The Natural Farmer

Summer 2022
Animals on the Farm

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....

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...

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,...

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...

Gracie

By Ben Goldberg A ruffed grouse began showing up at the job site. I'm doing renovations to a retreat cabin up in the hilly woods of...