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This Week at the Farm: Fall Veggies, Festival, Field Trips
September 28, 2019It’s a lovely time of year here in the Upper Valley! Cool, foggy mornings give way to sunny and warmer afternoons (the rainy days are rather nice, too). Decorative pumpkins and gourds, mums, and asters surround the farmstand and café, reminding us to celebrate this beautiful and bountiful time of year. Read more →
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The Value of a Field Trip
By Meredith Rivlin – September 25, 2019Field trips are a fun and effective way to support and enrich existing classroom curriculum, to create relevancy in a student’s world, and to allow them to create connections to the outside world. Read more →
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This Week at the Farm: Climate Action!
September 21, 2019As an organic farming organization, we’ve pledged to continue our education efforts around the potential for regenerative farming to reverse climate change. The goal of this week’s newsletter is to provide additional information about the impact of agriculture on climate and to offer insight as to how agriculture can contribute to climate change mitigation. Read more →
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This Week at the Farm: Fall is in the air
September 14, 2019The farmstand is decorated with ornamental pumpkins and gourds, the mums are starting to bloom. Fall is in the air, and it seems like a good time to start embracing it and cooking those fall veggies. Read more →
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This Week at the Farm: Late Summer Veggies, Fall Planting, Fresh Cider
September 7, 2019Mornings have been cooler and foggier here in the Upper Valley, and it’s certainly starting to feel like fall. Summer veggies like tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants will be around for a while longer, but the corn, summer squash, and zucchini have started to wind down. Read more →
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This Week at the Farm: Labor Day, Perennial Sales, Fall Hours
August 31, 2019Today is the last day of August, but summer isn’t over just yet. There’s still time to start (or continue) preserving the season’s bounty. Read more →
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This Week at the Farm: A Quick Update
August 24, 2019Warm days and cool nights make the end of summer a bit easier. School is starting up again soon, but there’s still time to enjoy a few more swims and hikes and delicious summer food. Read more →
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This Week at the Farm: Stock Up on Summer Veggies
August 17, 2019Everything in the farmstand looks amazing — garlic, corn, melons, peppers, heirloom tomatoes, basil, fennel… there’s more than we have time to list! If you have room in your cabinets or freezer and the time to do it, this is the perfect time to start stocking up on summer veggies. Read more →
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This Week at the Farm: Getting Creative with Summer Harvests
August 10, 2019After some much needed rain and a few thunderstorms this week, we’ve officially transitioned to August weather. With the drier air, cooler nights, and foggy mornings, it seems like summer is flying by. Try to get in a few more swims and hikes and cookouts, and come spend a day at the farm picking flowers, picnicking, or berry picking. Read more →
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This Week at the Farm: Summer Sales, Salsa Season, Beets, and Berries
August 3, 2019Ahh, summer. Now that the heat wave has passed, we’re back to enjoying the sunny, warm weather and the wonderful harvests that come with it. Read more →