Farm Blog
Donor Testimonial: Steve Tiwald & Karen Hutt
Steve Tiwald and his wife Karen Hutt were the founders twenty years ago of the Green Earth Institute, the organic farming operation headquartered at McDonald
The Facts of Life
by Jason Halm, Farm Manager There are three words running through my head this week on the farm, as facts of life. The first: everything
McDonald Farm: A Throwback, And A Farm Of The Future
“ORGANIC… THE WAY GRAMPA DID IT!” That’s what the sign read in DeKalb County as I drove past an old farm on Rt. 23. I
Transformation Rest: The Work of Winter
by Jason Halm, Farm Manager The year we’ve all been waiting for is here. No, really, 2020 has passed us by, for better and for
Strengthening Our Foundation: Growing Food, Growing Connection
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a whole new focus on local food. Thanks to Lenore McDonald’s McDonald Farm land donation, the hard work of our
Still Growing
by Jason Halm, Farm Manager We see it all around us: as I drove up the farm early Monday morning, an early hard frost had
Grant Awards Help Green Earth Harvest Feed More People, More Of the Year
The Conservation Foundation is the recent and grateful recipient of two different grants in support of our Green Earth Harvest organic farming program. Each year,
Come & Go
I speak for the entire farm crew when I say that I’m good and tired. After a half year working together, our muscles and
Yellow Apple, Love Apple, Wolf Peach, Apple of Paradise, Poison Apple
by Kelsey Nasset, Farmer Tomatoes, you either love them or you hate them. When I was young, you could not get me to eat a
Chips. Hash Browns. French Fries. Gnocchi. Tater Tots.
By Kelsey Nasset, Farmer From the beginning, this humble vegetable was worshiped and revered by the Incan empire. Archaeologists have found it buried in ancient
Field Notes: Climate Change
As I turned up the driveway to the farm two Sundays ago, I stared down the face of climate change in the form of several
Farming: A Meeting Place of Nature and Economy
by Dan Popek, Assistant Farm Manager “The farmer lives and works in the meeting place of nature and the human economy. Farmers either fit their