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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


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.


  • Above and Beyond

    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…

  • Loaves and Trucks

    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…

  • Husbands and Hospitals – CSA Week 14

    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…

  • A Slice of Paradise

    A Slice of Paradise

    [av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-ksdovj7o’ admin_preview_bg=”] Dear friends and customers of Many Hands Organic Farm, Thursday dawned hot with promise of more hot, and as usual, we had more than enough work to keep us busy on an August day. Prominent on my mind was capturing the 12 pigs in…

  • Preservation

    Preservation

    [av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-ks3el1y1′ admin_preview_bg=”] Dear friends and customers of Many Hands Organic Farm, Preservation – as in food preservation. It is that time of year again, and it really brings out the squirrel in me. Friday afternoon Maya, Juan, Ari, Clare, Ann and I sat around the table…

  • VICTORY! – CSA Week 11

    VICTORY! – CSA Week 11

    [av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-krtmo12b’ admin_preview_bg=”] Dear friends and customers of Many Hands Organic Farm, Bayer Confirms End of Sale of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides for US Lawn & Garden Market For those of us who have been educating about and fighting against GMOs and glyphosate (commonly known as RoundUP) for the past 20…