"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

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​​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.

​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

​Claire (she/her/hers)

I love being a lot of things but simply so. For lack of a better phrase, I am a child of God. Creative, an artist. A sister, a daughter. Generous, kind, deeply caring. A reader, writer, listener. Cat mom, I’m cringing at this term. Florist. Swimmer. Bike rider, fan of long walks. Seashell collector. A good friend. Gentle and quiet.   ​I hope and pray that here I can leave my footprint on hearts by the way I love, listen, and care for people.

​Seth (Seth's)

I believe that to live and work on a good farm, or to be engaged in other agricultural pursuits, is pleasant as well as challenging; for I know the joys and discomforts of agricultural life and hold an inborn fondness for those associations which, even in hours of discouragement, I cannot deny.   I find it quite motivating to be motivated even when there is good reason to be unmotivated. To do the right thing even when nobody else does.

Nik (he/him/his)

I am intent on serving others in any medium that might take. I feel my vocation in life is to help people, especially those not able to help themselves. That is a big reason why I love working here at Third Way: because of the steward mentality and caring for others through providing them with nutritional food. ​