At a sustainable farm in northern New York, the first meal of the day is often the best. Workdays on Essex Farm, our CSA occupying 1,100 acres in Essex, New York, next to Lake Champlain, usually begin with a 5 a.m. alarm. The first thing that crosses my lips is a cup of … [Read more...] about The Modern Farmer Breakfast (FOOD & WINE)
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Essex Farm: Livestock Guardians
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "We hired the three Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs I mentioned in last week’s note. So far, so awesome. When breeding and instinct and training line up with a job that needs to be done, you can … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Livestock Guardians
Essex Farm: Bread-Baking
Mark has been on a bread-baking tear the last couple of weeks. He recently read Michael Pollan’s Cooked, and has been working on Pollan’s no-knead 100% whole wheat sourdough loaves. It’s not an easy feat, but these loaves have been really good and getting even better. Pollan … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Bread-Baking
Essex Farm: Transfigured
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm: The seasons of the year can be read as an equation that comes out even in the end. Addition and subtraction. Positive and negative. Sun and shadow. Objects and their absence. We farm in the north country. Here, summer is … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Transfigured
Essex Farm: Horses Running Free
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm: "On Christmas Eve Ron came to say the horses were out, thundering down Route 22, headed for town. As Mark and I were pulling on our boots the phone started ringing with more eye witness reports. But by the time we got … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Horses Running Free