The other day Edge snapped this picture of the CSA harvest: We’ve been steadily extending our growing seasons and increasing our Winter CSA for the past few years, and this picture totally lit me up. The snow. The bright carrots. The bounty in the cold dark days of December. Winter growing takes planning and infrastructure. …
“Did your parents think you were crazy for doing this?” A friend asked me this the other day, talking about the farm and our early years living in a yurt with no running water. “I don’t think so…at least they haven’t said that out loud to me,” I told her. “But when I think back …
Farmers should take vacations. I know it’s a bit of an oxymoron, farmers and vacations. But leaving the farm every so often can make you a better farmer. To leave, you need to plan, be efficient, and train employees — all things that increase the sustainability of the farm. So in late September, we left …
The other day I was giving my dog Gracie a belly rub, showering her with compliments like, “You’re so beautiful! You’re a good friend. You’re a good dog. I love you!” And I thought, wow, what if we all talked to each other like I’m talking to my dog — even for a day? How …
Ask what Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is, and you’re likely to get an answer like this: CSA is a way of purchasing directly from a farm, where you pay for a season’s worth of food up front. This gives the farmer cash in the off-season, and as an incentive for paying early, you get a …
Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA, is booming right now. As COVID-19 puts pressure on the food system, more and more people are turning to local farms for safe, dependable food access. At the same time, farmers who once relied on wholesale accounts are finding themselves scrambling with restaurants closed and those sales channels either paused …
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