Brian and Joanne stand beside their large brown draft mule, Annabelle, whose front half is visible. Pasture is in the background. Brian wears a hat and a long-sleeved blue shirt. Joanne wears a white top and grey pants and has her hands on Annabelle's head/

In a way, it all started with a horse named Cowboy.  When former Chicagoans Joanne Aono and Brian Leber decided to upend their urban lives to become farmers, they didn’t know where they’d end up or exactly what farming would look like for them. “Brian wanted to save a horse,” Aono said. “I had read […]

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