"Good Husbandry: Growing Food, Love, and Family on Essex Farm by Kristin Kimball (Scribner, New York, New York, 2019) is a follow-up to Kimball’s first book, The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love, which came out in 2011. The Dirty Life described how Kimball and her … [Read more...] about Kristin Kimball’s Good Husbandry: Food at the Center of Life as a Marriage Matures (knowwhereyourfoodcomesfrom.com)
The Dirty Life
Young Farmers Take Root in Essex County, N.Y. (SEVEN DAYS)
The two are part of the young farmer boomlet in Essex County. While Vermont's farm economy has blossomed, giving birth to small-scale veggie growers, artisan cheese makers, grass-fed beef operations and organic dairies, a similar trend is taking root in and around the vast … [Read more...] about Young Farmers Take Root in Essex County, N.Y. (SEVEN DAYS)
Essex Farm: Sequel in the Works
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "I’m back to the farm and the family, at last. It was a good and productive month away. I finished the proposal for my next book, and now have a deal with the same publisher (Scribner) and the same … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Sequel in the Works
Essex Farm: Shearing Sheep
Kristin Kimball shares the news from Essex Farm in Essex, NY: I was traveling the last two Fridays and did not write the weekly notes. In this season of rapid transition, it feels like the entire world has changed since the last one. Grass grass grass. Seeds seeds seeds. A … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Shearing Sheep
Essex Farm: Welcome Spring
Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from Kristin Kimball's blog: "This week the snow pulled back to reveal the winter-ravaged world. Muck, ruts, bones. A dead frog suspended in the ice at the edge of the pond. Also, a pollywog, alive and swimming in the meltwater. Water … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Welcome Spring