Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Scott Chaskey - Poet, educator and farmer

 

Poet, educator and farmer Scott Chaskey read from his work this month presented by the Southampton History Museum.

Chaskey is a pioneer in the Community Supported Agriculture movement.

He is past president of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York and the author of books on agriculture as well as poetry. 

 

Listen here:

Scott Chaskey's books include

 “Seedtime: On the History, Husbandry, Politics & Promise of Seeds” from Rodale Press in 2014

and

“This Common Ground: Seasons On An Organic Farm” from Penguin in 2006.

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Thanks to Connor Flanagan of the Southampton History Museum

 

 


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