Pat Knapp

    Pat Knapp ’13

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    2013

    I am the owner and co-farmer of Back Paddock Farm—a 100% grass-fed beef farm in the Hudson Valley, and I work as a butcher at Marbled Meat Shop in Cold Spring, NY. As a farmer, I aim to produce consistently high quality beef through management practices that build soil, sequester carbon, and create a diversity of healthy life in my ecosystem. As a butcher, I get to connect with the consumer to tell that story and celebrate our successes through good, healthy food.

    At SMC I studied Mathematics and Environmental Studies. My liberal arts studies helped to form my passions and pushed me to serve my community and land. My Math and Science education at SMC gave me the tools to design and evaluate strategies to do it.