The O'Neill brothers reflect back on season one and look forward on season 2.

In May 1982, Mark O'Neill and his wife Anne moved from Southern California to the hills of Northern California to build a life that was self-sustaining and more closely connected to the natural world.  The moved into a tiny cabin without heat on raw land.  Now, 40 years later, that land is a thriving family farm that provides livelihood and sustenance for multiple generations of O'Neills and provides healthy food for their community.  Just before the 40th anniversary of Mark and Anne arriving on the land that is now Happy Day Farms, the brothers sat down with their dad at Lito's kitchen table and recorded this very special conversation about the last 40 years of the farm.

Green Uprising is a multi-generational, extended family farm in Willits California that has been working more than a decade to rebuild and develop a beautiful old farm, with apple, pear, plum, and walnut orchards, a couple of small vineyards, lots of wild blackberries, a small goat herd, several vegetable gardens, hoophouses, the beginnings of a food forest and a medicinal herb garden.  In this episode, the O'Neill brothers sit down with three members of the Green Uprising family: Thea Grusky-Foley, Sara Grusky, and Micheal Foley.  

All three of these folks are very active in local food communities and have long running friendships with the O'Neill brothers based on strong mutual respect.  This episode is a recording of a wonderful conversation between the five of them while sitting around an outdoor table on the Green Uprising farm. Listen in as they discuss food sovereignty, the cultural norms around store-bought vs home-grown food, belonging in a place and the magic of belonging to the Eel River watershed,  and building the world you want to live in.