Painting above: “The Fourth Estate (Italian: Il quarto stato) is an oil painting by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, originally titled The Path of Workers.” As someone who has been fortunate enough to call this patch of land home in a region that we’ve been in love-at-first-sight with for it’s wild and protected natural beauty, Earth […]
While lots of local businesses and even some bakers are seasonal, we’ve found, often by necessity, that being open year-round made the difference for us in not having to find additional means of income to make ends meet during the often tough shoulder seasons. At our first farmers markets, the old timers cautioned us well: […]
Remember these books? As an 80’s kid, I loved these books growing up. I had a whole bunch of them that my parents bought for me. At the end of each chapter you get to decide where the story goes next. You could read the book over and over and get new endings and have […]
April of 2024 marks our 10th year as stewards of this 80 acre fertile ground we get to call home at Triple Green Jade Farm. We’ve come a long way since then and we have to keep reminding ourselves of all that we’ve accomplished in bringing this old farm back to life. We’ve been continuously […]
Despite the perception that Kimmy and I are extraordinarily busy I think we are beginning to discover helpful routines among all the new moving parts of our operations. And routines are a good thing. They provide familiarity and much needed respite from the chaos that major changes bring. And although there are periods of fiery […]
…with Kiva! With our first loan from Kiva we were able to build a large wood-fired oven to bake artisan breads and crackers using organic wheat. With our second loan from Kiva we purchased a 26″ stone mill from New American Stone Mills in Vermont which allowed us to source local and organic wheat from […]