Sarah Chase knew from an early age that she enjoyed working with the cattle on her father’s conventional dairy farm, 350-acre Chaseholm Farm, in Pine Plains, New York. “My dad was really passionate about breeding and we had a book where we kept record of all the cows. I got a cow when I was little ... Read More
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Book Review: Redefining Rich
If you are looking for a feel-good book, I highly recommend Redefining Rich: Achieving True Wealth with Small Business, Side Hustles, & Smart Living by Shannon Hayes of Sap Bush Hollow Farm in upstate New York. Shannon is also the author of The Grassfed Gourmet and Radical Homemakers and is ... Read More
Grass Whisperer Gets to Root of Grazing
Here's a great article about Troy Bishopp (aka The Grass Whisperer), long-time Holistic Management practitioner and educator, who has been working with Endless Trails Farm in Hubbardsville, NY teaching them how to incorporate planned grazing. With planned grazing there is better water ... Read More
2015 New York Beginning Women Farmer Report
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number Grant #2012-49400-19673 funded HMI’s 2015 Beginning Farmers & Ranchers: Women in the NE & Texas program. We recently completed evaluation of the New York program which was ... Read More
Open Gate: Creekside Meadows Farm Day
It was a cold, overcast September day in Deruyter, New York at Creekside Meadow Farm, but that didn’t keep over 50 people from attending HMI’s Open Gate On-Farm Day. After introductions at the farm store by HMI’s Director of Community Services, Ann ... Read More
2013 New York Beginning Women Farmer Report
The Beginning Women Farmer Training Program in New York began in January 2013 and ran through May of 2013. This program was part of HMI’s Beginning Women Farmer Program funded by the USDA/NIFA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. 16 women were accepted into the ... Read More
Book Review of The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love
The Dirty Life is the memoir of Kristin Kimball as she falls in love with a farmer, Mark Kimball, and the two of them marry and start Essex Farm, a horse-powered “all you can eat CSA.” The farm currently has 222 customers that get most of their food needs met by this farm. It’s an extremely ... Read More
Book Review of The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love
The Dirty Life is the memoir of Kristin Kimball as she falls in love with a farmer, Mark Kimball, and the two of them marry and start Essex Farm, a horse-powered “all you can eat CSA.” The farm currently has 222 customers that get most of their food needs met by this farm. It’s an extremely ... Read More
