Remaking the Food System
Having never been thrust into a global pandemic before, I can’t say for sure, but it seems to me that we have the opportunity to
How to Grow Food in Spring 2020
The calendar says mid-May, but the farm feels like mid-March. We were sorely tested last weekend with a record-setting, below-freezing, nighttime temps. This was a
Not Your Grocer’s Chicken
The first batch of broiler chickens came back from the processor this week, merely eight weeks after they arrived at Elmwood Stock Farm via the
Meanwhile, Back at the Farm
With our PPP (Personal Protection Plan) woven through our operational systems, we are continuing about the business of growing good food. John seems to be
Springtime Seed Starting
Mac’s story this week is the last one he wrote before Covid-19 came to town. While you’re healthy at home, we’ll diverge from the conversation
New Path, Same World
Out here on the banks of the Elkhorn, life seems normal. Crop and cattle rotations are complementary to one another. Other than needing to sow
One Degree of Separation
With our lives in a new state of constant flux, Mac offers a look at what’s happening at Elmwood Stock Farm through a journal of
Year Round Growing
January 13-19, 2020 Thanks for signing up for Elmwood Stock Farm’s 2020 winter CSA program. Most of you are “year-round” members, and we very much
The Book on 2019
December 16-22, 2019 As this is the last distribution of 2019, it’s again time to thank you for your loyalty to good food, and please
Feeling Fortunate
December 2-8, 2019 While our family was saying the blessing before Thanksgiving Dinner, I kept one eye open and respectfully admired the sustenance that lay
Thanksgiving 2019, Welcome to Winter
November 18-24, 2019 With temps in the teens and measurable snow that hung around for days along the path behind the tool shed last week,
Economic Imperative
November 4-10, 2019 Since a thirst for knowledge seems to be part of what makes us human, let’s look at where we are at the