33 Years In, Farm Aid Raises $53 Million for American Farmers
“If you drive a car and pass a farm stand,” said Neil Young, “you stop and make a purchase.” Can we get an amen?
Farmers
Meet Melissa Mapes, Director of Community Outreach and Education at Share the Harvest Farm
All farmers are badass—but it takes a special kind of strength to endure farming’s physical and mental challenges while pregnant. Just ask farmer Melissa Mapes Miller.
Meet Katie Doe Putkowski, Farmhand at Campo Rosso Farm
If farmhand Katie Doe Putkowski were to describe the sense of pride that growing food gives her personally, only one word comes to mind: Humility.
Meet Layton Guenther, Farm Manager at Quail Hill Farm
Why does Layton Guenther love farming? Because it gives them the opportunity to use their body and mind towards the service and sustenance of others.
Taking the Plunge into a New Way of Farming: A Fish Farm Grows Off the East End of Long Island
Manna Fish Farms will begin farming fish in federal waters off the coast of Southampton in 2018.
The Love That Built Catapano Dairy Farm
You love their cheese, but do you know their story?
Starting Lily’s Farm: Wintertime, and the Living is Easy
What do farmers do during the off-season? We’re glad you asked.
Starting Lily’s Farm: On to the Next One
Before fall officially began, young farmer Lily reflected on summer’s end. Let’s travel back with her to before the Autumnal Equinox.
Starting Lily’s Farm: Welcome to the Jungle
Sometimes you just have to let the weeds win. Here, young-farmer Lily takes us to where the wild things are.
Starting Lily’s Farm: Let It Grow
Farming can feel like a struggle when you can’t control the weather or the weeds.
Bhavana Berries Will Have Blueberries All Season
Different varieties will keep these organic blueberries in season well into fall at Bhavana Berries.
Starting Lily’s Farm: In the Weeds
Weeding can be cathartic: the utter destruction, feeling a long stretchy root release the earth and come up in your hand.
