Fit To Eat S2E30 Robbie And Chantille Coles by Ivan Emke

Families used to be units of PRODUCTION as they all pitched in at various communal activities that had to be done for the family to be sustained, whether they be farmers or fishers or gardeners or wagon-makers or whatever. Now it is more likely that families are units of CONSUMPTION – going to the mall together, eating together, watching movies together, going on vacation together, playing games together. And even that is becoming less common.
So what is lost in this transition? What if you are looking for new ways to be together as a family? Can farming be a route to promote this kind of lifestyle change? Yes, you bet it can. Is it the easiest route to take? Well, you’ll have to decide.
Today on "Fit to Eat" we meet a couple who have made some big changes in the past few years. It’s a bit of an eventful journey from the oil patch to the cabbage patch. We head up the Viking Trail to visit with Robbie and Chantille Coles at Rocky River Farms, in Reidville. It is late October, and they are still in the midst of harvesting the bounty of their lands. We start out the interview admiring their cold storage unit, surrounded by crates of produce. Join us.