Less Ordinary\",\"Mandy's Farm\",\"Vertical Harvest\",\"What Is Care Farming?\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Care Farms In The News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/\",\"name\":\"A Different Kind of Farm - Care Farming Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-Farm-Less-Ordinary.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-22T12:43:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-22T12:59:24+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-Farm-Less-Ordinary.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-Farm-Less-Ordinary.jpg\",\"width\":907,\"height\":668,\"caption\":\"Photo Credit: A Farm Less Ordinary\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Different Kind of Farm\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/\",\"name\":\"Care Farming Network\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Care Farming Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/logo-large@2x.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/logo-large@2x.png\",\"width\":315,\"height\":324,\"caption\":\"Care Farming Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carefarmingnetwork\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carefarmingnetwork\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4e9247b5d5a040897884c0c7b0b3647f\",\"name\":\"Kate Mudge\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0cb7b65194e59613c2a558ab7757bbc2723dfb500f314e92bf5452538ed6f268?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0cb7b65194e59613c2a558ab7757bbc2723dfb500f314e92bf5452538ed6f268?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kate Mudge\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/author\/kate\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Different Kind of Farm - Care Farming Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Different Kind of Farm - Care Farming Network","og_description":"“A surging number of U.S. farms are giving people with developmental disabilities self-confidence, community, and connection.“ When Guthrie, a 32-year-old Albuquerque resident with intellectual and developmental disabilities, started working at\u00a0Mandy\u2019s Farm, he was quiet and lacking in confidence. Over the next few months, he learned how to cultivate soil, grow crops such as tomatoes and […]","og_url":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/","og_site_name":"Care Farming Network","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carefarmingnetwork","article_published_time":"2024-10-22T12:43:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-22T12:59:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":907,"height":668,"url":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-Farm-Less-Ordinary.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kate Mudge","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kate Mudge","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/"},"author":{"name":"Kate Mudge","@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4e9247b5d5a040897884c0c7b0b3647f"},"headline":"A Different Kind of Farm","datePublished":"2024-10-22T12:43:08+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-22T12:59:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/"},"wordCount":133,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-Farm-Less-Ordinary.jpg","keywords":["A Farm Less Ordinary","Mandy's Farm","Vertical Harvest","What Is Care Farming?"],"articleSection":["Care Farms In The News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/","url":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/","name":"A Different Kind of Farm - Care Farming Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-Farm-Less-Ordinary.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-22T12:43:08+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-22T12:59:24+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-Farm-Less-Ordinary.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-Farm-Less-Ordinary.jpg","width":907,"height":668,"caption":"Photo Credit: A Farm Less Ordinary"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/a-different-kind-of-farm\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Different Kind of Farm"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/","name":"Care Farming Network","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#organization","name":"Care Farming Network","url":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/logo-large@2x.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/logo-large@2x.png","width":315,"height":324,"caption":"Care Farming Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carefarmingnetwork","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carefarmingnetwork\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4e9247b5d5a040897884c0c7b0b3647f","name":"Kate Mudge","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0cb7b65194e59613c2a558ab7757bbc2723dfb500f314e92bf5452538ed6f268?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0cb7b65194e59613c2a558ab7757bbc2723dfb500f314e92bf5452538ed6f268?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kate Mudge"},"url":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/author\/kate\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6436,"href":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433\/revisions\/6436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}