CCCG team member Zane Mabry recently published an article for Front Porch Republic, reflecting on the tension between the natural and the artificial.
"The true virtue of a hobby farm is that it gives us the space to confront that tension between natural and artificial. In this place between places, we are given a glimpse of viridescent life that allows us to see what modern life wants us to relinquish. We are given a glimpse of real things. We get to see and interact with true creation, but that interaction entails a conscious choice of the natural over the artificial, the real over the fake; true creation over crude creation. Making this choice helps us to see the world, and those in it, more clearly."