Mike and Melissa Keleman are working hard to preserve Ohio’s heritage of family farming. But there’s something special about Keleman Point Farm–it’s inside a national park. We journey to the Cuyahoga Valley to see how small farmers are playing a vital role in restoring and sustaining public lands for all of America.
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Situated between the urban hubs of Cleveland and Akron, Cuyahoga Valley is unique among America’s national parks in its proximity to large populations. Its story is not one of untouched wilderness, but rather one of the interaction between humans and nature. “We are a park to the people,” says CVNP Superintendent Lisa Petit. “In all of our farms, we have a really wonderful demonstration of how local food can be grown in a sustainable way to support the community.”
When the Cuyahoga Valley National Park was created, they found that their land encompassed many heritage farming properties constituting an important part of the valley’s cultural history. But these farms mostly sat vacant until 1999, when The Countryside Initiative formed to match the properties with new families who could work with the Park to revitalize the land through sustainable farming.
Mike and Melissa Keleman dreamed of living off the land, and so they applied to become the latest stewards of a farm with 150 years of history in the community. Through rotational grazing, they’re fostering a biodiverse ecosystem that allows heritage breed animals like Tennessee Fainting Goats to live their best lives while their grasslands capture over 70 tons of atmospheric carbon each year.
Whether it’s providing heritage turkeys for Thanksgiving dinners, fresh eggs, produce, and delicious homemade jams at their farmstand, or simply a place for families to connect with nature, the Kelemans are proudly carrying on the Cuyahoga Valley’s vibrant agricultural tradition.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 Goat surprise
00:57 Taking on a heritage farm with no experience
01:42 Farming in a national park
02:59 How the Kelemans found their farm
04:57 A historic Ohio farm
05:22 The heritage breed difference
06:51 Friendly neighborhood pigs / bacon bites back
08:09 Support your local farmer
08:35 Farmstand harvest market
09:58 Improving the land, renewing the Valley
11:25 The Cuyahoga River clean up
12:04 A biodiverse ecosystem
12:36 National Parks: America’s Land
Farming with Fainting Goats in Ohio’s National Park | Farms Across America
Directed by Eric Feigenbaum
Created by Conor Gaughan and Kate Tucker
Written and hosted by Kate Tucker
Produced by Consensus Digital Media in partnership with Remedial Media
Executive Producer - Kate Tucker
Executive Producer - Jessie English
Executive Producer - Eric Feigenbaum
Executive Producer - Conor Gaughan
Featuring:
Mike Keleman - Land Steward, Keleman Point Farm
Melissa Keleman - Land Steward, Keleman Point Farm
Lisa Petit - Superintendent, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Terry Bechter Smith - Retired Land Steward, Goat Feathers Farm
Cindy Bechter Smith - Retired Land Steward, Goat Feathers Farm
Filmed in Peninsula, Ohio at Keleman Point Farm, and in Akron, Ohio
Supervising Producer - Geoff Rock
Editor - Jack Mankiewicz
Assistant Editor - Angaelica LaPasta
Director of Photography - Isaac Rosenthal
Camera Operator - Eddie Bernard
Gaffer / Drone Operator - Fletcher Anstis
Sound Engineer - Tom Eichler
Production Coordinator - John Ryan Gage
Makeup & Hair - Coco Miletti
Wardrobe - Hollie Van Osenbruggen
Audio Mixer / Sound Design - Dillon Terry
Color Grading - Ind3x
Motion Graphics - Yuriy Netrebyuk
Graphic Design - Stephen Lepsch
Music courtesy of Artlist & Soundstripe
Porch Stomp Blues Instrumental – Mississippi Lightnin'
An Afternoon Drive – Falconer
Desperado – Falconer
Oak Road 2 – Oakfield
Double Minded Blues Instrumental – Mississippi Lightnin'
Brothers Instrumental – Heartland Nights
Foot Chase Hoe Down – Falconer
Simmerin' Instrumental – Mississippi Lightnin'
Midnight Square Dance Instrumental – Heartland Nights
Texas Tequila Instrumental – Heartland Nights
Double Minded Blues Instrumental – Mississippi Lightnin'
Backwood Boys Instrumental – Brent Wood
Easy Trailride Instrumental – Andy Ellison
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