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This is a memoir of our lives and sometimes risky decisions. We relate our early years, meeting and raising kids, and building the farm, the organic movement and a healthy community. We didn’t always go along with what most Americans were doing, especially in the areas of diet and health care, employment, debt and consumerism, energy use, and culture. In this book we explain what we did, why we did it, and how it turned out. We hope it is both entertaining and helpful to people wanting to fashion a purposeful life.
– Jack and Julie
Nutrition in Addiction Recovery Study
Soil Carbon Restoration: Can Biology Do the Job?
by Jack Kittredge
Internationally acclaimed and in 9 languages,
this paper explains the problem of carbon dioxide buildup and climate change, how carbon can be taken out of the atmosphere and restored to the soil, and the advantages that can come to farmers and consumers from growing in carbon-rich soils.
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Carrying their flints and torches, Native Americans were living in balance with nature
But they had their thumbs on the scale. Shaped for their comfort and convenience, the American landscape had come to fit their lives like comfortable clothing. It was a stable system that regularly involved shrouding the surrounding countryside in smoke and ash.” -Excerpt from 1491 by Charles C Mann I have been reading this book…
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In Memoriam – Franny
For the past 18 months or so it has been clear to us and to Franny that her days were numbered. As Dingo is a rescue dog and does not demonstrate a lot of leadership capabilities, we felt we needed to find another dog who could take over the reins for Franny. Luckily, we were…
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The abuse that farmers sometimes have to take from their volunteer staff…
Worker St: Wife Pat wants something green; do you have anything green this week? Owner J: Well, yes we do, but you will have to go pick it. Will you go out and get a bunch of chives for both you and Sc? Really though, St, you are only entitled to a dozen eggs. Worker…
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What is inside a carpenter’s head?
Hi Julie – Long-time reader, first time writer. While I understand that running a farm obligates you to write about mulch and all that nonsense, it seems like there’s a fair bit of renovation going on at the farm this year. Having employed a number of carpenters myself over the years, I thought I could…
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Happy Birthday Ellen, and, let’s talk about rock dust
Happy Birthday, Ellen, and while we are at it, let’s talk about rock dust Ellen arrived 10 days after her due date, right after my dad and mom arrived to help with the homebirth and my dad noted that it was time to get on with the show. So labor I did, and Ellen was…
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Kamarin
Kamarin Remarkable people come along from time to time. I would like to give a shout out to this one. Kamarin has been volunteering with the Stetson folks over the past year or so. We nabbed him for February vacation and were able to engage his help this April vacation also. All I can say…