‘It’s all God’s creation’: farmers continue a ‘Jewishly inspired’ agrarian tradition

In the US, a growing number of Jewish people are seeking purpose and community through farming Wendy Rhein is trying to round up the sheep hanging out among the hazelnut and walnut trees of her Chutzpah Hollow farm in Tryon, North Carolina.

“Hi, Brea. Come on down. I hear you,” Rhein calls to the bleating queen of the flock. If the Barbados black belly ewe moves, the rest will follow. Continue reading...