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By Cindi, on April 10th, 2012
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 [...]
By Cindi, on April 3rd, 2012
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 [...]
By Cindi, on March 27th, 2012
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 [...]
By Cindi, on March 20th, 2012
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 [...]
By Cindi, on March 7th, 2012
Signs of Spring
Red Wing Blackbirds arrived yesterday. They live in the swamps and unmowed fields and they were making their presence known, loudly! In the chicken yard we have our pullets from last year that will be breeding for the first time and those are Light Brahma and Jersey Giant crosses. To get ready [...]
By Cindi, on February 29th, 2012
Farm Partner Spotlight – Green Teens
Getting young people to connect with the food they eat is a fundamental part of our future. That’s why we’ve always supported the Dutchess County Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Green Teen program. Green Teens empowers urban youth to be effective community change-agents by immersing them in the local food [...]
By Cindi, on February 22nd, 2012
News from Down on the Farm
Steers Without Borders
Wild Hive steers explored their inner wildness over the weekend. They broke through the fence and were running around in the road, and because the grass is not only greener the cattle got lot a greedier and gave themselves tummy trouble from [...]
By Cindi, on January 10th, 2012
It’s Not Easy Being Green
With an appreciative nod of the head to Kermit the Frog, I can say it is not easy being a farmer, especially facing the economic and climactic roller coaster that we have been riding in recent history. It has always been a struggle, but now even more so.
Lately, we don’t hear [...]
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Wild Hive Café Has Closed. How to Order Our Grains and Flours
Wild Hive Farm Store and Bakery Café Has Closed
We thank you for your support over the past four years.
However, the work, and business of Wild Hive Farm and the Wild Hive Farm Community Grain Project will continue and grow. We will be bringing you more news as the weeks go by.
To place an order email orders@wildhivefarm.com or call us at 845-266-0660.
We look forward to serving you soon.
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