By Monica Elliott Turning the compost is Andy’s favorite job on the farm. He told me he doesn’t know why, other than it “feels productive.” Honestly, I don’t get it. I’m sure the high school helpers agree with me, after their very first day on the farm was spent pulling weeds from the huge piles […]
August 4, 2014 by Samuel Lake I have found that in this world, what you look for, you will find. If you want to find reasons to be cynical, there are plenty of reasons to be cynical. This is especially true when you choose to carry the banner of a cause, when you choose to […]
July 11, 2014 by Chara Bouma-Prediger This week, our reading discussion featured a short story by John Steinbeck titled “Breakfast”, shared with us by Professor and Eighth Day Farm community member Mark Pearson. The brief tale painted a rich scene of the seemingly insignificant moment of a shared meal between strangers. We discussed the poetic […]
July 3, 2014 by Kristen Van De Riet A bit less than a month ago, before I moved into the intern house on College Avenue, before I weeded my first bed of carrots, transplanted my first row of peppers, or seeded my first tray of butternut squash, I thought I understood the value of food. […]
June 23, 2014 by Amie Napier A new vision of white and silver billows above the Town Center property. Alongside the vegetables, a hoop house has also been planted this spring. It’s a beautiful structure – the inside is a metallic, geometric skeleton, strung with a web of white twine. Because the land beneath was […]
June 5, 2014 by Sam Lake Hey there friends, On one particular day last week, we spent a good portion of the morning planting bean seeds into several rows at our Grow Center on Pine Ave. It was a long day of seeding with most of the morning spent down on the ground sweetly pressing […]
posted by Kimberly Collins, July 20 2013 Today is our last full day on the farm. It may as well have been yesterday that I moved in, and last week that I was in Chile. Oh, mercy, how the time just scoops us right up. I said it before I arrived and I affirm it […]
posted by Emily Meade, August 15 2013 Community. We hear this word a lot around here. And I’ve always intellectually understood what it means. But up until now, unbeknownst to me, I had never fully experienced community and therefore, had no idea what I was missing. Being immersed in this internship has introduced me to […]
posted by Addie Eichhorn, June 30 2013 Today Emily and I were reflecting on the new friendships that we’ve made at Eighth Day Farm. After almost two months of working and living together, we interns have bonded so much. From my perspective we have become good friends. We laugh together and are vulnerable with each […]
posted by Mary Evak, June 20 2013 The seasons are certainly changing down on the farm. Spring has officially made way for summer. Finally. It’s been one of the hottest weeks I’ve ever experienced and I bet that the temperature inside our house reached numbers that would make even my mother give in to air […]
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