My good friend Ashley Memory recently completed her first novel, Naked & Hungry; with a publication date of November 1, 2011, you can imagine that she's in full promotion mode.
Her story follows a man who has renounced a material life to live in a cabin in the woods, getting back to nature, and living off his land (which, unfortunately, also turns out to be a hazardous waste dump, thereby providing the driving conflict for the tale). With a nod to the themes of sustainable farming and environmental protectionism, plus a nod to his mother's pet goat Bermadean, Ashley will be partnering with Elodie Farms for an event on August 6.
This past weekend, Ashley and I took a Saturday afternoon to visit Elodie Farms and work out some additional details for her event. While she was appropriately more focused on the event itself, I was drawn in by the pastoral setting of the farm and its pastures.
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| The goats are milked by hand. |
Elodie Farms' main focus is artisan cheese and goats' milk (you can buy directly from the proprietor at the Durham Farmers' Market as well as other Triangle restaurants and stores), but they also maintain a vegetable garden, along with a flock of chickens and ducks. It is local and sustainable farming combined with educational agritourism, overseen by Dave Artigues.
Despite the North Carolina heat, this was a great setting to capture some wonderful shots. I can't wait to return in August for another round:
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| Chickens having an afternoon snack |
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| The kids come to say hello |
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| The Cheese House |
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| A wary LaMancha keeps her eye on me |
I think you just created my first book trailer. Just showed this to Robert and he said: "That girl has an EYE!"
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