This is the fifth winter than Hannah of Field Stone Farm has been working with us in the winter. It has been a great way to explore collaboration, bring in some fresh perspective and extra hands in the winter and offer Hannah, a fab vegetable grower, some experience and time with livestock. It has seemed […]
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Coming Full Circle
March 28, 2019 – 9:29 am
By Laura
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Ramona and the Rains
May 28, 2014 – 5:15 pm
The beauty of piglets came back to us this week. After a changing of the guard in the winter of 2013 and a year of raising three beautiful breeding gilts (young female pigs) from the Whalen’s Green Mountain Heritage Farm in Chelsea, Ramona Quimby was the first to deliver a beautiful litter of piglets. She […]
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Delivering
June 12, 2012 – 5:29 pm
This week’s farm story comes to us from Carrie Abels, who is working with us a bit this summer. Carrie is also the editor of Humaneitarian.org and Local Banquet, both wonderful resources about sustainable and local food. After a few contractions and no progress — save for a tiny hoof that was visible, then not visible, then […]