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Hi! I'm Julie Olson and I recently became The FARM Institutes farm hand. I made the long swim over to the Vineyard from my hometown of Dennis where I was fed up of serving people fish. My farming career started when I was a wee youngster helping out at a small feed and grain store with attached farm. Although I was 12, I was often left alone to run the store, tend to the animals and give people the wrong change. Living this farm lifestyle thrilled me and I chose to pursue agriculture in college.
So.....I then spent 4 years at Sterling College in Northern Vermont learning and working on the school farm as well as other farms in the area. Nothing says fun like milking cows at 4am before class in minus-20-degree temperatures. I spent my summers on various farms in various states in various time zones hoping to learn lots about farming and sometimes I did. After graduating in May with a degree in Sustainable Agriculture I took a 10 month hiatus from farming, moved to Northern California and started scooping ice cream. But now I am back, on the farm scooping poo just like I like it.
My likes include: cheese, eating cheese, making cheese, thinking about cheese, grocery shopping, bowling, swimming, my dog Usah, farming with draft horses, looking at fish scales, sledding, ice skating, music, and teaching people about agriculture.
My dislikes include: stickers, crabs, ginger, being left out, runny noses and seafood.
The FARM Institute - Post Office Box 1868 - Edgartown,
Massachusetts 02539 - (508) 627-7007
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