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On Finding the Fields Frozen
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...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Nov 2, 2012
- 2 min
In Circles
by Blain Snipstal In the field notes that the reader is most familiar with, we, the collection of writers, usually write from the...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Oct 22, 2012
- 2 min
Boundaries
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...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Oct 16, 2012
- 1 min
Countless Green
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...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Oct 9, 2012
- 2 min
Preserving the Season
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...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Oct 3, 2012
- 4 min
Sweet on Honey
HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply it on bread instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Sep 24, 2012
- 1 min
Roasted Cherry Tomato Soup
from earthandstyleblog.com Ingredients 4-6 cups of cherry tomatoes 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 medium sized onions, cut into...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Sep 17, 2012
- 2 min
A Change is Going to Come
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...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Sep 11, 2012
- 2 min
Food Is Everywhere
by Becky Seward, Ecosystem Farm Manager Every plant we grow on the farm began somewhere in the evolutionary scheme of things as a wild...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Sep 4, 2012
- 3 min
Notes from the Field: A School of Motion
Envision, Plan, Plant and Cultivate. Seed, Water, Weed and Observe. Harvest! by Blain Snipstal, Farm Assistant View Field Notes Movement...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Aug 20, 2012
- 2 min
The Patterns of the Farm
by Sky Harman, Ecosystem Farm Apprentice (An article written for our CSA Members and published in this week’s Field Notes. Download this...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Aug 10, 2012
- 1 min
Foto Friday: Mozzarella Braid
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...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Jun 19, 2012
- 2 min
Trail Treks: The Secret Life of Soil
As stewards of more than three miles of hiking trails in Piscataway Park, the Accokeek Foundation had much to celebrate on National...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Jun 11, 2012
- 2 min
Memoirs of a Dairy Princess Celebrating National Dairy Month
by Polly Festa, Livestock Manager Have you herd heard? June is National Dairy Month, and as a former Herkimer County First Alternate...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Jun 1, 2012
- 1 min
Economy of Motion (or, another apprentice lesson learned)
by Susan Cook, Ecosystem Farm Apprentice (from this week’s edition of Field Notes.) photo credit: Anjela Barnes I have been learning...
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Accokeek Foundation
- May 25, 2012
- 2 min
Dirty Fingernails (reflections of a farm apprentice)
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...
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Accokeek Foundation
- May 18, 2012
- 2 min
The Satisfactions of Farming
by Becky Seward, Ecosystem Farm Manager (Written to the CSA community and published in this week’s edition of Field Notes.) I write to...
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Accokeek Foundation
- May 14, 2012
- 1 min
“For My Mom”
by Sky Harman, Farm Apprentice My parents were homesteaders and founded communal farms in the ’60s and ’70s, at a time when the world...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Apr 13, 2012
- 2 min
Cows Are My Passion
To quote Charles Dickens, “Cows are my passion.” I have been passionate about cows ever since I was a toddler, when my parents would...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Feb 17, 2012
- 3 min
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow: An Inspirational Farewell from Your Farmers
Guest post by your 2011 Ecosystem Farm Farmers, Courtney and Colette Buchholtz “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and...
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