Watching our young animals with their sows, does, or hens over the years always makes us extra appreciative of all that mothers do around the world and across species to keep us all going. Here are a few photos reminding us of all that the maternal side offers our world from this past week….and past […]
Stories from the Farm
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Shopping Details for April 2-3
April 1, 2020 – 7:55 am
In these unprecedented times, we continue to be buoyed by the incredible words and actions of support from all of you as well as the increased interest in local food. We are working to improve our order and delivery system as it looks like it will need to be in place for several months. Below […]
New Shopping How-tos
March 19, 2020 – 9:05 am
In these unprecedented times, we are buoyed by both the incredible words and actions of support from all of you as well as the increased interest in local food. While we know we have the much easier and safer job producing and delivering food from a small regenerative farm compared to all of the healthcare […]
Providing and Nourishing while we all #Flattenthecurve
March 14, 2020 – 8:49 am
Our farm community is small and a beautiful result is that when we write this note we see YOUR face! It brings us so much joy and wholeness to provision folks whose nourishment goals are known to us. Your stories help shape and reinforce our practices. Simultaneously we appreciate your solidarity with our farm and […]
March=Spring in the Hoophouse
March 5, 2020 – 3:24 pm
Ok, there may still be two feet of snow on the ground outside, but Spring has clearly arrived in the hoophouse. Here is the proof – transplanting! Some images from Darienne as she and other farmers made way from some older spinach plants and transplanted some youngsters into the hoophouse! The season of lots of […]
By Laura
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Tagged greens, hoophouse, spring, winter greens
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