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Crystal is a writing professor, writer, and founder of the journal https://farmerish.net. She has been teaching writing for 24 years and began micro-farming with her husband 8 years ago. She has published several books and has had articles appear in HuffPost, the Independent, the Bangor Metro, and the Bangor Daily News.
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Losing a Hatch of Baby Chicks, or Mourning (Unfinished)

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·November 6, 2022·11 min read
""Mourning (Unfinished)" is an essay about the way my experiences with farm animals helped me come to terms with a miscarriage."
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Interview with Crystal Sands, Author and Founder of Farmerish.net

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·August 21, 2021·8 min read
"This journal is the culmination of my life’s work as a writing teacher, writer, and farmer. In the pages of this journal, you will find coverage for everything from raising chickens to jam recipes to poetry about farming and Nature."
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