A Field Trip to Some Food Forests (of YouTube) by Emma Williams When my oldest daughter was in first grade, she attended a school where lots of families were food insecure. The path to the school was lined with ornamental cherry trees. That tree, and the other ornamental plants and shrubs on the school […]
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How to Resolve a Pop-up Blocker Issue If you’re having difficulty signing up for a website or Eventbrite and suspect that it may be related to a pop-up blocker issue, you can follow these general instructions to disable pop-up blockers on different devices: On a Computer (Web Browser): Open your web browser. Look for […]
Foragers 1, Session 4: Tonics & Violets By Allie Smith When I hear the word “tonic” I think of vigor and refreshment and renewed energy, and spring’s verdance and increased sunlight has always tended to serve as its own tonic for me. And sure, as someone who tends to lose the thread amidst seasonal […]
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Wisdom from the Outyard | by Laith Nichols The haze rested heavy on the field as evidence of the northern wildfires met with the swirling outpour of a dozen smokers. As many beekeepers clad in heavy white cotton and mesh netting took turns pumping air from their bellows while a growing hum filled the […]
Rethinking Grass by Emma Williams To report back on the June session of Foragers 2, I want to weave together three ideas: In the spring I took an online class about plastic pollution through Bennington College. It’s a good class, and anyone can sign up for it.*It can be depressing and overwhelming to confront […]
Foragers 2: Old Friends and New by Emma Williams “It’s like seeing old friends again,” one of the foragers said, running her hand over the fuzzy leaf of a just-emerging mullein plant. When the foragers 2 group met in April, the redbud blossoms were on the verge of opening, bloodwort and toothwort blooms were bursting […]
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Full Circle Moment: From Citizen Scout to CSA Member! Hi! My name is Paige, and I am honored to talk about my experience with Fox Haven. I vividly remember the first time I visited Fox Haven. I was working on my Girl Scout Gold Award, creating a nature trail on the farm’s property. The project […]
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Foragers 2: Week 2 Fruit Tree Grafting by Emma Williams When we are children, life is full of wonder and surprise as we discover how things work. When we are adults, it becomes more complicated. Although things can still delight us, not knowing how things work can also become a source of embarrassment. So […]
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Foragers Week 2: On Witch Hazel and Animacy By Allie Smith This is my second blog post for our Foragers 1 course, and I’ve already been confronted by lots of uncertainty around–of all things–my grammar. It’s a muscle that atrophies easily for me, and my days in life’s current iteration involve little to no writing […]
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Foragers 2 Week 1: Learning to See What’s in My Own Backyard by Emma Williams At first, it seemed odd to walk into the forest to prune wild shrubs, one of my fellow foragers said at our first meetup on Saturday. Through the lens of both capitalism and conservation, it’s common to think of land […]
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