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The New Beat
Young Farmers Integrate Horse Power into a Modern System
By Holli Cederholm
Farming with horses requires a different rhythm, attest Adrienne Lee and Ken Lamson while reflecting on the name of their New Beat Farm, now situated on 93 acres in Knox, Maine. Together Lee and Lamson cultivate 4 acres of certified-organic mixed vegetables, cut flowers and culinary herbs using a combination of horse and human power.
According to Lee, who had been working on tractor-powered farms for six or so years before starting a farm business with Lamson in 2008, choosing to farm with horses was a new beat in their lives. “It’s taking something that’s old and re-analyzing it into a new system.”
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