The other day I called Julie Scott, the farm manager at Slough Farm in Edgartown, and caught her just as she was about to get into a truck with a...
Every other morning, I begin my day harvesting flowers, working alongside my friend Lucy Leopold.
A farmer’s entire success depends on many factors, but always starts with one thing: our dirt.
Farmers are eternal optimists. In the quiet months of winter, we think to ourselves, “This will be the year.”
My 18-month-old daughter recently pointed at a freshly harvested green bundle sitting on our kitchen counter and correctly identified it as bok choy...
Some farmers may disagree, but I find working in a warm summer rain is one of the greatest pleasures of farming.
It is with great pleasure that I am taking on the revived Farm and Field column this summer.
Fair excitement begins with the annual unveiling of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair poster.
The larger of two barns at the town-owned property leased by the Farm Institute has a failed roof and water has been leaking through. This week...
Led by Vineyard chef and farmer Jan Buhrman, Porks and Knives is a four-day culinary farm-to-table adventure that brings together chefs, farmers and...
All the cows will come home sometime after the first of the year. But the Grey Barn Farm and Dairy is milking again, albeit with a smaller herd, and...
A group of about 15 volunteers gather at the edge of the peach orchard just past the farmstand parking lot of Morning Glory Farm. Some stomp their...

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