On this episode of Cultivating Resilience, host Hans Hageman speaks with Bo Dennis, lead designer at Dandy Ram Farm, a flower farm and floral design studio in rural Maine. Bo is also the Beginning Farmer Specialist at MOFGA, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, where he supports beginning farmers across the state.
Farming asks something different of us in every season. Spring can bring excitement and possibility. Summer can bring heat, long hours, and hard choices about what to protect and what to let go. Winter can offer space to rest, reflect, and plan for what needs to change.
On this episode of Cultivating Resilience, host Hans Hageman speaks with Bo Dennis, lead designer at Dandy Ram Farm, a flower farm and floral design studio in rural Maine. Bo is also the Beginning Farmer Specialist at MOFGA, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, where he supports beginning farmers across the state.
Together, Hans and Bo explore what it means to build a farm, a business, and a life that can move with the seasons. Bo shares how flowers invite people to slow down, why farming can be both joyful and exhausting, and how boundaries, planning, community, and rest can help farmers stay grounded through uncertainty. They also discuss the experience of farming as a queer and trans person in rural Maine, the shift away from romanticizing burnout in agriculture, and why true resilience is not just about pushing through.
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