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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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…
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Above and Beyond
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-kt6ciwqg’ admin_preview_bg=”] Dear friends and customers of Many Hands Organic Farm, How many times each week do we see someone going above and beyond? In my opinion this is another manifestation of the miracles that are around us all the time. When others really put themselves…
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Loaves and Trucks
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-ksxl80ct’ admin_preview_bg=”] Dear friends and customers of Many Hands Organic Farm, Chicken slaughter day is long and grueling, and when it is over we breathe a huge sigh of relief that another usually very successful venture (both economically and nutritionally) is completed for the year. But…
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Husbands and Hospitals – CSA Week 14
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-ksnrxn0u’ admin_preview_bg=”] Dear friends and customers of Many Hands Organic Farm, This past week Dan turned 44, which was an important anniversary for me and Jack – the date at which we started our family for real. Jack happened to be in the hospital, the day…