Back in 2012, J.D. Hill found himself with a job as a golf caddy, a degree in economics from ASU and a deep desire to get into farming.
“I really like the sustainability aspects of local farming and the community aspect of it because who knows what could happen? We should have a local production of food. It’s just kind of a common sense kind of thing. We need to have a real thriving food production system so when I was at ASU I took a lot of sustainability courses because they were really interesting to me. That’s where I got my passion for agriculture.”
So he went around to small farms in the area looking for a job and found out they all paid minimum wage, which just wasn’t going to cut it with his student loans coming due.
