When it came to buying their own farm, Dan and Elyse Wulfkuhle weren’t set on moving to Vermont. Both Massachusetts natives, they spent the past decade on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, where Dan, 35, managed large vegetable farms and Elyse, 37, worked in river conservation. But Dan’s agriculture career has roots in the Green Mountains. “The first farm I ever worked on was in Vermont,” he said. His experience, at age 17, at Barnet’s Small Axe Farm “had a profound impact on me,” he added. “I really have been farming ever since.” After graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a degree in plant, soil and insect science, Dan farmed in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, and then the couple went out west. The Wulfkuhles might have stayed in Washington, but over the five-plus years they searched for farmland to buy, it was a challenge to find a plot with adequate access to water. And their desire to be closer to East Coast family — especially once they had children — led them back to Vermont, a state they saw as especially supportive of farmers. Last December, they finally made the transition, buying Wood’s Market Garden — an organic, diversified, 165-acre vegetable operation in Brandon. Their enthusiasm has not been diminished by one of the roughest growing seasons in recent memory. On an overcast late August day, the farmstand — where they sell the bulk of their produce — overflowed with freshly picked bell peppers, several varieties of cucumbers, enormous scallions, purple-green okra, and a ton of other veggies and flowers. It looked as though the Wulfkuhles had been running Wood’s Market Garden for years. The farm, located on Route 7 about two miles south of downtown, has been an area fixture for decades. Owned by the Wood family for a century, it was purchased by Jon Satz in 2000, who ran the farm with his wife, Courtney, until his untimely death from cancer in 2021. Courtney was just thinking of listing the farm for sale when Dan reached out to her. He’d connected with several agricultural contacts in the state through Vermont Land Link, a database of farms and farmers looking to sell or buy land. But nothing had worked out until he spoke to Andrew Knafel of Clear Brook Farm in Shaftsbury, a longtime friend of the Satzes who put Courtney and Dan in touch…