Our Book
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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Slug Fest
Anyone who farms or gardens is probably thinking about slugs right now. And even though Jack and I read a delightful book about a woman who recovered from a serious illness by having a pet snail, I still don’t have a whole lot of sympathy for them. But this week Dan was here from England,…
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Cooperation is not a matter of following a blueprint
“…cooperation is not a matter of following a blueprint -J Krishnamurti …laid down by the State, by the leader of a party or a group, or by any other authority….” Laurie gave me 3 copies of Krishnamurti’s books Commentaries on Living, parts 1, 2, and 3. I fall asleep with them on the couch on…
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The landscape is an arena for the interaction of natural and social forces
“The landscape is an arena for the interaction of natural and social forces. It is not fully under the control of its authors. We will have to create the world’s largest gardens. All are collaborations with natural forces. Rarely do their authors claim to be restoring or rebuilding anything from the past. And they are…
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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…