I was on a call with other farmer-parents last week when I realized something: we were all struggling to live out the story of a family farm. You know: the one where we’re self-sufficient, where the kids roam safely and freely, where the parents get the chores done and we all sit down to dinner …
I gave birth to my son in July of the year we started Good Heart Farmstead. Needless to say, he was our best crop that season. He’s also unknowingly dictated our work schedule ever since. Being a farmer and a parent means balancing the needs of crops, customers, and children. And yourself, too — self-care …
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I gave birth to my son, Waylon, the same year we started the farm. Back then, I didn’t yet know to question the idea of doing it all. I just felt a quickening, an excitement, and took a leap. We’d searched for land for two years, and while we’d meant to be more patient once …
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I gave birth to my son, Waylon, 6 years ago today. We were living in a yurt, and the only farm structures were a sheep barn/seed house, woodshed/outhouse, and yurt. The only “running” water came from a frost-free hydrant in the seedhouse in the middle of the field, and a squeaky hand pump in the …
“Sustainability is an act of love.” These words projected on the screen behind Melody Walker Brook as she spoke of seeds, ceremony, relationship, and reciprocity. I’d gone to the NOFA-VT Winter Conference to speak in three different sessions, but I was most excited to listen. Melody, an Abenaki artist, educator, and activist, was giving the …
The clouds parted sometime in the night, and we woke yesterday morning to sun. In the midst of fall rains, the morning reprieve invited us outside for the perfect fall day, and we accepted, garlic seed in hand. I set to making furrows through composted beds while Waylon played on straw bales. When the …
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