   Cree and Jason Bradley and Ruby Mountain (our cattle dog!) started Chelsea Morning farm in 2006. Motivation to farm stems from a desire to live simply and be independent, a love of growing things and the lifelong learning it entails, and our strong need to connect with place for which farming provides.
Cree has spent much of her adult life over the past 17 years working professionally with farmers in non-profit setting and private consulting setting through her own Worksong Services. As she came to know farmers through work, she and Jason enjoyed giving them a hand on their farms, helping to weed, plant, prune, and harvest. |
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Prior to 2001, Jason spent years working as a guide and outfitter out of Ely on the edge of the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness. Cree spent six years backpacking long trails such as the Appalachian and Colorado Trails. It was during these years that both developed a strong connection to nature and the need for quiet, solace of place.
Currently, Cree teaches within Land Stewardship Project's MN and WI farmer training programs - Farm Beginnings, Journeyperson, and Farm Transitions, and travels throughout the country to teach Holistic Management programs through farm organizations who seek her teaching style and expertise out. Holistic Management is a natural resource based decision-making framework and skill-set that is not only valuable to the Bradley's farm and life, but has been a wonderful resource for hundreds of farmers Cree has worked with. It's been a way that Cree has fulfilled her desire to be helpful to other farmers.
Jason plays a key role with the farm, serving as the manager and main operator with the maple syrup and commercial fishing enterprises. In addition, Cree and Jason both work for the MN Department of Agriculture in the Plant Protection Division which involves long days of extensive hiking in raw wooded terrain of Lake County and the Superior National Forest collecting data. Both love their off-farm jobs!
The farm enterprises of vegetables, maple syrup, greenhouse transplants, holiday wreaths, and fishing, along with complimentary off-farm work, has provided a wonderful marriage of love to one another, connection to nature, mental and physical fulfillment, and creating the intentional livelihood both Cree and Jason envisioned.
Currently, Cree teaches within Land Stewardship Project's MN and WI farmer training programs - Farm Beginnings, Journeyperson, and Farm Transitions, and travels throughout the country to teach Holistic Management programs through farm organizations who seek her teaching style and expertise out. Holistic Management is a natural resource based decision-making framework and skill-set that is not only valuable to the Bradley's farm and life, but has been a wonderful resource for hundreds of farmers Cree has worked with. It's been a way that Cree has fulfilled her desire to be helpful to other farmers.
Jason plays a key role with the farm, serving as the manager and main operator with the maple syrup and commercial fishing enterprises. In addition, Cree and Jason both work for the MN Department of Agriculture in the Plant Protection Division which involves long days of extensive hiking in raw wooded terrain of Lake County and the Superior National Forest collecting data. Both love their off-farm jobs!
The farm enterprises of vegetables, maple syrup, greenhouse transplants, holiday wreaths, and fishing, along with complimentary off-farm work, has provided a wonderful marriage of love to one another, connection to nature, mental and physical fulfillment, and creating the intentional livelihood both Cree and Jason envisioned.
For More Information:
Click HERE to submit an email or contact Cree and Jason Bradley at Chelsea Morning Farm
218.834.0846 or chelseamorningfarm@gmail.com
218.834.0846 or chelseamorningfarm@gmail.com
