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A free Monadnock Region CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Fair will take place at the Monadnock Food Co-op cafe on Sunday, March 8, 2020, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Seven area CSA farmers will set up informational tables and answer questions about their farms and CSA memberships. Although each local CSA farm is unique and […] Hapgood Pond Recreation Area of the Green Mountain National Forest. USDA photo. George Harvey Through reforestation, we can draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂). We can also use wood from the forests to heat our homes. The question is, can we do both of these things at the same time? One […] American highbush cranberry in Johnson, VT. Photo courtesy David Fried David Fried Walking up the dirt road in Johnson, Vermont the other day, I came across glowing red berries in clusters all over the stems of a large bush. I tasted some. Wow. Sour, but good. Would be very fine in a cranberry sauce. […] George Harvey Five years have gone by since the Green Energy Times’ article “Sustainable Sugaring” appeared (http://bit.ly/GET-sugaring). We felt it was time to reconnect with some of the people we interviewed and see how they are doing, especially regarding their sustainability efforts. Silloway Maple’s 17.5-kW rooftop solar on their sugar […] This is a Red Wiggler (E. fetida) worm depositing a cocoon. Red Wigglers have yellow tails. All photos courtesy Ben Goldberg Ben Goldberg In our quest to live more sustainably, composting with worms (vermi-composting) is one thing we can easily do that supports our efforts in a number of ways. This article will touch […] Application at a local farm. images courtesy of Rich Earth Institute. Julia Cavicchi The Rich Earth Institute is reclaiming urine as a precious resource. From their base in Brattleboro, Vermont, they have developed a novel approach to pee, diverting it out of the waste stream and returning it to the environment as fertilizer. Through […] A rose grows in the rocks. Image: Navah Fried. David Fried What gives plants the strength to grow through so many obstacles? What gives people the strength to go on day after day doing their work in the world? I have been noticing the strength of plants lately. By the ocean, I saw some […] Test of solar over crops. Image courtesy of the Fraunhofer Institute. We have seen a number of studies from the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany that look into combining solar power and agriculture on the same land. They show that some crops, such as hay, can be grown as well under solar panels […] Climate-related disasters such as flooding possibilities require adaptation to face our future. Image: agriculturewire.com Jessie Haas “A dry year you worry, a wet year you starve,” goes the cheery old Vermont saying, and it’s worse lately. These are stressful times for farmers, with the anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene a reminder that […] On Friday, September 6 at 7 p.m., Barbara Melera of Harvesting History will speak at the Greater Milford Historical Association, North Main Street (St Rt 28), in Milford. Her talk, American Originals, will focus on native plants and the extraordinary plant developments that America has shared with the world. Little research has been done to […] |
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