Free Verse Farm & Apothecary
Episode description
Guests: Taylor Mardis Katz and Misha Johnson
Host: Christopher Kardambikis
Recorded on August 16th, 2019 at Free Verse Farm & Apothecary in Chelsea, VT.
Free Verse Farm is a co-creation of Taylor Mardis Katz and Misha Johnson, two artist/farmers with a passion for growing, eating, and sharing delicious and nourishing food and herbs.
They are a small herb farm and apothecary in Chelsea, Vermont specializing in naturally-grown tisanes (herbal teas), culinary herbs, medicinals, and herbal remedies. Their farm is situated high in the hills of the White River watershed in the Upper Valley region of eastern Vermont. Their herbs and remedies are available at local farmers markets, stores, online, and through their Farmshare Community.
The Free Verse Residency honors the poetry that's a part of the farm's name (and the inspiration for how they plant, tend, and blend the herbs), Taylor and Misha have established a self-directed residency for poets and writers and makers of small artworks. This offering is for those who seek a quiet, secluded place to live and work, residing for a week amidst the herbs, vegetables, and wild fauna of their rural Vermont farm.
This is a residency for those who desire open space, solitude, and the companionship of a landscape that inspires awe, provides calm, and offers its abundance without an expectation of anything in return.