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Where to start this Thanksgiving week Beet? So many threads to weave into the fabric of thankfulness here. 2025 has been a remarkable year of bounty and benign weather. Our rains have been plentiful and gentle. The community of hands here – some 80 year-round workers – have been connected through a common task of creating fruitfulness and manifest abundance.
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We think of the cooler months being a quieter, slower time. That was not the case last week. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were spent trying to get as much done as possible before it rained. Thursday and Friday (especially Thursday when it was raining hard) were all about getting the harvest done as quickly as possible so folks could get home and get out of the rain and ...
For years, the farm has hosted school groups for field trips. After taking a break during COVID, we renewed our commitment to farm education in 2023 and have hosted a handful of schools and educational groups every year since. Whether the visit is for a few days or just for a few hours, we ingrain the young students into the farm’s rhythm and aim to make their first exper...
This past Wednesday was our first olive harvest of the year. And what a day! The team of twelve harvesters got about 11.5 tons (23,000 pounds) of olives to press into olive oil.
How do we know when it’s time to harvest olives? We’re balancing flavor and yield to get a flavorful oil with a decent amount of oil per ton of olives harvested. Green, less ripe olives...
