Scott Chaskey reads his poetry and prose

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Organic farming pioneer Scott Chaskey is the retired director of the Quail Hill farm in Amagansett New York that he led for 30 years.

He was a founding member of the New York chapter of NOFA. the Northeast Farming Association 

Scott Chaskey is also a poet and a writer of works on organic agriculture.

In April 2020 in celebration of Earth Day, Scott Chaskey read from his poetry and prose at an on-line session produced by Canios Cultural Café.

 Listen here

Scott Chaskey’s book Seedtime: On the History, Husbandry, Politics and Promise of Seeds was published in 2014 by Rodale Press. 

Chaskey’s This Common Ground: Seasons On An Organic Farm was published by Putnam in 2005.

 

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