by Blackwood Land | Jan 4, 2017
New Year’s is all about turning over a new leaf or coming at old passions with a renewed vigor. No matter if local food has been in your life for years of if it’s just now on your radar, if you’re looking to support local and sustainable agriculture in the new year,...
by Blackwood Land | Aug 7, 2016
To boil it down, a food system is “the path that food travels from field to fork.” (Learn, Grow, Connect) The scale of food systems can vary. Our current agriculture policies encourage the growth of large-scale food systems on a globalized scale. However, this...
by Blackwood Land | Jul 11, 2016
Crop rotation is a practice that has been practiced for centuries. However, the concept of letting fields lay fallow didn’t come about until the 11th century, when farmers finally adopted the three plot planting system. This was also due, in part, to developments of...
by Blackwood Land | Dec 8, 2015
by Blackwood Land | Oct 26, 2015
In the late spring we had some new tools from Johnny’s Select Seeds and I thought I sensed a yearning from Molly to get out there and use them. She very methodically stretched some string from one end of the row in the other in the tunnel so she would have...
