Farm Blog
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
Spring Field Notes
By Jason Halm, Farm Manager Farming, in the spring, to me, is a constant tension between patience and push. There is a patience
Earth Day Virtual Benefit Week Final Day (Earth Day!): Resilience
Our 2020 Earth Day Virtual Benefit Week is running from Wednesday, April 15th to TODAY, Wednesday, April 22nd, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! Our online Silent
Finding That Balance
by Dan Popek & the TCF Staff We seem to be in a strange position we may have never experienced; it is like we
Garlic: The Stinking Rose
By Jason Halm, Farm Manager Garlic, Allium sativum, the stinking rose: is it a vegetable, a spice, or a
A Farmer’s Transition from Planning to Doing
By Dan Popek, Asst. Farm Manager To quote our farm manager, Jason, “there are two things we can get better at: planning and execution.”
Hatching Seedlings
Even on a 20 degree day in February here in Naperville, I can feel myself transported out to the tropics within seconds, where it is