"Why do farmers farm, given their economic adversities on top of the many frustrations and difficulties normal to farming?  And always the answer is: 'Love.  They must do it for love.'  Farmers farm for the love of farming."
- Wendell Berry

---

​​Tommy (he/him/his)

​I'm a disciple of Jesus and a husband to Michelle. I'm a family member and friend to many. I'm also a farmer and faith community builder, and I'm responsible for tending this beautiful gift of land in Havre de Grace MD, to which native Piscataway people once and still do belong.

​​Michelle (she/her/hers)

Living in community amongst God’s creation and sharing this life with others gives me joy. I hope that my time here on earth, as a disciple of the Third Way, will create a ripple effect of people who spend their lives bringing healing, restoration, and justice to the land, community, and people of this world.

​Cole (he/him/his)

Just because I traveled around in a van for a year doesn't mean I don't have big aspirations; one day my house will have a moat! Until then, I'm focused on learning the fundamentals of farming, feeding the pigs, making art, and keepin' on.

​Hailey (she/her/hers)

My grandma once told me, “whatever you become in life, even if it’s a trash man, you be the best dang trash man there is." So, thank you, grandma, for the guidance and instilling in me the mentality to shape this Earth better than I found it.

​Ben (he/him/him)

I'm still figuring out my dreams and aspirations, but I think two pillars that I want my future to be built around are 1) service to others and 2) close community with my neighbors. I want to die content with how I lived.

​Riley (she/her/hers)

I really love to learn about new things! Currently, I'm teaching myself to play the banjo and learning how to bake different kinds of bread/make pasta from scratch. I also love teaching people about things I'm passionate about just as much as I like to learn.

​Andrew (he/him/him)

I abide by the idea that "when you can't walk, you crawl, and when you can't do that - you find someone to carry you" (Zoe Washburne, Firefly). So, each day I'm on the farm I look forward to washing vegetables, talking with the other workers, and figuring out who's able to lift me.

​Jason (he/him/his)

My main goal is to incorporate myself more and more in the workings and relationships of my immediate community, and about 5 years ago I found Third Way. Working here I've come to love morning livestock chores because you work as a two-person team but some days, when everything possible seems to be going wrong, just give me a well-grown, weed-free patch of greens to harvest!

​Peter (he/him/his)

I have a tattoo on my arm in Hebrew which translates to "Here I Am" which is the response that several biblical characters give after God calls to them. I put this on my body to remind me to answer the call of God - in the loudness of life and in the quiet of my heart.

​Colleen (she/her/hers)

This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished, but it is going on, this is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being [glorified].” - Martin Luther