Christopher Horne, The Family Farmer
Simply Khmer was a big meeting spot for me and my friends [while students at UML].
After his mother suffered a massive heart attack, Christopher Horne ’14 says he “started going to farmer’s markets and learning about healthy eating.” In the process, he met Mill City Grows founders Lydia Sisson ’12 and Francey Slater and went on to work for them, first as a volunteer and later as their first full-time employee.
After attending the Farm School in Athol for a year, he developed a business plan for his own farm, Horne Family Farms.
Last summer, he provided microgreens—sprouts and baby lettuces, kale and Asian greens—to several local restaurants, and he plans to sell about two dozen shares in a CSA this summer.—KW