Food, Farming, and Health with 63rd St. Farmers Brian and Amanda Scott

Health and wellness are really bigger than us as individuals.  The health of our earth, our relationship with earth and the food we eat, and the people who grow the food are all interconnected. It felt meaningful and important for me to at some point, bring some farmers to podcast.

Enter Brian and Amanda Scott, the co-owners of 63rd St. Farm in Boulder, CO.

“ Sustainable is great. Yeah, we want that, you know, but we want to go beyond that.” —Brian

In this episode we explore health as it relates to food, the earth its grown in, community, and self care.

We learn:

• Why Brian and Amanda chose to get into farming.

  “If you're gonna work hard at anything in life, this is work worth doing.” - Brian
  

• The story of how the 63rd st. Farm and CSA came into being.

• We talk about permaculture: what it is and why it’s valuable for farming.
  

• Why they chose to be a CSA (Community Support Agriculture).

  “I don't really want to put a price tag on what this tomato costs because that's really tough. There's a price that we see in the grocery store, and then there's an actual ‘what it does cost’ and then there's the ‘I love this tomato so much you couldn't put a price tag on it because it's beautiful.” - Amanda
  

• The Importance of Relationships when it comes to food and farms and farmers.

  “You know that there's an imbalance. And one way to get past the imbalance is to really engage with your farmer and for the farmers to engage with their community.” - Brian

• How Brian, Amanda, and their team take care of themselves as farmers.

• Important tips on choosing as CSA

  Listen to Amanda’s tips and then check out: Localharvest.org

Epic Gratitude to Brian and Amanda for all their hard work and the beautiful and nourishing food they and their team grow!