Elizabeth Gabriel
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, 20234 min read
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, 20237 min read
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, 20237 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20239 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20235 min read
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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Obiora Embry
Mar 28, 20233 min read
Getting Back to Nature
By Obiora Embry In March 2013 my life was changed for the better...I stepped onto the two acres of fallow grazing land to see in person...
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Jason Detzel
Mar 28, 20233 min read
You Don't Need More Hay You Need Better Management
By jason detzel Throughout most of the winter and early spring, I entertain a variety of phone calls requesting the use of some of my...
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Stephen Shafer
Mar 28, 20234 min read
This splendid book combines botany...
The Forgiveness of Nature: the Story of Grass, by author Graham Harvey. Reviewed by Stephen Shafer, TNF Summer 2022 This splendid book...
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Rema Boscov
Mar 28, 20233 min read
Future is the keyword for this book...
Farming For Our Future: The Science, Law, and Policy of Climate-Neutral Agriculture, authors: Peter H. Lehner and Nathan A. Rosenberg...
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ED MALTBY
Mar 28, 202311 min read
Danone Puts Local Last: The Fight to save Organic Dairy Farms in the Northeast
By ED MALTBY In August 2021, Danone North America, which owns the organic dairy brand Horizon Organic, notified 89 organic dairy farm...
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Maddie Kempner
Mar 28, 20233 min read
Opinion: Pay Farmers to Promote Biodiversity, Our Food and Our Future Depend on it
By Maddie Kempner, NOFA-VT Policy Director Vermont is on the cusp of becoming one of the first states in the nation to compensate farmers...
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Elizabeth Gabriel
Mar 28, 20236 min read
NOFA’s Efforts with Justice, Equity, and Anti-racism
TNF is committed to bringing attention to and generating an increased awareness of issues of race and inequality and how these have...
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PETRA PAGE-MANN
Mar 28, 20237 min read
Don’t Judge a Carrot by its Cover
The story of a carrot & how our imaginations seed the world By Petra Page-Mann Don’t judge a book by its cover… …as the proverb reminds...
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