Whippoorwill FARMS SC beginnings
Here to tell us about their journey is Marissa Paykos!
Their story starts:
just a few years ago, on Whippoorwill Way in Hardeeville, South Carolina. An unlikely pair, Marissa Paykos and James Young, then neighbors, realized they shared so much more than just a street address. They shared a love for all things simple, all things real, all things dictated by mother nature. Their first dates were spent picking 5 gallon buckets of tomatoes that would later be canned, camping trips to Georgia, South Carolina and Florida State Parks and sitting around many fires on many starry nights talking about the things that made them feel alive while Whippoorwills sang their spring time songs in the night.
Tell us a little about yourself.
- Jersey girl born and raised
- relocated after graduating hs
- relocated to SC
- University of South Carolina
- background in education
kind of a whirlwind
- lived overseas
- taught english in Japan and Italy
- came back in a little over a year
- move up to Rhode Island
- lived with my sister
Decided I can’t take the cold
- came back south
started in Savannah GA
worked in the Hospitality Industry
completely abandoned education
Find Myself
tried to find out who I am
Lived in Savannah
- culture
- people
- scenery
Fast forward a few years
- met my current husband
- he and I got together
- had a baby
now what do we want to do
always a vegetarian
wanted to
always because of animal rights
not a crazy super passionate activist.
Just a personal thing for myself but when I got pregnant I had a lot of issues
Drs needed me to eat more protein
- chicken
- fish
abandoned the vegetariansm
unfortunately liked eating meat
told my husband if I’m gonna do this I’m gonna do it right
found a couple of acres outside Savannah
- completely rural
- very pregnant
- getting the land ready
- slowly started now
- she’s just over 2
For the last 2 plus years getting this land
we now have our farm
- different vegetables
- meat rabbits
- horse
- pleasure
- lots and lots of veggies
Are you a millennial?
I’m 29.
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