Farm Blog
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
Grant Awards Help Green Earth Harvest Feed More People, More Of the Year
The Conservation Foundation is the recent and grateful recipient of two different grants in support of our Green Earth Harvest organic farming program. Each year, produce grown through Green Earth
Come & Go
I speak for the entire farm crew when I say that I’m good and tired. After a half year working together, our muscles and bodies are sore, and our
Yellow Apple, Love Apple, Wolf Peach, Apple of Paradise, Poison Apple
by Kelsey Nasset, Farmer Tomatoes, you either love them or you hate them. When I was young, you could not get me to eat a tomato to save your life.
Chips. Hash Browns. French Fries. Gnocchi. Tater Tots.
By Kelsey Nasset, Farmer From the beginning, this humble vegetable was worshiped and revered by the Incan empire. Archaeologists have found it buried in ancient Incan burial sites from 500
Field Notes: Climate Change
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
Farming: A Meeting Place of Nature and Economy
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
Spring Field Notes
By Jason Halm, Farm Manager Farming, in the spring, to me, is a constant tension between patience and push. There is a patience learned in the winter months,
Earth Day Virtual Benefit Week Final Day (Earth Day!): Resilience
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
Finding That Balance
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