by Angie Lavezzo, CFSA Communications Coordinator | Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021 –
“A lot of people couldn’t jump into this and immediately support themselves, let alone a family,” says Matthew Oates, a 2021 Farmer in Training, (FiT) at CFSA’s Elma C.Lomax Research and Education Farm. Learning to farm at Lomax allows for experimentation and a place for new farmers to train while not being financially on the hook for a mortgage payment, setting up infrastructure, or debt for farm equipment. Lomax offers a safe place for folks new to farming to learn what works and what doesn’t.