by Blackwood Land | Oct 14, 2016
For some time now, Blackwood has been investing many growing seasons into our structures lovingly referred to as The High Tunnels. The High Tunnels are the large, white, rounded structures you may have seen crisscrossing the land. The tunnels stretch an astounding 168...
by Blackwood Land | Sep 30, 2016
For more than 20 years, Cath Conlon has been stewarding the land at Blackwood Educational Land Institute. Without her vision, we’d be nowhere. To celebrate her passion and success, and show the world how we plan to keep moving forward, we’re starting a series about...
by Blackwood Land | Aug 22, 2016
Ask any resource for a definition of “sustainable agriculture” and a focus on enhancing the quality of life for farmers, their workers, and their communities will always come up. Quality of life, as a broad concept, can mean many things. For farmers, it means...
by Blackwood Land | Aug 19, 2016
Permanent + agriculture = permaculture. Permaculture began as a collaboration between Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in Tasmania in the 1970s. Mollison, a forester, was impressed with the stability and productivity of mature forests. He believed that if humans...
by Blackwood Land | Aug 16, 2016
We’ve all seen the label on our foods in the grocery store: “Organic.” But what does that label really mean? Organic is a term that means a given food has been produced through approved standards by the Organic Food Production Act, USDA organic regulations, and the...
