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HAILSTORM AT THE BEGINNING OF
JUNE? THE ONE THAT LEVELED
THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF CROPS.
IT ALSO TOOK OUT THE NEARLY
ONE-POINT-FIVE ACRES MATT AND
TERRA HALL CALL HOME GROUND.
RHIZOSPHERE FARM WAS GETTING
READY FOR THEIR FIRST REAL
HARVEST. NOW THEY'RE
YOU'D NEVER CALL LIFE ON THE
FARM áEASY. MATT AND TERRA
HALL JUST FOUND OUT áWHY.
(Terra Hall: "It's been a real
trying first year.") AFTER
YEARS OF RENTING LAND..
THEY FINALLY SET REAL ROOTS
DOWN SOUTH OF MISSOURI VALLEY
IN SEPTEMBER. THEN A HARSH
WINTER, A LATE FROST --AND
RAIN, RAIN AND MORE RAIN.
(Terra Hall: "There were all
sort of little bumps in the
road and then June 3rd it was
like the big..yeah." )
THAT DAY --THE HAIL CAME.
(Terra Hall: "This whole acre
or so was planted. When the
storm happened we pretty much
lost everything.") LOCAL
CHEFS ALREADY USING
RHIZOSPHERE VEGGIES. LIKE
CLAYTON CHAPMAN OF THE GREY
PLUME..AND BRYCE COULTON OF
THE FRENCH BULLDOG HAD ALREADY
PLANNED A FUNDRAISER FOR
RHIZOSPHERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE.(
Bryce Coulton: "It just
completely wiped out their
fields so this fundraiser
became even more pertinent.")
A FARM-TO-TABLE ON THE FARM
FEAST.(Bryce Coulton: "They
can see each other , not only
meet each other but literally
see where their food is coming
from by looking over their
shoulder at the fields in
THAT SHOULD BE áFULLY GREEN BY
NOW.(Terra Hall: "Now it's
going to save the farm.
There's a it's fairly likely
that if this dinner wasn't
happening, there wouldn't be a
farm this season.") THE
SUPPORT MEANS RHIZOSPHERE
STAYS AFLOAT -- BECAUSE THESE
GROWING GREENS WON'T BE READY
FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET FOR
WEEKS. AND WHO KNOWS WHAT
STORE.(Terra Hall: "I use the
analogy of the dollar bill,
that someone keeps pulling
feels like.But we keep
trying.")
ABOUT 160 PEOPLE ATTENDED
TONIGHT'S FUNDRAISER.. AND
FORTUNATELY -- THE
THUNDERSTORM THAT WENT THROUGH
STAYED A FEW MILES NORTH OF
THE FARM --THIS TIME. YOU
CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
RHIZOSPHERE FARM --WE'VE
LINKED TO THEIR WEBSITE ON