Author: dgroberg

Go Fourth and Enjoy Connecticut

This July 4, celebrate the Constitution State by keeping your July 4 festivities local. Why waste gas and time traveling when you can stay nearby and enjoy all these fun local activities! 

I’ve got my eye on the Lobster Festival in Niantic!

With hard work comes delicious peas, and a visit from a slug or two! 

Thank you, Lauren, for these beautiful photos. If you haven’t seen the farm this season, you’re missing out! Make sure to stop on by. 

Check out what’s new on the farm! Do you have photos of the farm you’d like to share? Email them to us at info (at) boulderknollfarm.com. 

Last week, the Hartford Courant featured two great articles on CSAs. Here are some excepts… Don’t forget to click through for more! In case you have forgotten about our own CSA, don’t hesitate to visit www.boulderknollfarm.com to read all about it. 

Work Share Farmers Swap Sweat For Veggies

At community-supported farms, families can buy a “crop share”— generally paying about $500 — that entitles them to a specified amount of the farm’s produce every week. Because families pay early in the year, the system allows farmers to generate cash flow early in the planting season, as well as avoid the market vagaries of selling through a middleman. In addition, the CSA program is gradually transforming local farms and drawing many new players into agriculture.

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Reaping Your Share Of A Farm’s Harvest

Amenta, the graphic designer, said buying into a local harvest has helped her not only get fresh local produce but also learn about the value of supporting area farms and organic agriculture.

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Reaping Benefits in the Corporate Garden

Here’s an interesting article from today’s New York Times about the advent of gardens on corporate property, both as an employee benefit and another way for companies to burnish their green credentials.

The Rise of Company Gardens

As companies have less to spend on raises, health benefits and passes to the water park, a fashionable new perk is emerging: all the carrots and zucchini employees can grow.

Carved from rolling green office park turf or tucked into containers on rooftops and converted smoking areas, these corporate plots of dirt spring from growing attention to sustainability and a rising interest in gardening. But they also reflect an economy that calls for creative ways to build workers’ morale and health.

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Boulder Knoll Farm in the Rep-Am

This story appeared on the front page of yesterday’s Waterbury Republican-American! 

Community farms explode in popularity
Shareholders pay fee and agree to work land; get produce in return

Quannah Leonard
Waterbury Republican-American
April 20, 2010 

CHESHIRE — On about three acres off Boulder Road, people in gloves, hats and boots gathered Wednesday morning to prepare beds for tiny bunches of onions. 

Bees crawled over dandelions, and birds chirped as the workers — called shareholders — dug deep into the soil. They have paid a fee up front, and agree to work the land. In exchange, they receive a gamut of fresh produce at Boulder Knoll Community Farm CSA.

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Making it Easier to Eat Local Food

A few weeks ago, I shared with you an article about how the lack of meat processors is making it hard for farms to provide local meat to keep up with growing demand from restaurants and consumers.

Now, the Times has an enlightening debate about what role the federal government should play in fostering local food processing and delivery systems. 

Click here to read the article.