Working Land refers to two facets of rural landscape: the idea of working the land as a vocation and as a description of productive ground. My family tree includes immigrant ancestors who made a living from working the soil and some of their descendants who carry on this work to the present day. That personal connection to working land inspired the project.
map of lida farm by ryan
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Lida Farm, October 25, 2015: Ryan Pesch drew this map of the central part of Lida Farm while sitting at his kitchen table. His ability to recall every variety of crop in each row of his fields reveals how closely identified with a place people can become through working the land. The mind, the hands, the place and the heart merge into one working system.