TheBostonChannel.com:
Down on the farm is the last place graphic designer Valerie Gates saw herself and her family, but the Wellesley mother has started seeking out fertile soil for a living.
Gates has become a regular at South Dartmouth’s Round the Bend farm. The farm, which produces meat and cheese, is harnessing Gates’ creative skills to help boost business.
Gates writes about local organic farms on her blog in exchange for organic produce, raising the visibility of small New England farmers while getting food for her family — one example of how bartering is returning in the digital age.
“I think we all have skills that we can offer,” said Gates. “And we all have skills that we can barter. I think this is really important to get back to roots, back to nature, and to have a system of bartering. It works for everybody.”
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