Starting a farm is a huge, daunting undertaking — requiring a serious leap of faith and streak of daring recklessness. Why would you willingly enter into a profession that hundreds of people are getting out of every year? How could you know that small scale organic farming provides no financial security, and is hard and expensive — and still do it anyway? These people are my heroes.

Mihail Kossev  is a  young farmer, a NYU alum from Brooklyn, who is, in his words:
“pursuing my dreams and starting a small CSA in southern Albany county.”

He’s looking for CSA members for his first growing season. (The drop-off location will be in Catskill, NY.) He also has a really nice and informative website where he is selling seeds he personally collected from organic farms all over the Northeast. All seeds are open-pollinated, grown and processed organically.

If you live in the area, or need seeds for your own garden — check out his Collected Seed Farm or get cozy on  Facebook.

Young farmers are courageous warriors! Let’s support them.