Written by Natasha Stewart While the average consumer is aware of the prices they pay for food and goods at farmers markets and grocery stores, they are often unfamiliar with the true cost of production for the farmers and producers…
Written by Natasha Stewart Does tilling serve a purpose in regenerative agriculture? Is no-till a better option for farming? What is tilling, anyway?
Written by Natasha Stewart Why Cover Crops Matter: Protecting Soil and Sea at Wolfe’s Neck Center As a demonstration campus, we spend our time here at Wolfe’s Neck Center tending to vegetables, fruits, grains, forages and livestock. But some of…
Written by Harry Kimball This November, the team behind our Visitor Education & Experience program area at Wolfe’s Neck Center hosted a first-of-its-kind Summer Farm Camp Operators Gathering in partnership with the Farm-Based Education Network (FBEN). This conference, attended by…
Moving through the kitchen, Chef Malcolm Kelly steadily works to puree the 150 pounds of squash before him. A less daunting task, considering he started with 400 pounds harvested right here on the Wolfe’s Neck Center campus following the completion…
“The best part of my job?” Chef Malcom Kelly thinks for a moment. “Working with products in the kitchen that I have helped to grow on the farm.” For Malcolm, who spent many years working in high-end (and high-stress) restaurants,…
Cooper Giblin cuts an impressive figure standing in the back of his ancient pickup truck, going over his plans for grazing a small pasture in Freeport, Maine, with his three lowline Angus cows. Every aspect of the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship…
As we all enjoyed the warmer weather back in May, our Dairy team was already looking towards the winter months as they prepared bales of hay that would feed our cows. As the weather gets colder, we move our cows into the dairy barn to keep them warm and cozy. But, with less ample opportunities to graze, we feed our herd with the hay we bale throughout the winter season.
Carbon in our soils tells a story: about the nutrients in the ground, the local water cycle, and the health of ecosystems that surround our farms. Soil carbon measurements can help farmers and researchers evaluate the overall health and weather…
Advancing the science of regenerative agriculture requires time, acreage, and risk that production farms often can’t spare. At Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment, we put our landscape, nonprofit status, and deep regional partnerships to use building this…