Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The Mendocino Voice, send your idea to info@mendovoice.com.
Farming for me often means selling the best of the production and keeping the funky stuff for farm use. There are different reasons for this, and I’ve been reflecting quite a bit about it. My nature is to maximize what I can sell and be happy with the leftovers, which is different from producing the best for myself and then selling the rest.
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