Yo, so the farm blog has sort of outgrown this general BSFP blog, so now it has its own home at purplecarrotfarm.tumblr.com. The rest of BSFP updates will also eventually move to a tumblr, but that transition isn’t quite finished. For now, email benningtonsustainablefood@gmail.com to get on the newsletter and find out what’s going on … Continue reading
Squash in the Dining Hall
We just sold 97lbs of squash to the dining hall! Look for it at dinner tomorrow night. If you’re away for long weekend, don’t worry. More to come. Brendan
Busy farm stand, squash harvest, rye planted…
Look how busy our cart was on Friday! We sold a ton of squash, beets, popcorn, garlic, kale… We’re going to be selling from 11:30ish – 2pm every Friday outside of commons. Our meeting and work party today was also super productive. I’m constantly amazed by how proactive and productive everybody is, it’s really amazing. … Continue reading
Photos of Our First Work Party of the Year (2013-2014)
On September 15th, we kicked off a great start to the new academic year at the Purple Carrot Farm! Around 20 folks showed up at 1:00pm to weed, rototill, fertilize, plow, and de-irrigate the lush fields of our garden. Here are some of the moments of today’s work party, captured by Mariah. Please click on the … Continue reading
THIS FARM IS NUTS
Who would have guessed that the beginning of term would take up all our time and cause us to neglect the blog? So far this season we have produced 217.15 pounds of food that we remembered to weigh! And we’ve sold roughly 125lbs of that to dining services, with plenty more (we hope) on the way! A … Continue reading
Mid-August Updates
Wow, so much going on! We farm interns are busy people right now (or perhaps men of few words?), so we’ll have to make do with bullet points. We’ve begun selling our produce to Dining Services, including 25 lbs of kohlrabi and 30 lbs of bok choi! Kerry (the new student center manager) is really … Continue reading
Hooray for Baby Kale
It’s been awhile since we’ve posted last, so here’s some fresh-from-the-garden news of what’s going on with Purple Carrot Farm these days! It has been a truly action-packed week, filled with agricultural ecstasies and cosmically wavy wibes. We kicked off with a rain-hindered work party on Sunday, had a great time planting carrots, spinach, and … Continue reading
Cart day 7/26
We’re open! Catch us under a tree by the flagpole until 4pm. Here’s today’s menu: Name your price: Chard (suggest $1.50 for 1/2 lbs) Garlic (suggest $1 for 2 heads) Fixed prices: BSFP maple syrup ($20 – only 3 left!) YAP romaine lettuce ($5 per lb) YAP cucumbers (we don’t have these yet… maybe before … Continue reading
Cart days & work parties
Wow, us farm interns have had busy days since we last caught up! Joe and I are both working at the Youth Agriculture Project in town, which is also where Bryan has been working since he graduated this spring, and I’ve been doing some research assistant work for faculty member Valerie Imbruce. Between our many … Continue reading
Farm stand going up tomorrow, Friday at noon!
Meet us at the flag pole tomorrow from 12-2pm to get some awesome food from Purple Carrot Farm. Menu for this week: Chard Lettuce Maple Syrup (made on campus by folks at BSFP!) garlic scape pickles discount bok choi We’re going to try to be out every week from here on out, but we aren’t … Continue reading
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