WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Every morning, Tu Le is hard at work getting ready for the season at 328North, his micro farm in Williamstown.

"By 8 a.m., I'm watering thousands of seedlings and focusing on that, and just trying to do my checklist," Le said. "Every day, it's something new."

Le and his partner Matt moved to Williamstown after a fire destroyed their home in Pittsburgh in 2014. They started the micro farm in their backyard to help them move on and get a fresh start.

Le said, "We both needed to heal after the fire, and working our land here really allowed us to heal ourselves and really take part in the food that we put on our own tables."

On their half-acre lot, you can find farm staples like berries and potatoes, but they also have some unique offerings, including Japanese baby corn and bitter melons.

Le said everything is grown with sustainable methods once used by Native Americans. 

"Everything is really about the soil here. We're using the chickens to till the land, and we're using no dig to build up the soil," Le said. "It's the same ways that the Stockbridge-Munsee Band used when they had their land here."

The pair decided to open the farm up to CSA shares this year, to help the business side of things after the pandemic. Le said they want to share their passion with as many people as possible.

"I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't love to do it," Le said. "If it was a burden, why would I wake up every day and do it? So it's that harmony that I'm creating with this land we occupy, with nature."