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 […]
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Working Together
May 15, 2013 – 8:44 pm
By Laura
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Kickstarting Compost
September 20, 2012 – 7:47 am
At the end of a long day of processing chickens the farm team split in two directions. Inside the walk-in fridge long rubber gloves eased plump Freedom Rangers and schmaltzy stewing hens from the ice water chill to be dried off and bagged. These chickens were beautiful on pasture. And they are about to be […]
Compost Cabaret
March 14, 2012 – 11:08 am
Saturday, March 24th will be an evening of steaming hot entertainment with music and poetry sure to warm your heart and soul – all to benefit Highfields Center for Composting’s programs to Close the Loop on local food systems. Singer songwriter Kris Gruen, tops the bill with guitarist Brian Clark. The Roaring Dandelions (blues […]
By Laura
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Posted in Past Farm Events, Stories from the Farm
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Also tagged Ariel's Restaurant, music
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Minds on Soils and Seeds
March 14, 2012 – 10:52 am
Our attention this week has turned to seeds, plants and soils — and it hasn’t been the sudden onset Spring that sent us that direction, but it does have an impact. New Tools We have a fun new tool/system on the farm for seeding (and most importantly) transplanting some of our crops. The Paper Pot Transplanter! […]
By Laura
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Also tagged seeds, soil
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