After another season of heavy rains and a storm ripping through roads, the Farm Stand is closed until further notice. Both town roads leading to Good Heart were severely damaged, and there is currently one-lane traffic from only one direction. We’re so grateful to the Worcester town road crews for all their work. Right now, it’s […]
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“Think globally, act locally.” Wendell Berry These words hung on the walls of the Farmers’ Diner in Barre, back when I was in high school. It’s been over a decade since the Farmers’ Diner closed, but those words — think globally, act locally — are as important as ever. Between climate change, the pandemic, and
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At the end of 2021, Good Heart Farmstead became Real Organic Certified. Over the past handful of years, national organic standards have been watered down to make it easier for “Big Ag” corporations to be labeled organic. The result: Hydroponic farms where the land is covered in plastic and plants are grown without soil; and
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Farming is all about connections: from soil and mycelium to roots and leaves to water and air. Summer is a time when those connections grow — and today we’re shining a light on connections that CSA members helped make. In March, we learned about CVRAN, Central Vermont Refugee Action Network, when a CSA family participated
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It’s MLK Day, and I’m reflecting on his words that I shared last year: “If I cannot do great things, then I can do small things in a great way.” Here on the farm, seeds aren’t just metaphors for doing small things, they’re our constant teachers. Growing doesn’t stop with planting the seeds — getting
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The day Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the election, I wrote this: I used to think it wasn’t okay to be “political” as a business. I didn’t want to offend anyone (read: I was scared of being judged). But the truth is, organic farming is political. Under the outgoing administration, organic standards have been
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At Good Heart, our mission is to make local food accessible to all people. One thing we know for sure is that Food Justice and Racial Justice are inextricably connected. In farming, we don’t know what the weather will bring. We don’t know what pests will show up. In fact, there’s usually way more that we don’t
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Winter is right around the corner, but don’t worry! Vermont snow doesn’t mean you have to eat California vegetables. Instead, eat local with the Good Heart Full Season CSA. Imagine: warming soups, fresh greens, and roasted roots. Pot pies stuffed with carrots, potatoes, and parsnips. Local spinach salad in the midst of winter. Fill your kitchen,
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Pizza, Pizza! Saturday, August 31st is Farm Pizza Night. Are you coming? RSVP on our Facebook Event page to let us know you’ll be there. All profits will benefit the NOFA-VT Farm Share Program, which helps us subsidize CSA shares for low-income Vermonters. And speaking of CSA shares… The Fall Harvest Share is just around the
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August brings fresh blooms and cool nights — the latter reminding us that fall really is on its way. And that means it’s time to get your Fall Harvest CSA. We know it’s hard to start thinking of autumn colors, roasted roots, and warming soups, so we have a solution to keep you firmly planted
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