by Sarah Hadler
My two year old son, Sylvester, and I follow a lovely, hand-painted sign off Ferguson Road that points the way to New Family Farm. A winding road leads us down into the valley and we are met by Adam Davidoff’s warm smile as he sits planting seeds in the frame of a “greenhouse”. Adam takes us on a tour of the “heart of the farm” and Sylvester gets happier and dirtier as we go. We walk by rows of cabbage and kale, carrots, lettuce, beets, celery roots and parsley, cilantro and dry-farmed tomatoes. Zara, the friendly farm dog who helps to keep the gopher population under control, follows us joyfully and we greet two of the draft horses, Pearl and Gracie. Later on in the tour, to Sylvester’s delight, we meet eight 2-week old piglets and their mama.
