From Green Mountain Girls Farm on this a rainy second week of June, here at the end of spring and the beginning of summer, I offer you good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good night (or whatever time of day you happen to be reading this). My name is Andrew and I’m the crop […]
Stories from the Farm
New Arrivals!
June 6, 2013 – 7:40 am
It has been a busy week of arrivals! From Green Mountain Heritage Farm we picked up the newest Green Mountain Girls – three piglets that will be our new breeding stock. They are only 6 weeks old now, cuteas buttons, but will become our future sows! They are in the upper barn but about to […]
Thanks to the Humaneitarians
May 29, 2013 – 2:33 pm
Many of you have met Carrie Abels, editor of Local Banquet, founder of Humaneitarian.org and our farm volunteer last season. She launched Humaneitarian.org a year ago and with it created not only a resource for folks who want to be conscientious omnivores, but also a conversation about how meat is raised. With her journalistic touch and sincere care, she is […]
Making the Farm Whole
May 22, 2013 – 12:02 pm
The farm has been a buzz the past week, not only because it is mid-May and there are plants and animals that want new spaces to grow. We had a weekend packed full of on-farm experiences, providing hands-on (or mouths) activities to engage with and support our farm. This farm aims to create a purposeful blend […]
Working Together
May 15, 2013 – 8:44 pm
Northfield’s Farmers’ Market reopened Tuesday and the green was vibrant with close to twenty vendors who now form a caring community after collaborating to form the winter market. Floating Bridge Food and Farm members met to plan our summer events and our “specialty crop block grant” application. Here at the farm new teammates gather (we’ll […]
May = Busy, Busy, Busy
May 8, 2013 – 11:15 am
Holy Sunshine! Wow, we feel like we have been transported to mid-summer with these sunny, warm (even hot!) days. No real complaints, as it has allowed us to forge full steam ahead on season transition. But now we are looking forward to some rain and clouds. Wondering what our small team has been up to […]
Inside the Scramble of Restoration Agriculture
May 1, 2013 – 1:18 pm
“What is that in Hop’s Mouth?” After developing a reputation for being a bit soft and trying to sneak into the farmhouse at every opportunity, Hop earned her keep this week by killing what we think is a young weasel or ermine. It is in the freezer so our neighbors Rodney and Theresa Elmer of […]
The Boom & Busts on a Farm
April 24, 2013 – 2:13 pm
When people talk of eating seasonally, they usually mean tomatoes in the heat of summer, asparagus in the spring, winter squash in the fall and stored for the winter — eating foods when they ripen here in Vermont instead of shipping them in from California or South America. With community supported agriculture, or a Farm […]
Rebirth and Resurrection
April 17, 2013 – 1:35 pm
We scurried around cleaning up the barn for Monday’s overnight guests soon to arrive from Boston. Alongside our note welcoming our guests we placed a farm-grown calla lily in a bud vase, (harvested from our “living machine”, grey water system in the greenhouse). Eventually we learned that one guest had run the Boston marathon and […]
Yogi in the Pantry
April 10, 2013 – 3:03 pm
Wednesdays pop up frequently! Isn’t it amazing how quickly a week flies by? All of a sudden here we are again letting the farm move from center stage to a backdrop, settling in at our yoga mats. Weekly regulars and newcomers gather, drawn by Lydia’s strong reputation, kept by her meticulous clarity of language directing […]