Editor’s corner
Welcome to the second installment of FarmStory.org. We launched Dec. 19 in a blizzard with a few friends gathered for a winter potluck around the kitchen table of the old 18th century farmhouse. Our plan moving forward is to refresh the site with new content every three weeks (we hope our discussion forums will take on a life of their own). The plan is to connect foodsheds and farming communities throughout our region and across the country through vibrant storytelling and idea sharing. We welcome your participation with open arms.
In this issue:
• Farmer Tim Stark explains what makes him tick (it turns out to be one of the bugs he’ll be doing battle with come summertime) and suggests that more real farmers need to enter the discussion about food.• Eckerton Hill Farm manager Wayne Miller tells all about his recent visit with season-extension guru Eliot Coleman.
• Renee Ciulla shares how she is bringing lessons learned studying agroecology and local food systems abroad home to roost in her own community.
• Agronomist turned economist Dave Wilson admonishes us all to learn the basic economic principles underlying our food system so we can help fix it.
• Penn State Sustainable Agriculture Educator Tianna Dupont offers up excellent advice on raising chickens.
• Investigative nutritionist Melinda Hemmelgarn suggests that there’s much more to a farmers market than good food.
Please dig in, and let us know what you think.
Dan Sullivan
Wild Persimmon Farm Journal
Reflections about farming profitably with respect for people and the land, by Tim Stark, who owns and farms Eckerton Hill Farm.Tell me muse
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
I have come in from the cold to find that I have a muse. Her name is Binky. Binky is a brown stink bug who, along with a handful of her brethren, has elected to overwinter here in the farmhouse with me and a passel of drowsy ladybugs. For three days straight now, Binky has dithered about my computer keyboard as I tap the keys. Read More
Day By Day In Words And Pictures
A blog by Eckerton Hill farm manager Wayne Miller.Four Season Farm -- A Visit With Eliot Coleman
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
He had a real look of consternation in his eyes. Or maybe it was just the way he squinted, one eye almost shut as I often do when the mid-day sun is shining all over the place, blinding and bathing everything at the same time. Read More
Soil Matters: Adventures with “Sweet Corn”
A farmer-educator shares his views
and knowledge regarding the soul and the soil. By “Sweet Corn” (aka, research
agronomist Dave Wilson).
It’s complicated … but getting our collective brain around the economics is critical to fixing our broken food system
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Reading through my colleagues’ first-posted journals here on this site, I found some interesting items which made me ponder more – comments that I would like to expound upon for the sake of discussion and for the purpose of looking at, and then explaining, some-not-so-commonly-understood concepts underlying a common theme. Read More
Comments (0)Beginning poultry husbandry
Raising poultry can be a fun and profitable hobby or business. If you are interested in raising poultry for the first time, here are some helpful hints to get you started.Posted: 31-Jan-2010 Read More >
Local New Hampshire
“Can New England feed itself?” The notion wouldn’t leave me alone as I traveled around Tuscany last year drooling over the gastronomic pleasures presented at the many local food shops and trattorias and ogling the vegetable gems that were peaking out from within greenhouses.Posted: 03-Feb-2010 Read More >
The soul of a farmers’ market
It's the farmers, of course ... and their lives of hard, honest work are revealed in their weathered, leathery hands.Posted: 04-Feb-2010 Read More >
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