{"id":1561,"date":"2014-01-14T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2014-01-14T10:03:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:03:03","slug":"location-location-location-christine-hagen-from-the-hagen-homestead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/location-location-location-christine-hagen-from-the-hagen-homestead.html","title":{"rendered":"Location, Location, Location &#8211;Christine Hagen from the Hagen Homestead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hagenconsultingservices.com\/homestead\/index.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;width:137px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hagenconsultingservices.com\/homestead\/photos\/hay_you_small.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nChristine Hagen will speak about her family&#8217;s CSA at\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/s-ga-growing-local\">\r\nSouth Georgia Growing Local 2014<\/a>:\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\nWe started out going to a weekly organic farmer&#8217;s market over in\r\n\r\nThomasville but transitioned to a CSA after 2 years.  We will explain why\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1560\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0623-small.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nand show you how our gardens have taken shape over these past few years.  We\r\nare still a small operation after 4 years choosing to grow our business\r\nslowly.  However, we have learned a great deal during these growing years.\r\nPlus we have gleaned much from other folks which we will be implementing\r\nover the next few years.  We are grooming the farm as a business venture for\r\nour son, who does most of the labor.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nHagen Homestead&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hagenconsultingservices.com\/homestead\/index.html\">\r\nwebsite<\/a>.\r\nChristine Hagen&#8217;s conference bio:<!--more-->\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\n\r\nChristine grew up in a little town in central Florida called\r\nMicanopy. A country girl at heart she has lived all over Florida\r\nwith her &#8220;country club&#8221; husband of 25 years, Larry, and \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hagenconsultingservices.com\/homestead\/csa.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;width:250px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hagenconsultingservices.com\/homestead\/photos\/CSA1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\ntheir two\r\nsuburbanite children, TJ and Angela. They moved to South Georgia 7\r\nyears ago to be next to Christine&#8217;s parents and her brother and his\r\nfamily. It is sometimes a comical mix with the conventional farming\r\nher family does and the natural farming that the Hagens do.\r\nChristine&#8217;s Dad refers to them as the &#8220;Sophisticated Hippies that\r\nlive down the hill.&#8221;\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nCome to\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/s-ga-growing-local\">\r\nSOGALO2014<\/a> and hear\r\nChristine Hagen talk about CSA location!\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1560\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;width:512px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0623.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christine Hagen will speak about her family&#8217;s CSA at South Georgia Growing Local 2014: We started out going to a weekly organic farmer&#8217;s market over in Thomasville but transitioned to a CSA after 2 years. 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