What do you get when you mix a 27-year-old who loves to cook and was educated in philosophy with a love of the outdoors ? You get a fulltime young farmer with some big plans that , with the help of the Natural Resources Conservation Service ( NRCS ), are coming to life .
Making the Most of It
What do you get when you mix a 27-year-old who loves to cook and was educated in philosophy with a love of the outdoors ? You get a fulltime young farmer with some big plans that , with the help of the Natural Resources Conservation Service ( NRCS ), are coming to life .
Tabby Bennett
Mike Kwasniewski , along with his family , farms 480 acres in Randolph County , where you ’ ll see cattle , field crops , poultry , produce , honeybees , and a breathtaking view that is picture-book worthy .
How did a young farmer like Mike become so involved in only four complete growing seasons ? Multiple conservation programs through the NRCS helped fund and design the programs on the Kwasniewski ’ s farm , and made Mike ’ s goals a quick reality .
When the Kwasniewskis bought one of their two farms , the barns on the property were in dire need of repair . The roofs were on the verge of collapse , and needed to be addressed quickly , along with other structural and aesthetic issues . “ We needed to fix the barns , or we would have lost them ,” said Pam Kwasniewski . By using NRCS funds to pay for conservation improvements on the farm , the family concentrated their own funds on the barn repairs .
Currently , the Kwasniewskis are involved in three types of NRCS programs : Environmental
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Making the Most of It
What do you get when you mix a 27-year-old who loves to cook and
was educated in philosophy with a love of the outdoors? You get a fulltime young farmer with some big plans that, with the help of the Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), are coming to life.
Tabby Bennett
Mike Kwasniewski, along with his family, farms
480 acres in Randolph County, where you’ll see
cattle, field crops, poultry, produce, honeybees, and a
breathtaking view that is picture-book worthy.
How did a young farmer like Mike become so
involved in only four complete growing seasons?
Multiple conservation programs through the
NRCS helped fund and design the programs on
the Kwasniewski’s farm, and made Mike’s goals a
quick reality.
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