For myself, the path before me is a blank canvas. I have a vision for what that may look like, but the reality is still elusive. My plan...

— Farmer Becky Ingredients 6 cups, Tatsoi (or Bok Choy or Spinach), raw-chopped 1.5 cup, Carrots, raw, chopped 3 cloves, Garlic 2...

by Farmer Becky At the time when the hurricane was upgraded, I realized the tomatoes were goners. We had watched them flounder in the dry...

by Blain Snipstal In the field notes that the reader is most familiar with, we, the collection of writers, usually write from the...

by Blain Snipstal 1. We all take things for granted. 2. We all have assumptions about the way the ‘world’ works and the ways we work...

by Becky Seward This is a poem I wrote in 2006 for my undergraduate thesis at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, but I still find it...

by Sky Harman Last time I wrote, I spoke of looking forward to the future and what meaning is gleaned from the act. As the cool weather...

HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply it on bread instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for...

from earthandstyleblog.com Ingredients 4-6 cups of cherry tomatoes 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 medium sized onions, cut into...

by Sky Harman, Farm Apprentice Tonight a chill is in the air. For a week or so now, the chilled nights, the cold mornings require long...

by Becky Seward, Ecosystem Farm Manager Every plant we grow on the farm began somewhere in the evolutionary scheme of things as a wild...

Envision, Plan, Plant and Cultivate. Seed, Water, Weed and Observe. Harvest! by Blain Snipstal, Farm Assistant View Field Notes Movement...

by Sky Harman, Ecosystem Farm Apprentice (An article written for our CSA Members and published in this week’s Field Notes. Download this...

Have you ever seen such a beautiful braid of cheese before? So beautiful you almost don’t want to eat it. Almost. Last weekend, a dozen...

As stewards of more than three miles of hiking trails in Piscataway Park, the Accokeek Foundation had much to celebrate on National...

by Polly Festa, Livestock Manager Have you herd heard? June is National Dairy Month, and as a former Herkimer County First Alternate...

by Susan Cook, Ecosystem Farm Apprentice (from this week’s edition of Field Notes.) photo credit: Anjela Barnes I have been learning...

by Susan Cook, Ecosystem Farm Apprentice (an excerpt from Field Notes, week 3) It’s a little after noon and it’s time to eat lunch. I...

by Becky Seward, Ecosystem Farm Manager (Written to the CSA community and published in this week’s edition of Field Notes.) I write to...

by Sky Harman, Farm Apprentice My parents were homesteaders and founded communal farms in the ’60s and ’70s, at a time when the world...