Browse by Tag: viability

Stirring the Pot

Last week Ric Cengeri’s Vermont Edition interview  with Lisa Kaiman at Jersey Girls Dairy  made us stop multi tasking. Ric’s simple probes and Lisa’s articulate answers made for a stealth piece and a beautiful window into the reality for small farms. We need your honest and vulnerable stories. Jane, Ric, Vermont Edition and Local Banquet […]

Support All the Way Round

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a more common phrase  – the idea that by making a commitment to a farm for a season or year community members are sharing the risk and supporting local agriculture.  It seems that ASC, Agriculture Supporting Communities, also happens. At last week’s Taco Night and Scrag Mountain Music concert, several people expressed […]

Farming that is good for All of us

Nicholas Kristof focused his Sunday New York Times column on our food choices this week, Where Cows are Happy and Food is Healthy.  He does an excellent job of depicting the options we all have.  His example is an organic cow dairy in Oregon, but the values hold true on our farm too.  Kristof ends his piece noting, […]