- by Beth Buczynski
- July 13, 2011
- 10:03 am
Farmer Nick Maravell has been growing food and raising cattle in a sustainable fashion for over 30 years. His efforts to grow food for his local community have been so successful, they earned him recognition from USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack who appointed Maravell to serve on the National Organic Standards Board, a panel of unpaid experts established by Congress to set organic industry policy.
But despite the fact that Nick’s 165-acre farm is one of the few certified organic heritage farms left in the United States and a place for the community to see and participate in the growing of its food, the local government wants to tear it up and plant turf grass in its place.
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