Category: Farm and Food Systems

Spring has sprung.  Our lambing season began early this morning when Patches (#19) delivered a single ewe lamb.  Phoebe and Josie – two Semester 52ers

Semester 52 students headed out on spring break this morning, but the words “break” and “spring” don’t go together in the world of the farm. 

A reflection from Hilary Crowell, Assistant Farm Manager There are certain tasks that we complete and routines that we follow every day and every week

Hermione was the last of the ewes to deliver, though we thought she’d be the first judging from her gargantuan belly.  But, at long last,

The ramp (Allium triccocum), also known as wild leek and wild garlic, is a wild growing spring delicacy found across much of the eastern half

Below are excerpts from stories that the farm crew shared with Semester 52 students and families this Family Weekend.  We are exceedingly grateful – each

Wilderness Medical Associates (WMA) just wrapped up two wilderness medicine courses on Chewonki’s campus this week: a Wilderness Advanced First Aid course and Wilderness First

I am just in from the first tedding of our first cut of hay this season.  Hay making is a three-day process that only happens

The Chewonki pigs have made their annual move from the barn to the woods.  For the past few years, Chewonki has bought spring feeder pigs

The tomatoes in the high tunnel are reaching for the sky these days at long last. I have waxed poetic about the Berry House –