Before her morning calls, you can find Jessica in her garden planting, watering and cutting local fresh flowers for her farm, Farm47. And if she’s not working on a project for Skout, she’s likely working on something for the New Mexico Flower Collective.
Meet Jessica, our Chief Cultivation Officer.
Q: New year, tell us your big dreams for the year— what do you want to tackle and/or accomplish?
To find opportunities to integrate different cultivation methods (indoor, greenhouse and soil farming) so that all farmers are more successful.
Q: What did you learn in 2022?
We can make more progress and have more success working with others than working in isolation. I’ve become a big fan of creating partnerships to lighten everyone’s load and get us further to where we all want to be.
Q: What’s your favorite project in 2023?
Looking forward to seeing all the projects we work on get built in 2023.
Q: What would you like to see more of in this industry? Less of?
I’d like to see more detailed sharing of successes and failures. Let’s all stop hiding behind a veil of “Intellectual property” so that we see more vertical farms being built and staying in business.
Q: What can we expect from you/Skout this year?
To keep working on making it easier for entrepreneurs and organizations to grow food for their community.
Q: What are you growing this year in your garden and why?
243 different specialty cut flowers! Spring favorites: anemones, ranunculus, snapdragons, bells of Ireland, and Iceland poppies.
Q: What are 2023 travel plans?
Somewhere warm with a beach next winter because the rest of the year is for farming.
Q: What are you listening to or reading this year?
Whatever is on the “popular” list at the library.
Q: We should all binge _____________ right now.
No clue, I’m in a real entertainment drought.