LOCAL FARM TO TRAIN FARMERS AND GROW HARVEST FOR FAMILIES IN NEED Willow Brook Farm & Art Center Receives Grant to Launch New Program to Connect Food Insecure Families with Locally Grown, Healthy Food Barnstead, NH – Willow Brook Farm &...
More2018 Beginning Farmer Fellowships Willow Brook Farm & Art Center Now seeking applications for prospective farmers for our Beginning Farmer Fellowship program. We are looking for first year Fellows to coordinate growing for a small Community...
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I don’t know about you, but those winds kept me up all night. Barnstead got hit pretty hard. We lost a lot of trees — dozens of white pines on the edge of one forest section will now get turned into lumber. A few downed hardwoods...
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This week has started out on a horrible note after hearing the news yesterday of the shooting that went down in Las Vegas. My heart aches for the all the victims and families involved, I pray that our country can send the most powerful healing...
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Thanks to all for coming out to the farm and making Cider Day the best event of the year! We collaboratively harvested apples and pressed dozens of gallons of cider while keeping cool in the shade of the barn. Our joined effort and...
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This week on friday will officially begin the fall season. Just last week we have been planting in blocks of crop for mid-late fall harvest of spinach, lettuce, baby kale, radishes, arugula and more. The greenhouse has slowed down in production...
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Cider Day 2017 Sunday, September 24th at Willow Brook Farm. 1-5 PM We’ll open up the farm to the public to join us in the annual tradition of cider making. Pick some apples, talk a walk around the farm, try some cider! We have a dozen or more...
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Loads of apple trees are weighing branches heavily toward the ground. Many apple trees inhabit the hillside here, planted by previous owners, that have a wide variety of apples that soon need to be picked by who else? YOU! We are hosting a make...
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Bees are an important part of our ecosystem. They produce honey, contribute to natural biodiversity, and pollinate important food crops that feed people across the globe. Without bees, our environment — and our dinner plate — would be a lot less...
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We have been very on the edge about continuing our dairy operation or not for the past few weeks. The thought has been running through our minds because as fall continues to roll right in, we’ve started to really think about our options for next...
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Our thoughts have been largely immersed in the fall season that is quickly approaching! We have been choosing which crops are more cold tolerant and planning how much of each crop we will need on a weekly basis. It so happens that the most...
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Follow link to read a PDF of our newsletter. WBFAC Newsletter 2017
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