Our 2020 Earth Day Virtual Benefit Week is running from Wednesday, April 15th to Wednesday, April 22nd! Our online Silent Auction is open for bidding and we’ll be bringing you daily
Our 2020 Earth Day Virtual Benefit Week is running from Wednesday, April 15th to TODAY, Wednesday, April 22nd, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! Our online Silent Auction is open for bidding
By Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager I’ve heard it said that if you’re not moving forward, you’re moving backwards. At Green Earth Harvest, it is essential to keep moving forward.
by Eric Izzo, Assistant Farm Manager Life is slowly springing up around McDonald Farm. Some of this life I find more exciting than others. The first week of April
by Dan Popek, Assistant Farm Manager “The farmer lives and works in the meeting place of nature and the human economy. Farmers either fit their farming to their farms, conform
By Eric Izzo, Assistant Farm Manager Happy February, and more importantly, Happy Snow! I’ve done a lot of complaining lately about how little snow we’ve received this winter. Yes, I
There are many unknowns in farming, but at least two constants: pests and weeds!!! And we’ve got them both in abundance here at McDonald Farm. But thanks to a generous
As I turned up the driveway to the farm two Sundays ago, I stared down the face of climate change in the form of several fields flooded out, the product
by Dan Popek & the TCF Staff We seem to be in a strange position we may have never experienced; it is like we are waiting out a hurricane
By Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager Hello readers, new and returning, to the March edition of Connections. Is it spring yet? Our future farmer Carya is experiencing her first full
What happens in winter on McDonald Farm? Prairie planting, of course!🌱 Our farm managers teamed up with Renae Frigo, TCF’s Land Stewardship Manager, and
I hope you all enjoyed your Fourth of July–whether that be an out-of-town trip, a fun barbecue, or fireworks. This is a great holiday to enjoy the warmer weather and
By Jason Halm, Farm Manager Garlic, Allium sativum, the stinking rose: is it a vegetable, a spice, or a medicine? Is it an onion,
By Brook McDonald, President/CEO of The Conservation Foundation The McDonald Farm is more than fields and fields full of delicious organic veggies. It is also the home of The
For two decades, we’ve been proud to carry the USDA Organic certification—a badge that reflects our growing practices and overall mission that every person, regardless of where they live or
