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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News from the Farm, Monday September 7th
Julie ended her long tenure with NOFA/Mass on Monday. On Saturday, she was celebrated by the board and staff with a small gathering and the gift of new perennials for the farm – a Cornelian cherry, garlic and white-flowered chives, anise hyssop, black cohosh, asparagus seedlings. She also received a gift certificate to purchase more plants in spring. …
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News from the Farm, Monday August 31st
We had another productive week on the farm this week. Eric has taken over mowing everything and now has the orchards in a place of easy access.He also gets up really early every morning and accomplishes our daily foliar feeding. We are now back on schedule after it being hit or miss for several weeks.…
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Available now: Certified Organic Applesauce and Lard
Plan to make special arrangements to pick up your order at the farm (CSA members, we cannot guarantee delivery along with your share). Order at least one day before your desired pick up day. Generally speaking, we offer pickup between 12 noon and 1pm, or after work (5:30-6pm). Order by email or phone: julie@mhof.net 978-355-2853 ***…
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News from the Farm, Monday August 24th
This weekend, as Julie walked the fields, she was feeling very good about what she saw. While some crops are still struggling (the cucumbers, the beans), the maladies that lingered on in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias seem to be lifting. There are beautiful squash plants in west field. The chard, whose leaves began…
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News from the Farm, Monday August 17th
Every year around this time, I feel my mind turning to next season. As it does, my memory offers up this phrase from a book I first read long ago: “If July is a rose full out, August is a rose whose first petal has fallen. Everywhere is a sense of abundance but the abundance…
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News from the farm, Monday August 3rd
As we round the corner into August, the crew is focused on planting as much as possible to ensure a bountiful fall. This week saw more planting of carrots, rutabaga, dill, more pole beans and cucumbers, and significant strides made in replanting south field, the garden, and north field. The planting will go on for…