Monday, February 10, 2014

A favorite New Haven discovery-- New Haven Farms

An organized campus-wide volunteer day this past fall brought me into the loop about an organization that works to address food deserts and public health via CSA, gardening and cooking classes, and an awesome network.  Check out what New Haven Farms is up to-- and if you're in New Haven, come learn more about the organization and getting involved!

Friday, January 31, 2014

Food Links & Wendell Berry at Yale

Ever more scholarly research is happening about Food Systems, Food Security, and Sustainable Agriculture-- here are some resources tracking that work:

New Entry's Farmer's Resource Library is striving to serve as a clearinghouse for publications that are useful to Farmers:
http://nesfp.org/farmer-training/library

Wholesome Wave's Research of Interest page
http://wholesomewave.org/research-of-interest/

Mr. Berry with Professor Mary Evelyn Tucker

And finally, one of the highlights from last semester was a visit with Wendell Berry, who filled to capacity the Schubert Theater in New Haven.  If you find yourself with an extra hour and twenty minutes and a need to re-center thinking on food systems, this one's for you:

http://chubbfellowship.org/speakers/current/wendell_berry
Click on "Event Video" in the upper right corner.



Friday, January 24, 2014

Bringing back the blog

Okay, small but loyal Green Peak Farm readership-- the blog updates are back!

As most folks know, Green Peak Farm is on indefinite hiatus as a farm operation, as many wonderful life changes have happened (marriage, relocating to Middlebury, and heading back to school-- as a student!)  But, the small-scale growing continues at an even smaller scale in Middlebury, and the mental garden also continues to expand and be cultivated in New Haven.

Flower growing is on hold, but I hope to keep arranging and using local flowers this summer.  Here are a few more work shots from August with flowers from GPF, 3 generations of Brakeleys, and Elmer Farm.  I'm compelled to post these equally because I just love the flowers, I adore and can't help but share the photography of two awesome Vermont pros, Jesse Schloff and Heather Dahle, and because Liz and Wil are one heck of a handsome couple.

 (photo credit Heather Dahle)

 (photo credit Heather Dahle)

  (photo credit Heather Dahle)

 (photo credit Heather Dahle)


 From Liz and Wil's big day
 (photo credit Jesse Schloff)

  (photo credit Jesse Schloff)

   (photo credit Jesse Schloff)

My favorite model!
  
(photo credit Jesse Schloff)

  (photo credit Jesse Schloff)

  (photo credit Jesse Schloff)

  (photo credit Jesse Schloff)

  (photo credit Jesse Schloff)

The gorgeous couple-- Congratulations, Wil and Liz!

While I would not recommend to most folks that they grow, harvest, and then arrange their own wedding flowers, it was a pretty amazing to walk down the aisle this summer to meet the man I love with a special bouquet in hand.  Mine was made entirely of flowers that I started as seedlings in March or harvested from friends' farms or three generations of family gardens, and was wrapped in part of my mom's veil and a hanky embroidered by my great, great grandmother.  So many factors go into making a wedding special, textured, and nuanced.  What fun!