Well, it hit. The first frost, I mean. The farm had its first frost in the wee hours of Thursday night/Friday morning. This means that: a) the growing season is closer to the end than the beginning, and b) we need to act on storing away all this good food for the winter. Truth be
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Three weeks into the semester, student blog entries on the Semester’s “To the Point” blog are ripe with mention of the farm and food system here at Chewonki. Between morning chores, afternoon work programs, Wednesday Sustainability classes, and weekend activities, students have been all over the farm and accomplishing much. In “Keeping Up with Semester
Semester 53: Farming and loving it! Read More »
An exciting move is afoot in the world of Chewonki’s food system. So much of our farm and food systems focus is insular at Chewonki, as our attempts to maximize the food, fiber, and firewood produced here for here keep us looking inward in positive ways. This growing season, thanks to the work of a
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