The last time I wore a cap and gown and endured a graduation ceremony was in May of 1993 to accept an associate’s degree in liberal arts. It was a ruthless calculation on my part. I wanted to spend the summer in Argentina. My grandparents would give me a check as a graduation gift if […]
The Multiplier Effect
In grad school, we couldn’t study community development without discussing the multiplier effect. An economic term, the multiplier effect is the increase in economic output that results from a capital infusion. We were taught that it’s a pretty big deal in small, locally-based economies, because of the amount of financial recirculation. That recirculation creates more […]
Love is the Main Ingredient
“I think I need to do yoga with you.” Nine words out of my husband’s mouth on Friday morning, and I knew something was seriously wrong. I sit up from shavasana and give him a suspicious stare. His eyes are glassy. “I’m getting creaky like you,” he says softly. “I’m feeling it up my […]
Music Snobs: Stay home!
Last fall, I didn’t tell you about the concert until AFTER it happened. Then, once I blogged about it, I heard from a number of you — Why hadn’t I announced the concert so folks could come? I worried it may not be up to your expectations. But that was wrong of me. Because if you […]
Old Fashioned Marketing
Back in the nineties, Mom started marketing our farm’s meats with a yellow annual newsletter. While she did that, we tried to learn how we could do it better. We attended farm marketing conferences where we learned about packaging, branding and polish. So we tried making nice labels, developing better packaging. We tried coming up […]
Watch your mail for the yellow envelope!
The spring CSA flyers are going out the week of Feb 13. If you didn’t receive yours, or you lost it, or you need a copy of an order form to share with a friend, you can download them here! If you are a local/regional resident and you pick up your CSA shares at the […]
Let There Be Eggs.
Photo by Kyle Smith This month of reckoning, estimating, projecting, evaluating, reconciling, and then starting over again and repeating the process is nearly at a close. The annual inventory is done. The website is updated with what’s available for sale, my note pad is scratched up with lists of our overstocks, and the annual […]
Ringing in the New Year
It was a joyful tearful moment. Bob finished his treatment at The Proton Center last week. Saoirse and Ula came down to be there with us. He rang the bell to celebrate the end of his treatment and banish the cancer from his body. We hope. We walked out of The Proton Center and took the […]
Dancing with Death
He could die. I know prostate cancer is treatable. But our business is not simply an isolated family farm with minimal social networks. We serve the public directly, and that service has put me in contact with many many families for decades. I know a lot of folks who have been affected by cancer. And […]
On Becoming a Radical Homemaker
Had an opportunity to sit down with Martissa Williams of NEKKID Conversations. Wow. She really does her research ahead of time! You can find it wherever you listen to podcasts, or listen here:
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