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How to Part a Chicken

Several years ago, two of our teammates teamed up to not only offer a live demo of how to cut up a chicken, but to document it so folks could continue to learn from it.  We often offer thanks to our former staff, today we thank Guy & Penelope for this great piece of kitchen […]

Stuff your Stockings with Heirlooms….and organics!

Like all of you, we have been busy as elves (or farmers I guess) tending to the lovely greens in the hoophouse, transforming some of the growing season’s bounty into delightful treats for the holiday season and stocking the farmstand with items to make your cooking easier & local. We packed up a lot for the […]

Thanks to the Teachers

  The tatsoi, vivid and Bok choy, mustard greens, broccoli raab, kale, chard, spinach and lettuces are so lush and colorful… whether you get a chance to pop your heads into the hoop houses or experience them as they show up on our plates. Those of us eating primarily from the farm are admitting to […]

Celebrating Spring Greens!

I do love all of our seasonal vegetables and the roots do hold a special place in my heart for their longlasting, practical nature, loyally keeping us fed through the (usually) long Vermont winters.  That said, I always look forward to this moment that comes every year between late March and early April when the […]

Farmers as Elves…

This past week, we have been busy as elves (or farmers I guess) transforming some of the growing season’s bounty into delightful treats for the holiday season as well some items to make your cooking easier & local.  We packed up a lot for the Floating Bridge Food & Farms Holiday market last weekend (thanks to […]

Music to our Ears

If the earnest team working on Vermont’s Farm to Plate were shooting a video add for buying local veggies they couldn’t have gotten away with it.  If our grandmothers overheard us, they would be pleased as punch. Even as I sit here I’m thinking – did that really happen? Did two teenage boy neighbors ask […]