Kalyn Campbell Alumni Highlight for September 2023
Kalyn graduated in 2010 with a significant in Environmental Science. She started working on the farm the summer time of her sophomore 12 months, in 2008. Then was a scholar farmer till commencement. Kalyn acquired a grant to construct a little bit educating backyard there after commencement. After which was an apprentice on the farm for a season.
She did work examine on the school. Her freshman 12 months she labored within the eating corridor. After working there, she wished one thing totally different, so went on to work for ALLARM throughout sophomore 12 months. She labored totally on the pc there and determined that wasn’t for me. In order that’s when she utilized to work on the farm, she ended up loving it and knew it was her life path to work outdoors with the land.
After commencement she went on to work for numerous farms, dairy, veggie and meat. However she had a powerful ardour for dairy farming. So, she moved again dwelling to VT in 2013 and she or he received a chance to purchase a longtime dairy farm. She ran that for 3 years after which offered it to start out homesteading.
Kalyn has been attempting to hone her homesteading expertise now for 7 years. Final 12 months she began an Instructional Homestead based mostly on what she has discovered.
Kalyn lives in Tunbridge VT and runs the HandSpun Cow Instructional Homestead.
She milks a cow, raises sheep for meat and wool. Additionally, grows all her personal veggies and grains. She can also be engaged on making all her clothes and different requirements. Kalyn teaches others easy methods to dwell this manner too at www.thehandspuncow.com go verify her out in case you are within the homesteading life-style. Working for the farm helped create the trail Kalyn’s life took. It opened her eyes to a lifestyle and keenness for the land. Her hope is to homestead and dwell merely for the remainder of her life. Her aim is to assist and have an effect on others to dwell this manner too.
Kalyn has different hobbies in her busy life. She at all times cherished singing, however has lately found Neighborhood Singing, so that’s her new interest. Individuals get collectively and sing merely songs collectively and create harmonies and layer melodies. And conveniently she will be able to sing whereas working!
A Dickinson Farm favourite was working alongside individuals within the fields. You get to know somebody so nicely and rapidly that means. She additionally actually loved harvesting meals straight from the sphere and cooking with it. That was a reasonably new expertise for her throughout that point. Throughout her time as an apprentice, all of them would have canning events and simply get collectively within the apprentice kitchen to protect meals and have enjoyable.
