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Jesica Clark of South Pine Street City Farm trials compost substrates to find a sustainable way to heat an urban greenhouse By Abigail Woughter From Empty Space to Green Space When farming a quarter-acre community garden on a city block, it is easy to feel as if everyone is watching. Jesica Clark of South Pine…
Read MoreProducing mushrooms is not easy, but with the right growing conditions, a harvest can be both profitable and beautiful. Mushroom farming, like any other agricultural enterprise, requires study, experience, controlling the growing environment as best you can, a certain amount of intuition and some luck. Edible mushrooms are the fruit of certain kinds of fungus.…
Read MoreLooking to raise broilers on pasture? “Stress Free Chicken Tractor Plans” is a new e-Guide to building your own chicken tractors. The designs provided solve the common issues related to pastured poultry; predation, ease of daily moves, walking inside the coop, serving more than one purpose, and keeping birds safe and happy. The eBook contains…
Read MoreMessage from the Managing Editor Happy 2014! I’ve been advised by older relatives that as we age, time speeds up, and the years pass more quickly. This was especially true for me last August when our first child, Julian, was born. I thought nearly 3 months of being disconnected from work and the outside world…
Read MoreStrengthening the landowner-farmer relationship with leasing and stewardship. Sustainability, simply stated, is the capacity to endure. But the high cost of land in Vermont, combined with the financial challenges of owning land, are threatening the sustainability of local agriculture. According to Vermont’s Farm to Plate Strategic Plan to strengthen the food system, “Affordable access to…
Read MoreMarjorie Susman and Marian Pollack pioneered the artisanal cheese making movement. The cyclical rhythm of nature is the foundation that supports Marjorie Susman and Marian Pollack of Orb Weaver Farm. Like the cyclical pattern of a spider’s web, Orb Weaver farm engages the seasonal activities on the farm. In the words of Marjorie “sowing, harvesting…
Read More78 year old Vermont farmer Stuart Cheney shares memoirs with Lindsay Debach, daughter of a Pennsylvania-based butcher, after reading her Small Farm Quarterly piece “Slaughter Daughter”. My Dad was a big muscular fella about six foot with heavy broad shoulders. His arms were huge, and he had hands more like paws. It has been said…
Read MoreMessage from the Editor Greetings from the Cornell Small Farm Program! We have wonderful news to share. Our family has just grown by one wee bit. Violet Stone and her partner Joshua Pezet are now proud parents of a beautiful baby boy. We wish them all the best as they transition into their new roles.…
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Molly DellaRoman manages a pasture-based flock of 300 laying hens alongside a sizable vegetable CSA, a farm stand, and a regular supply of farm visitors…and this is only year one. Molly DellaRoman is the Farm Manager of Moose Hill Farm in Sharon, Massachusetts, located on land preserved as an open space and historical site by…
Read MoreThe summer of 2013 brought me to two farms on completely opposite ends of the dairy farm spectrum. By William Mathew Cain Growing up on a Connecticut angus farm seemed wonderful until I joined 4H and saw all the excitement of my new dairy farm buddies. I wanted what they had. My first show heifer…
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