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Background and experiences

Glen Johnson has lived and worked in the valley for over 60 of his 66 years, attending Conway and Mount Vernon schools and Skagit Valley Community College.

Glen spent three years in the army during the mid-seventies, in Germany, when he traveled extensively in Europe.

He studied the humanities, or inhumanity, as the case may be.

He returned to his agricultural roots, working as a pesticide applicator, dairy worker/milker, food processing, plant worker, student seedsman, composter and ultimately buying and co-operating Mother Flight Farm, with his since deceased...