By Jac Wypler (they+she) Since living through Covid-19, it’s easy to recall times when friends and family sought to relieve stress by...

By Valerie Woodhouse Self-care as we usually imagine it doesn’t have a place on my farm. I’d love to say that my clinical social work...

By Hamadi Mganga, he/him Alam is Providence Farm Collective’s newest incubator farmer. Providence Farm Collective, or PFC, is a nonprofit...

By Maggie Cheney This is a good point in the season to talk about farmer care. In the Spring, there’s always such a palpable joy and...

By Jon Magee “We have to break with the professional doctrine that ascribes virtually all of the problems that clients experience to...

By Claudia Kenny Conflict Stress Conflicts are stressful and over time can have destructive effects on our relationships. During a...

By Angela Highsmith AH: What initially comes to mind when you think about mental health on the farm? AS: When I think about mental...

By Ricky Baruch and Deb Habib, Seeds of Solidarity Farm Face the direction of sunrise upon waking and wash it over yourself. Let the...

By Karma Glos I believe our urge to travel was inspired by French interns. Early in our farming, we hosted several French agricultural...

By Elizabeth Gabriel Mental health is often an overlooked challenge farmers face nationwide. There are a multitude of issues that...

By Erica Frenay What causes you to feel stressed out? Major sources of stress in my life include, in no particular order: money, kids,...

By Megan Browning, NOFA-VT Abbie Corse, an owner and operator of the Corse Farm Dairy, in Whitingham, Vermont, has been learning to...

By Sara Norton With a borrowed camera and a list of people to track down, Al Johnson set out on an odyssey of 1,600 miles to make the...

By Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano Chelsea Green Publishing, 2022 Reviewed by Angela Highsmith As a student of permaculture living in the...

By Lynn Cassells and Sandra Baer Reviewed by Chris Travis Our Wild Farming Life by Lynn Cassells and Sandra Baer is a great choice for...

Author Lee Reich New Society Publishers, 115 pages, $24.99 https://www.leereich.com/books Reviewed by Elizabeth Gabriel I’ve known Lee’s...

By Grace Oedel, NOFA-VT Executive Director This article was originally printed in VT Digger on August 28, 2022. I belong to a local CSA...

By Laura Edwards-Orr The Opportunity “Good Food Purchasing is an idea whose time has come, and many different entities in our community -...

By Mary-Howell Martens Nearly 30 years ago, we were sitting down to a May Sunday breakfast when a pickup truck drove into the driveway....

By Johanna Jackson I was kneeling near rhubarb, pulling out thistles, when Gerald walked up. It was April 2020: pandemic week three. We...