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The Agri-Tourist, My Journey Back to AgricultureCreating Sustainable Hunger Relief Right from Your PORCHSend us a textMy conversation with Jim Sanders, farmer from Wildflower Lane Farm in NC, was far reaching. HIs idea around having food advocacy groups who are purchasing produce from retailers and wholesalers shift those funds to pay local farmers to grow for them, has had a tremendous impact on many non profits in the North Carolina area. Another one of the non profit organizations that Jim’s idea has reached is called PORCH. PORCH fights food insecurity by creating sustainable hunger relief programs at the local level. Started in 2010 in Chapel Hill, NC, PORCH...2025-05-1950 minThe Agri-Tourist, My Journey Back to AgricultureA Farm Conversation that Led to a Place at the TableSend us a textJim Sanders, farmer from Wildflower Lane Farm in NC, had an idea about growing vegetables and finding a distribution partner for those vegetables. In my podcast interview with Jim (podcast episode 54), he told the story about walking into the office of a non profit called TABLE and proposing his idea to the women in the office. What struck me about that story was the fact that those women listened and took action immediately. They were open to Jim’s idea and took him up on his offer to visit his farm, invest some funds...2025-05-1240 minThe Agri-Tourist, My Journey Back to AgricultureA Creative Farming Model to Grow Food for Local Kids in North CarolinaSend us a textJim Sanders, an environmentalist and farmer, is the owner of Wildflower Lane Farm in North Carolina. Jim has some great stories about how he came into farming and his fun and not so fun experiences with trying to build a farming business. All along, Jim knew and was reminded by some friends, that there had to be a better way, a more sustainable way.Jim decided to take another approach to feeding local people. The existing system made small scale farming frustrating and difficult. But what if the money factor were re...2025-05-051h 10