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30 minute interview with me on Fearless Radio!

"The good-food troubadour"

“You describe yourself as a “country boy” in your Huffington Post blog about urban farming. What was your experience with food and farms growing up?”

I grew up in New York City. My parents were busy Manhattanites, who generally did us the favor of allowing us to choose from a healthy list of wonderful takeout options. But in the summertime, we were always on Martha’s Vineyard; it’s a large agricultural community there, so you eat a lot of organic, local food.

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I got married on Friday and it was easily the best decision I’ve ever made. Driving home from the Kalamazoo area (where we had the ceremony and reception), we were listening to Ben Taylor’s old album, “Famous Among the Barns.” One particular song lyric stuck in my head.

“There’d be no more running away And no more missing that midnight train. They go so much faster now days And good thing cause you need to be home before light. It won’t be easy at first but you’ll have to get used to it sometime. It’s only for the rest of your life.”

I’m pretty excited about the rest of my life.

Congrats, Mike.

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