Farm Happenings at Featherstone Farm
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Farm Happenings at Featherstone Farm

It's the Start of your Summer Farm Share!

Posted on June 19th, 2020
Welcome to our summer farm share program!  We're excited to say that we've sold out of our summer shares earlier than any other season before...and we're so happy to have you as one of our members! Here at Featherstone we're all doing well and we hope you are, too.  With so much unknown a1 read more »

Our Farm's (Evolving) Response to COVID-19

Posted on March 30th, 2020
Greetings Featherstone Farm Community! What a world we are living in now, and how it has changed in the past 10 days.  What will it look like in another 10?   I don’t think any of us can say with any confidence whatsoever. What I can say with some degree of optimism,1 read more »

Jack on Our Winter Farm Share CSA Wrap Up

Posted on February 25th, 2020
  The first of March is perhaps the key cornerstone date in our entire Featherstone Farm calendar.  In addition to being “tax day” for farmers- and the start of our “crop/fiscal year”- it is the day that we fire up the heat in the greenhouse for the first time, and1 read more »

End of Season Details: 2 Winter Deliveries Left!

Posted on February 11th, 2020
Maybe it’s a stretch to say that February is flying by, but we can’t believe it’s already the tail end of our winter farm share with only 2 more deliveries this season!  We're excited for next week, too, because although the snow keeps piling up outside, our winter spinach is1 read more »

A Note from Our Crop Manager, Ben!

Posted on January 28th, 2020
One of the things I appreciate about being a farmer is that the work is so varied throughout the year.  Most of the year we are outside, in the elements, doing work that is often physically demanding.  As we move towards winter, a bigger chunk of our time is spent in the warehouse washing1 read more »

Snowy Days at the Farm!

Posted on January 14th, 2020
Greetings CSA members! We're in the heart of winter here down on the farm. The supply is slowly dwindling, and we can even see the back wall in one of our big walk in coolers! Although mid-January doesn’t normally ring a bell for Spring being here soon, for us it does. As the snow falls and p1 read more »

Wishing you a Happy New Year!

Posted on December 30th, 2019
We hope your holiday season has been full of celebration and good cheer!  And as we enter into the new year, we'd like to wish you a happy and healthy 2020 ahead!  Here at the farm, most of us got some quality time off for a few days while still getting the carrots, cabbage and roots wash1 read more »

Abby on our New High Tunnels at the Farm!

Posted on December 9th, 2019
  I'm Abby, Featherstone's field production coordinator, and I'm writing to update you on our new high tunnels and our winter greens production in them here at the farm!  As you may know, we constructed our first high tunnels this past summer. This has been a very exciting new chapter for1 read more »

On Gratitude and Giving

Posted on November 26th, 2019
 “Research shows that gratitude is part of the psychological foundation that prompts us to “give back” in many ways. It encourages us to return favors to our friends, neighbors and family members. And gratitude inspires us to help others in society as a whole.”  Si1 read more »