American magazine, July 2016
In this issue explore DC street art, run away with the Street Light Circus, meet AU’s Olympic hopefuls, reminisce about commencements past, hop on the Metro to the Smithsonian, and get to know some of AU’s 1,875 Boston transplants. Also in the July issue: 3 minutes on the national parks, 88 years of yearbooks, and a beer quiz.
In this issue explore DC street art, run away with the Street Light Circus, meet AU’s Olympic hopefuls, reminisce about commencements past, hop on the Metro to the Smithsonian, and get to know some of AU’s 1,875 Boston transplants. Also in the July issue: 3 minutes on the national parks, 88 years of yearbooks, and a beer quiz.
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Melody Powers has come full circle.<br />
The Pennsylvania native grew up on a farm and after<br />
picking up a degree at Penn State, where she met husband<br />
Kevin, she settled in the DC area for six years. In 2012,<br />
SICK OF CITY LIFE, the couple moved west for greener<br />
pastures—literally.<br />
Today, they run the 11-acre POWERS FARM AND<br />
BREWERY in northern Fauquier County, Virginia, about<br />
40 miles southwest of Washington. The Powerses will<br />
celebrate their third summer harvest this year with a<br />
CORNUCOPIA OF CROPS, from spinach, strawberries,<br />
and sweet potatoes to chard, carrots, and cabbage. They<br />
sell their organic produce and flowers—grown primarily<br />
from heirloom seed stock—at the nearby Manassas<br />
Farmers Market. More than 30 people have also signed<br />
up for the 20-week farm share, which kicked off in June.<br />
When she’s not tending to her crops, Powers is chasing<br />
after Aggie, a CANTANKEROUS-YET-LOVABLE<br />
RESCUE SHEEP, and 2-year-old collies, Zeus and Cascade<br />
(named for two varieties of hops the couple grows).<br />
“I miss the restaurants,” Powers says of city life. “But<br />
I just love it in the country.”<br />
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COVER AND POV: PHOTOS BY MATTHEW STEBENNE SOC/BA ’18<br />
PREVIOUS PAGE: PHOTO BY CHRISTIN BOGGS PEYPER<br />
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Staring down retinal<br />
degeneration<br />
20<br />
Skeleton athlete,<br />
other Eagles aim<br />
for Olympics<br />
24<br />
Sneaking the circus<br />
out of the tent<br />
30<br />
Firm offers new<br />
structure for<br />
working moms
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