
Leah Dannar-Garcia
Owner
RISE Farms & Firefly Farm
Wichita, KS USA
“What I’ve learned over my lifetime is that things aren’t as important to me as people, places, and experiences.”
RISE Farms & Firefly Farm
Wichita, KS USA
“What I’ve learned over my lifetime is that things aren’t as important to me as people, places, and experiences.”
Owner
I founded two specialty crop farms.
First, I check and respond to voicemail, e-mail, social media communications, and attend scheduled meetings. I check in with both farms and food hub managers to see if there are any emergency issues that need to be worked, such as employee hiring or termination, scheduling, trellis design, irrigation system issues, seasonal adjustments, pest management, and website maintenance. During the winter, this is all done on a smaller scale and we use the extra time to plan the next year's crops.
Here's the first step for college students
If you want to get into a similar field, I'd first recommend getting a degree in either sustainable studies, regenerative agriculture, or biology.
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