Food meditation
Rub a clove of garlic
around a wooden salad bowl.
Tear red and butter leaf lettuce.
Meditate on each leaf,
Smell morning dampness in the turned soil.
See first day’s light anoint the heads
of women on their knees row after row tearing leaves
of lettuce. Hear the flinty whine of mosquitoes
and cranky babies and the sighing mothers fanning
the air with [...]
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Food Meditation
Posted in Community, Uncategorized on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Community, Uncategorized on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Post Harvest Activities
Several hundred garlic bulbs were separated on this cold and dreary day today. Liz and Nate sat by the wood stove talking of soil building and planting dates and the benefits of lacto fermentation and kombucha tea and the meaning of life while a delicious veggie and lamb soup simmered on the wood-stove [...]
Local farmers meet bestselling author
Posted in Community on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Pollan visited Bridgewater State College this spring and local farmers Ron Maribett of Colchester Neighborhood Farm and Frank Albani of Golden Rule Farm, and Soule Homestead, one of our partnership farmers, joined in a lunch time soiree where Pollan reinforced his strong interest in the local veggie diet.
Ron,
It was a great pleasure to meet you at Bridgewater State College last week and to hear about Colchester Neighborhood Farm which sounds like a terrific place. You and your customers are important members of the gathering force that is the food movement, voting with your forks (and pitchforks) for a healthier, more sustainable and tastier way to eat.
Best of luck, Michael Pollan
new farm intern
Posted in Community, Farm Work on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nathan, our new “organic farm intern” joined us 3 weeks ago.
He has come here to be able to be creative, build things and learn how to grow vegetables. On his first day, Nate jumped enthusiastically with both feet into the unpredictable challenges of being at the farm. See his blog for his journal [...]
April Thanks from Connie
Posted in Community, Farm Work on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Friends of the Colchester Neighborhood Farm,
Great Big THANKS to Smokey Joe for repairing all of the leaks in all of the pipes from the winter weather and to Ben and Josh for replacing the toilet. We now have the water turned on at the front greenhouse, and the rest of the barn! (no more [...]
Brush Burning Party 2009
Posted in Celebrations, Community, Farm Work on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you to everyone who came last Saturday in such iffy weather and lent a hand for the big burn and the smaller tasks too. The major task of the day was handily accomplished! We got the big piles burned! After everyone left, it started to sprinkle again around 3:30 and Ron stayed til about [...]
A quote from a member
Posted in Community, Lauds on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Connie passed along this lovely message from one of our members about what the farm has done for her and her family. I thought I’d share it will all of you as a meditation on what is to come.
-Taylor
I have enjoyed being a member of one of our local CSA farms for a few [...]
Colchester Harvest Festival
Posted in Celebrations, Community on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a few images from our wonderfully successful Harvest Festival this weekend! We had a beautiful time despite the suddenly-cool weather and it was a great chance for all of our farmboxers to meet and greet each other. Members went home with local Vermont honey, Jerusalem Artichokes (and oh boy there are SO MANY more!), Strawberries, Watercress, and full [...]
Welcome!
Posted in Community on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to the Colchester Neighborhood Farm blog! We’ll get things started over here soon, but until then, please visit our website. Thanks for your interest in our farm.
