Author Archives: Laura

Stronger Together

April 27, 2020 – 12:45 pm

The work of staying healthy in community Food crops get viruses also, as well as bacterial and fungal infections. Often insect pressures on plants piggy back on such stressors, along with nutritional imbalances. Chemical agriculture attempts to cheat these forces with fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides and herbicides. Their positive impacts are short lived and myriad negative […]

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New ONLINE Farmstand

April 27, 2020 – 10:44 am

Exciting News! We have a new Online Farmstand for placing orders from the farm.  Check it out!  Our shakedown cruise week went quite well, and we have updated most items to have photos. A few tips, you can use search function to find a particular item and you can browse by category. Let us know if you have […]

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Available from Farm: April 27- May 1

April 26, 2020 – 5:57 pm

Ah..April Sun, Rain & Snow!  Keeping us on our toes.  We have a nice mix of fresh greens this week, but we need a bit more sun and warmth for them to totally take off.  But we also still have lots of frozen kale & spinach for those recipes where you’ll cook it anyway!  Check […]

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Origin of “Don’t Eat Like a Pig”

April 20, 2020 – 11:09 am

Perhaps with folks spending more time at home, eating even more meals together, the phrase, “Don’t Eat Like a Pig” has been repeated more often. There are many disparaging sayings that reference pigs, some I believe are unwarranted. And for years of raising pigs, I even thought this one was a bit overstated. Then came […]

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Available from Farm: April 21-24

April 19, 2020 – 5:14 pm

Mid-April!  While the snow has cleared from the fields, and our hoophouses are full of amazing colors, it is still only mid-April.  This means all of our fresh greens are coming ONLY from our 2 hoophouses, and as you’ve all noticed it has been a cold early April so while the plants are doing great, […]

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Available from Farm: April 12-17

April 13, 2020 – 7:46 am

We are settling into this new world of packing orders for everyone and have updated our order and delivery process. Check out order, pick-up and delivery details. Seasonal highlight of the week…the begining of the Kale-sparagus, truly one of the Spring ephemerals. We hope to roll out in the next week (?), a web order […]

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We will GROW through this

April 5, 2020 – 3:06 pm

Spring is advancing and our farm team is doing all we can to exploit the sun’s increasing available hours. Still, on the chilly and gray days when April (snow) showers prevail, it increases the pandemic’s grip on mood and mind. But as Phil Scott and so many strong governors and medical leaders remind us daily, […]

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Farm Orders Packed for YOU!

April 5, 2020 – 2:39 pm

Due to the need to close the self-serve shopping aspect of our farmstand during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to best protect both our farm staff & customers and have the best assurance of a stable, safe food supply from our farm, we switched to a pre-order/Pack-Your-Order system a few weeks ago to get you […]

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Available from Farm: April 7-10

April 5, 2020 – 1:26 pm

We are settling into this new world of packing orders for everyone and have updated our order and delivery process. Check out order, pick-up and delivery details. Some exciting new additions to the list this week:  Eco-Apples & Pears and Apple Cider from the amazing Champlain Orchards Maple-sweetened jams from Northfield’s own Lightfoot Farm.  Yes, […]

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Farm Order Forms

April 5, 2020 – 11:00 am

Looking to place an order or curious about our availability and prices? Here is the spot. Exciting News! We have a new Online Farmstand for placing orders from the During COVID-19 Pandemic, our farmstand is closed to self-serve shopping.  ALL SHOPPING is being done through pre-orders and pick-up or delivery. Due to the need to […]

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