Dear Friends, We are in harvest at Mt. Folly and the Mercantile, with our hay made, silage chopped, and some of our hemp in the barn. A cover crop of organic rye and hairy vetch is going on the hemp fields, tillage radish and rye on the silage corn field, so they will not be…
Dear Friends, I’m regularly asked, “Why organics?” It’s a question I appreciate, coming most often from my friends who are not farmers. I started farming organically for environmental reasons. Back in the day, it seemed obvious to me that killing everything in the soil, sterilizing it with chemicals, so you could grow corn was not…
March is Women’s History Month, and several groups have asked me to speak about my life and work. I was born in the late summer of 1957, which makes me a “boomer,” but one too young for the jolting summer of 1968.
While hemp is a popular topic today, this isn’t the first time the plant has been involved in our culture. It turns out that hemp has a well-documented history in the US.
From NBC Nightly News to the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, this has been a week to remember. Here’s how we’re making things better for you.
Dear Friends, It’s New Year 2019, my 38th one as the proprietor of Mt. Folly Farm. It’s been quite a ride. With our new crop of hemp, the gallop is far from over! As a young farmer, I made it through the farm crisis of the mid-80s by starting a company selling beef raised without…