Saturday, January 28, 2017

Two Good Friends at the Guelph Organic Conference

Johann Kleinsasser kind of scared me when I met him.He has a terse seeming tone to his voice that can put you off at first, but then you realize he's a gentle soul. Luckily I got past that and became an intern on his farm, Whole Circle Farm, in 2010.
But I kind of scared Cookie Roscoe when we first met. It was around 2009 when I visited her Artscape Wychwood Farmers' Market to inquire about being a vendor selling pancakes from fresh ground flour. I was still in New York City mode, asking question upon question, not letting her speak. She later said that she gets a zillion such inquiries. Thankfully she told me in so many polite words that day to get lost. I did, and while I was lost I discovered garlic.