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Coming to Love Farm
Love Farm is a place where people resonate with the wilds. What are the Wilds? What is resonance? The wilds are where life naturally thrives, with or without people. The wilds include the animals, plants, insects, fungus and tiny microbes of the forests, streams, grassy fields, open water and sky. The wilds are millions of…
Read MoreWhat Happened to Agriculture?
Last February, Lake Township’s draft Master Plan seemed to de-emphasize agriculture as an appropriate future land use. After we attended the board and planning commission meetings, deleted language from the prior Master Plan was restored. “Agriculture: There are modest agricultural uses north of Crystal Lake.” That was a win, although it hardly describes the robust…
Read MoreOrigin Story
(Origin Story was supposed to convey the farm’s aesthetic to visitors and helpers. The tone is blunt and even a bit pugnacious, a deliberate refutation of the covid era censorship, “trust the science”, and the cancel culture that showed up around that time.) 4/10/24 July 6, 2021 An origin story is the story we…
Read MoreNeighbors
(Crystal Highlands is a residential housing development next to Love Farm, established in the 1970s by Jim and Eileen Kelly and Jack and Marge French. After title to the farm’s properties were transferred to Love Farm Wilds LLC in 2020, the following update was sent to members of the Crystal Highlands Owners Association (CHOA). Minor…
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