09-25-2022 Capital Style - Flipbook - Page 10
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By Ashley Barrientos Capital Style
Lavon Sajona, left, holding cantaloupe microgreens, and Michel Fretin, right, holding black sunflower microgreens, are the owners of
The Green Anarchist, an Annapolis farm. PHOTOS BY BARBARA HADDOCK TAYLOR
Rage & roots
How an Annapolis microgreens farm is making fresh foods more accessible
In the summer of 2020, a microgreens
farm was born in Annapolis.
Composed of just a small room and an
adjacent farm, The Green Anarchist was
co-founded by Lavon Sajona and Michel
Fretin during the pandemic. While people
were exploring new hobbies like bread
baking, cooking, and at-home YouTube
workouts, Sajona was rage gardening.
The co-founder of the local microgreens
farm was moved by the stress of the political
climate and systemic inequalities revealed
during the early stages of the pandemic
— so, she funneled her energy into rage
gardening, a trend of taking frustrations out
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This is a tray of black sunflower microgreens grown by Lavon Sajona
and Michel Fretin, owners of The Green Anarchist.