Archive for February, 2010

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

This past weekend, I attended the Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association’s annual conference.  This is the 30th consecutive conference for the organization, so they’ve really been ahead of their time.   There were many great sessions being put on.The first session I attended was all about small plot intensive farming.  [...]

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

This is a hard blog to write.
I will soon be leaving Beardsley Community Farm.
The Knox County Healthy Department has been awarded a large grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the Healthy Kids Healthy Communities program.
HKHC is a four year program hoping to find innovative solutions to battle childhood obesity in over 40 cities [...]

Friday, February 12th, 2010

In January we attended the SSAWG, Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, conference held in Chattanooga, TN. With such an influx of information, we’d like to share each of our learning experiences.
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I spent most of my time at SSAWG attending lectures on livestock production. The talks ranged from husbandry to pasture management to nutrition. [...]

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Spring is peeking her head around the corner. So, to lure  in the Spring spirit, we are hosting two work days in February with classes on pruning and water catchment.
On February 20th, farm team member Graham Taylor will be teaching pruning methods– specifically fruit tree and blueberry pruning.  The following Saturday, February 27th, former farm [...]

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Beardsley Farm has received a grant that will improve our ability to provide food for Food in the Fort. Mark Inman, a new farm team member spearheading our Food in the Fort partnership, will be publishing a regular newsletter. Click Issue 1 b&w to see the first issue.