In 2010, a financially ruined couple started farming on leased land; after hitting $100,000...

(Source: Aaron Shellow-Lavine/WAMC) A couple who lost their home in 2010 now earns almost $700,000 a year growing vegetables on just two and a half acres in upstate New York. Corinne Hansch and her husband, Matthew Leon, went through serious money trouble during the 2010 recession. When their home in California was about to be taken away, they decided to try growing food for a living. Their first try, in Northern California, fell apart when they lost the land they were renting. So they moved to New York's Capital Region. Starting on just a third of an acre, they built a small but very productive farm. It has since grown into a large local food business with its own store downtown.A rough start in CaliforniaThe couple turned to farming because they had no other choice. In 2010, Leon lost his job and the couple faced losing their house. Speaking on the Real Organic Podcast, Hansch said: "We had nothing to lose, so we might as well start vegetable farming." Leon had studied farming in college, and Hansch grew up on a small farm, but neither of them owned land. They rented an empty field in Mendocino County, California, and used compost to improve the soil. Their small farm did well un...