On a harvest day at Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment, the fields and greenhouses are full of color and activity. Our farmers gather everything from squash and zucchini to tomatoes, peppers, greens and herbs, with the harvest…
Much of what we now call regenerative agriculture is rooted in knowledge that Indigenous communities have practiced for generations. We’re honored to partner with Jennifer Neptune (Penobscot), Director of the Penobscot Nation Museum, artist and herbalist, to co-create a Seven…
Written by Julie Bobyock Globally, agriculture is a major driver of climate change. In the United States, for example, producing crops and managing livestock like cows and poultry accounts for 10% of overall greenhouse gas emissions. Because of the scope…
Exploring the Definition and Nuance of Regenerative Agriculture at Wolfe’s Neck Center and Beyond Written by Julie Bobyock Regenerative agriculture encompasses practices that create healthier ecosystems, increase farm resiliency, and improve soil health–as opposed to practices that, for example, may…
Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment is proud to have collaborated with Why Regenerative, an organization that amplifies the voices of key leaders in regenerative agriculture, at not one but two recent conferences in the Northeast. Managing Director…
At Wolfe’s Neck Center, we recently reorganized our program areas to bring collaborative teams and projects closer together. One result of these changes is that we can tell a clearer story about the change we want to see in the…
Written by Natasha Stewart At Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment, we steward a resilient dairy herd adapted to our unique grazing lands and farm management practices through thoughtful decision-making and long-term planning. Through this work, the process…
This week, Farmer Tom traveled to Bowdoinham, Maine to pick up 200 sixteen-week-old chickens.
Written by Natasha Stewart There’s a certain feeling you get when you arrive at Oceanfront Camping at Wolfe’s Neck Center. Maybe it’s the crunch of tires on a dirt road. Maybe it’s the first glimpse of the ocean across open…