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Cultivating Gratitude

November 19, 2023 – 5:23 pm

This is time of year and holiday when gratitude becomes top of mind.  Much study has shown that the more we focus on that which we are grateful for the better off we are, but we also know the challenge of that when life gets hectic.  This year, and this growing season in particular, has […]

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Farm Talents

April 30, 2015 – 6:30 am

Three new talented individuals are joining our team as the Spring flurry approaches. What would an orientation week in Spring be if we didn’t do some team bonding by cherviling? (More on that in coming weeks!).  Here is a bit on the new farmers we are excited to have on the team. Soliz Mayer grew […]

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Learning as We Go

January 7, 2015 – 10:47 am

Happy New Year! We appreciate the rituals of reflection and goal setting that often accompany the calendar reset and resolve to keep using this weekly format of stories from the farm to keep you, our farm community, connected with this place, this wild experiment in mundane acts of growing food that is good for you […]

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Giving Thanks…

November 23, 2014 – 8:59 pm

We love our turkeys. And this year’s group came to us amidst the weasel troubles. We bonded more than normal via extra nightly visits, timed to be there at just the right light to close them all in the horse trailer and early morning releases onto their pasture. As a result they are even more […]

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You are our Sun and Sparkle!

February 11, 2014 – 5:18 pm

 – A Love Letter to Farm Supporters We tried to write you a sonnet. Something to capture the joy we find in our hearts which comes when you tell us about cooking, eating or enjoying the farm’s food. Some way to express our heart’s deep thanks for all of you who make this farm dream […]

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Finding Inspiration

June 5, 2012 – 9:27 pm

Inspiration comes to us in many forms, some of them predictable, some of them not.  As someone whose work is passion driven, inspiration and motivation and the rekindling of that passion is critical.   When I ran a mission driven non-profit, I would coach my younger colleagues to remember that when you toil hard towards […]

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