Soil quality is critical to the farming ecosystem. Many of the earth’s ecological functions are cyclical, and soil helps to regulate those cycles — from atmospheric carbon cycling to nitrogen…
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International Women’s Day (IWD) first appeared in the early 1900s when 15,000 women gathered to march through the streets of New York City, and demanded better working conditions, pay, and…
Rotational grazing. Nitrogen fixing. Cover crops. No-or-minimal-till farming methods. Improved soil fertility, plant and insect biodiversity, and increased soil microbial activity. Mention any of these principles to a farmer (or…
Sometimes when you receive a beef roast in your share, it can be tough to think of something to make other than a classic pot roast dinner. While we’ll never...
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One of the small pleasures in life is buying fresh, pastured eggs from a roadside farmstand in the summer. You can grab a carton from the beer cooler, tuck five…
Fish are our last wild food. However, the seafood industry is fraught with problems that affect the future of both fish populations and the men and women out on the…
One of the things we’re always most thankful for at Walden is our incredible member community, but in this season of giving, their efforts absolutely blew us away! While the…
Winter preparation is a year-long undertaking on a pasture-based farm. Even when the summer days are long and the icy winter weather seems lifetimes away, Walden partner farmers plan their…
So you have your beautiful local turkey… raised outdoors on pesticide and herbicide free pasture, where their diet is diverse and natural, without antibiotics or hormones… but you suddenly realize…
Beth Whiting and Bruce Hennessey raise broad-breasted white turkeys on pasture for Walden members’ Thanksgiving shares. Beth and Bruce have been raising turkeys in Vermont for more than 15 years,…
