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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Falling Apples
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-kuvezbb0′ admin_preview_bg=”] Dear friends and customers of Many Hands Organic Farm, Since one of them dropped on Isaac Newton’s head, falling apples have had a prominent place in our thoughts. I am extremely fortunate to find myself in this magical time of year on our farm,…
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Repairs, and “I don’t care what happens” – Krishna Murti
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-kulosfn9′ admin_preview_bg=”] Dear friends and customers of Many Hands Organic Farm, Repairs, and “I don’t care what happens” – Krishna Murti And what comes before repairs is things that break. Well it was our week for things to break. First it was the hard plastic pan…
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The Giving Tree
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-kubk2shm’ admin_preview_bg=”] Dear friends and customers of Many Hands Organic Farm, Who doesn’t remember Shel Silverstein’s book, The Giving Tree? Jack and I have read a number of great books lately about trees and the forest and I am just starting to wake up to the…
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As Human Beings our greatness lies not so much in being able to re-make the world, as in being able to re-make ourselves. Mahatma Gandhi
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-ku1ngg51′ admin_preview_bg=”] Dear friends and customers of Many Hands Organic Farm, I like this reminder that it is all on me to take responsibility for my actions, my happiness, how I interact with others, and whether I will ever get our house cleaned! From the high…
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The Big Tent
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-ktrpyy09′ admin_preview_bg=”] Dear friends and customers of Many Hands Organic Farm, Which of us is not impacted by Covid in one way or another every day these days? You can hear it on the radio, and watch it on the internet or TV. Every conversation inevitably…
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Corn
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-kthfjt8c’ admin_preview_bg=”] Dear Friends and Customers of Many Hands Organic Farm, This week culminated in a lot of corn. But first I must go back 6+ decades. I grew up in Illinois on a corn and hog farm. From my earliest memories I can still hear…