Wild Hive News, 4/10/12

Causes for Celebration

Sunday, April 22nd, in addition to being Earth Day, is a very big day for Wild Hive Farm. In the morning, Don will be in Manhattan at Eataly making Earth Day presentations about a sustainable grain based food system.

He then will magically reappear in the Hudson Valley at Vassar [...]

Wild Hive News, 4/3/12

Happy Passover and Easter

Both of these holidays come at such a wonderful time of year – a time of renewal, rebirth and a time worthy of rejoicing.  Both carry strong symbolism for the season and both use food to tell their stories.

For Easter the paschal lamb celebrates the sacrifice of Jesus for his [...]

Wild Hive News, 3/27/12

Let’s Talk About Whole Grains

Today we were getting organized to restart our online mail order program (coming soon, we’ll keep you posted).  It got me thinking about the importance and value of whole grains in our diet.  You don’t need a nutritional pyramid to know that breads, cereals and beer are the staff [...]

Wild Hive News, 3/20/12

Don on the Road

I’m just back from the 8th Annual Northern Grain Growers Association Conference in Essex, Vermont.  I’ve  been a couple of times before and it is always a good opportunity to reconnect with my wheat grower friends up there and it gives me a chance to see what potential seed stock [...]