Mumbet’s Freedom Farm:A conversation with Sunder Ashni while walking through the herb beds
By Angela Highsmith AH: What initially comes to mind when you think about mental health on the farm? AS: When I think about mental...
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Ricky Baruch and Deb Habib
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Ten Ways To Practice Simple, Daily Acts of Gratitude
By Ricky Baruch and Deb Habib, Seeds of Solidarity Farm Face the direction of sunrise upon waking and wash it over yourself. Let the...
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Karma Glos
- Mar 31
- 4 min
Upstate New York to West Cork: why we travel
By Karma Glos I believe our urge to travel was inspired by French interns. Early in our farming, we hosted several French agricultural...
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Elizabeth Gabriel
- Mar 31
- 8 min
Farmer Stress, Suicide and Support
By Elizabeth Gabriel Mental health is often an overlooked challenge farmers face nationwide. There are a multitude of issues that...
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Erica Frenay
- Mar 31
- 6 min
Your Approach to Decision-Making Can Alleviate Stress
By Erica Frenay What causes you to feel stressed out? Major sources of stress in my life include, in no particular order: money, kids,...
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Megan Browning
- Mar 31
- 4 min
I am the Farmer : Mothering & Farming
By Megan Browning, NOFA-VT Abbie Corse, an owner and operator of the Corse Farm Dairy, in Whitingham, Vermont, has been learning to...
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Sara Norton
- Mar 31
- 6 min
Remembering our Roots: Al Johnson’s Odyssey Making the NOFA Film
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...
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Angela Highsmith
- Mar 29
- 3 min
Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts 50 Easy-to-Grow Plants for the Home Garden or Landscape
By Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano Chelsea Green Publishing, 2022 Reviewed by Angela Highsmith As a student of permaculture living in the...
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Chris Travis
- Mar 29
- 3 min
Our Wild Farming Life
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...
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Elizabeth Gabriel
- Mar 29
- 3 min
Growing Figs in Cold Climates
Author Lee Reich New Society Publishers, 115 pages, $24.99 https://www.leereich.com/books Reviewed by Elizabeth Gabriel I’ve known Lee’s...
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Grace Oedel
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Farming at the intersection of economic and climate crises
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...
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Laura Edwards-Orr
- Mar 29
- 7 min
Values-Based Purchasing: Opening Markets for Mid-sized and Smaller Farms
By Laura Edwards-Orr The Opportunity “Good Food Purchasing is an idea whose time has come, and many different entities in our community -...
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Mary-Howell Martens
- Mar 29
- 7 min
Makin' Bacon!
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....
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Johanna Jackson
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Kestrel Nest Boxes: A Source of Reverence and Beauty
By Johanna Jackson I was kneeling near rhubarb, pulling out thistles, when Gerald walked up. It was April 2020: pandemic week three. We...
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H.e. Haugenes
- Mar 29
- 3 min
Lessons from my time at a vegan animal sanctuary
By H.e. Haugenes I took an internship at a vegan animal sanctuary, thinking I could learn to raise animals in harmony with the land,...
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Emma Gonzalez
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Produce Pop-Ups for the People
By Emma Gonzalez Over the course of three seasons farming and all my years eating, I had never seen purple cauliflower. Apparently, the...
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STEVE GABRIEL
- Mar 29
- 9 min
Tree Fodder Builds Resilience (and Carbon) on the Farm
By Steve Gabriel Our farm was first captured by the idea of tree fodder out of necessity. In 2016 our region of New York suffered a...
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Tracy Frisch
- Mar 29
- 5 min
The Healthy Vegetable Garden:
A natural, chemical-free approach to soil, biodiversity and managing pests and diseases.
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Jon Magee
- Mar 28
- 5 min
Important but overlooked history of the southern Black farmers...
Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement, by White, Monica M. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina...
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