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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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 …
By the time mesclun mix reaches your plate, it’s been triple-washed, spun dry, and bagged. But before all that, it starts out as seeds in soil. Sprinklers cool and moisten the tender lettuce leaves on hot days. Roots hold the plants in soil through days of rain. And about a month after the seeds first …
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Happy December 1st! Last night’s snow welcomed in the month quite appropriately. Waylon’s been asking about the seasons, and we’ve been talking about the difference between calendar winter and when it feels like winter. He’s on the side of when it feels like winter (and also very excited to make snowballs and eat snow). As …
We aspire to offer this land as a weekly resting place, where you come to get vegetables but also get relaxation as you pick flowers and take in the view; as you catch up with other members who’ve become friends; as you load up on bumper crops of zucchini and cucumbers; as you eat slices of wood-fired pizza on a warm summer night.
9º outside and still green inside CSA Pick-up 12/12 & 12/13 It’s going to be 9º tonight, but the greenhouse rows have filled in and are holding on thanks to the heater that keeps it just above freezing. The only things left outside are lettuce heads and spinach, all in hoop houses or the greenhouse, …
thanks to all who came out for our Pizza Night! It was a beautiful (and delicious!) evening, and thanks to you we raised $600 for the Farm Share Program. CSA Pick-up 9/19 and 9/22 Before September winds to a close, Edge, Waylon and I are headed out on a camping trip to the Adirondacks, to …
CSA Pick-up 8/22 and 8/25 August is full. So full that I can hardly keep track of everything! But that is what August is for: fullness. And the full moon last night surely shone bright enough to hold all that is happening and all that is coming. The Good Heart t-shirt fundraiser is up and …
follow us on instagram @goodheartfarmstead CSA Pick-up 8/15 and 8/18 We are excited to announce our T-shirt Fundraiser to raise money for subsidized CSA Shares! The fundraiser is live now, and will end on September 11. All profits will go towards making local food more accessible to low-income families in our communities. To learn more …
CSA Pick-up 8/1 and 8/4 Next Thursday we are having our CSA picnic: a time to gather at the farm, see the fields, meet fellow members, and eat good food! Bring a side-dish to share, and enjoy an evening at the farm. The picnic will be during the CSA pick-up at the farm on Thursday …