Farm Blog
Growing Garlic for our Shareholders
Garlic’s here. Grown for about 270 days, cured for another 25, with just 70 days left until planting, the eating’s just one part of a full annual cycle. It always
Get to Know McDonald Farm’s “Eco-Campus”
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
Growing the Community
by Dan Lobbes, Vice President In our last Connections, Steve Tiwald, the founder of Green Earth Institute, discussed the beginnings of the organic farming initiative 20 years ago. His
Local Food For All
by Dan Lobbes, Director Like many of you, we believe that every person should have access to local, organic, nutritious food. The benefits have been well documented, and we
Donor Testimonial: Steve Tiwald & Karen Hutt
Steve Tiwald and his wife Karen Hutt were the founders twenty years ago of the Green Earth Institute, the organic farming operation headquartered at McDonald Farm that is now our
A Note on “No-Till” Farming
By Jason Halm, Farm Manager In the past few years, a lot of people have heard or talked about “no-till” farming. I’d like to discuss what this term means,
Seeds of Transformation
By Jason Halm, Farm Manager Even as the sun sets at 5:30 in the evening now and the afternoon sun’s tilted to more of a glancing angle than the
The Facts of Life
by Jason Halm, Farm Manager There are three words running through my head this week on the farm, as facts of life. The first: everything is growing. Maybe that seems
McDonald Farm: A Throwback, And A Farm Of The Future
“ORGANIC… THE WAY GRAMPA DID IT!” That’s what the sign read in DeKalb County as I drove past an old farm on Rt. 23. I thought of the McDonald Farm,
Transformation Rest: The Work of Winter
by Jason Halm, Farm Manager The year we’ve all been waiting for is here. No, really, 2020 has passed us by, for better and for worse. While I don’t doubt
Strengthening Our Foundation: Growing Food, Growing Connection
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a whole new focus on local food. Thanks to Lenore McDonald’s McDonald Farm land donation, the hard work of our farm crew, and the support
Still Growing
by Jason Halm, Farm Manager We see it all around us: as I drove up the farm early Monday morning, an early hard frost had sounded the bell for this
