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“Get that food in my mouth, son!!”

There ain’t no holdin’ down a farm boy!

Callum Flack, whose parents Kyle and Paige (Mueller) Flack are fourth-generation tillers of the Whidbey soil, was born at 41 weeks after a challenging labor, and entered the world with an underdeveloped lower jaw, making it difficult for him to breathe on his own.

But after a stay in the NICU at Seattle Children’s Hospital, the lil’ guy (and his luscious locks) has made the move to Coupeville to join his parents and two older brothers.

As the family adjusts to all the transitions, friends have launched a meal train to ease the burden.

The link for it can be found by hopping over to:

https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/zmk7gy

Along with running Bell’s Farm with her husband, Paige, a plucky CHS basketball player back in the day, is the Program Director for the school district’s Farm to School program.

She was also previously the elementary school librarian in Cow Town.

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Callum Flack

Fourth-generation Whidbey farmers Kyle and Paige (Mueller) Flack recently added son #3, Callum, to the family, but the future tiller of the land has had a difficult entrance to the world.

Born at 41 weeks after a challenging labor, he has an underdeveloped lower jaw, making it difficult for him to breathe on his own.

Callum has been transferred to Seattle Children’s Hospital, where he is in the NICU.

Fighting dangerously low oxygen levels, he is in a 72-hour protocol to cool his brain and prevent further injury.

Kyle and Paige, a former Coupeville High School basketball player who went on to work as an elementary school librarian in Cow Town, face mounting medical bills.

There is also the cost of transportation between Whidbey and Seattle, and the challenges of being away from their farm and two older sons, who are four and six.

Family friends have launched a GoFundMe to help, and you can read more and donate at:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-baby-callum-and-the-flack-family

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Paige Mueller

Paige Mueller is a local success story.

A Coupeville High School grad who followed in the footsteps of her forefathers by becoming a farmer, she and her husband own Bell’s Farm.

Mueller’s family has been tilling the soil of Whidbey Island since 1946 and are deeply connected to The Rock.

With another round of budget cuts looming on the horizon for the Coupeville School District, much has been said about the Connected Food Program.

Mueller strongly supports what Chef Andreas Wurzrainer and his crew have accomplished, and she lays out her thoughts in a letter to school board members which is included on the agenda for Thursday’s meeting.

In the letter, she talks about her own experiences as a farmer, and a former Coupeville Elementary School librarian.

“We have a responsibility as citizens of this world to guide students towards healthy food choices, away from processed foods, and to show them how food gets on their plate,” Mueller writes.

“For their health, the community’s health, and the health of our planet.”

 

To read her letter in full, pop over to:

Click to access P%20Muller%20Letter%20to%20the%20Board%20.pdf

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