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Farm and Field: Trade-Offs

Thomas Humphrey | Thursday, July 4 2024 - 1:55pm

I was headed down Quenames Road in Chilmark, where neon pastures peak through a forest of scraggly oak and pine for a visit to Milkweed Farm, the little sandy fiefdom where Mallory Watts has recently begun to reap a yearly harvest. 

Farm and Field
Milkweed Farm
 

 

 

Farm and Field: Till the Land, Till the Sea

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To farm is to care for the land, to cultivate it, to honor it.
Thursday, August 18 2022 - 8:13pm
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Dalliance in Historical Pedology

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Walk outside, and the air is wet. Touch the ground, and the dirt is dry.
Thursday, August 11 2022 - 6:18pm
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Biological Economy of Beauty

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I've always maintained a stubborn distance from flower farming.
Thursday, August 4 2022 - 7:01pm
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Nudging at Nature

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To farm is to wrestle with nature, to hijack her own powerful evolutionary flow to our culinary ends.
Thursday, July 28 2022 - 5:49pm
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The Gleaners

Thomas Humphrey
What I gleaned from the glean.
Thursday, July 21 2022 - 4:54pm
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Farm and Field: A Diverse Harvest

Thomas Humphrey
It might be cliché to go on about our bountiful mid-July harvest, but I think it's appropriate in this case.
Thursday, July 14 2022 - 4:55pm
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