Kahan, Kinnikinnick and the Misfits
Five old washing machines lined up outside a barn is a strange sight indeed. But when you look inside at the empty tub, you realize that these are really just oversized salad spinners for drying leafy greens just picked and washed in the field.. This is when you know you are on a different kind of farm.
Dave Cleverdon, owner of Kinnikinnick Farm, came to farming after years spent working in the rough and tumble world of Chicago politics getting outsiders elected in a machine run city. He also spent time working in the civil rights movement and did a stint on The Chicago Board of Trade. He calls himself and his workers “misfits with an incredible sense of agency” whenever he considers the kind of person who would take on the work of organic farming. +Continue Reading
