O’Neill: What we grow feeds our connections to others—and in turn lifts us

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.

I get by with a little help from my friends, and I reciprocate in turn. I’m writing from the couch of a dear friend in San Leandro because we’re on the road for our 4-20 sales trip, and I’ve been thinking about how much love and good energy we share when we’re out in the world, and how that energy comes back to us in so many ways. It feels good to build human connection, to strengthen relationships, to share the goods from our farm and connect through herb, food and fellowship.