It’s Earth Week! What’s the best way to celebrate? Eating local organic food. Here are three ways organic farming and eating local supports the environment: Organic Farming Builds Healthy Soils Soil is the foundation of nutritious and delicious food, but more than that, soil can capture carbon from the atmosphere, and increase resilience in times …
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You’ve probably heard, we’re opening a farm store in Worcester, taking over the space where the Post Office Cafe is. So what does this mean for the CSA? We’ll continue offering our classic CSA in both Montpelier and Worcester. Along with the CSA, our Farm Stand Share is turning into the Farm Store Share. Here’s …
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It’s a watermelon, it’s a radish…it’s a watermelon radish! And it’s also a superhero of the vegetable world. What makes it so? Well, just take a look: In late winter, when other storage crops are beginning to get soft, the watermelon radish holds firm. It’s bright pink center splashes across the plate. Its subtle …
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Guess what? Edge is sowing the first tomato seeds of the year today! While it will still be quite some time before we slice into a Rose de Berne (my all around favorite tomato), the simple act of planting seeds brings a new kind of energy. It’s as if I can feel the season shifting …
For the past month, folks have been asking us when they can sign up for the 2022 Full Season Share. And the answer is… October 18th! We’ve never had so many people ask us about the Full Season Share, and we’re psyched to open it up again in a couple weeks. This is the only time …
Last week we harvested giant cabbages: Waylon helped, too. Check out this video of him harvesting them. These will become sauerkraut and curry kraut (our favorite twist on the classic ferment) and will be part of the Fall Harvest CSA. Because sometimes you want a cabbage and sometimes you want a jar of farm-made kraut to pop …
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“I could write an essay on all the incredible, creative, thoughtful ways you adapted to the pandemic. From being willing to bring groceries from Maple Corner Community Store, to pre-packed bags of our weekly share. We were so grateful to continue to get the fresh food we cherish safely and with smiles behind the masks.” …
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I’ve been feeling down since last week’s IPCC climate report came out (here’s a 3 bullet summary from NPR). Okay, “down” isn’t the right word—more like anxious, sad, angry, worried. I wonder sometimes how much our little farm can do to help solve the climate crisis and injustices of the world. But then I think of …
It’s flower season here at the farm. We don’t actually sell flowers — while they’re included as a free PYO perk for our CSA Members, the role flowers play at Good Heart is one of pollination and beauty. The mix of cultivated and wild flowers on the farm provide homes and food for pollinators like …
How are you doing? With the Governor’s new Stay Home, Stay Safe Executive Order, we know stress may have crept up since last week. We also know that stress isn’t great for health — and we have an option to help decrease your need to venture to the grocery store. If you’re a Montpelier Farm Share Member, …
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