What’s New
Jan 25th 2012
YFC 2011: The Future of Farming
Of the hundreds of facts and figures emanating from the 2011 Young Farmers Conference, a few provide insight into the surging interest in farming among young Americans and what is helping animate this movement. - While the average age of U.S. farmers today is 57, …
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Jan 18th 2012
Herbal Treatments for Greenhouse Plants
When the weather changes, temperatures drop and things dampen, one might think to drink a cup of herbal tea to build immunity. Stone Barns Center farmers are thinking the very same way about our greenhouse crops. During the winter, beds in the greenhouse are regularly …
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Dec 21st 2011
YFC 2011: The Challenges Facing Young Farmers
Energy and anticipation were in abundance during the 2011 Young Farmers Conference, as some 250 young and beginning farmers gathered to talk about improvements they want to make to their farms or, for many, dream about the type of farm they hope to have one …
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Dec 6th 2011
YFC 2011: Innovations in Small-Scale Sustainable Agriculture
Like bees traveling from flower to flower, innovation often starts with cross-pollination among people. And at the 2011 Stone Barns Young Farmers Conference, you could see the buds of ideas coming up all over the place. Farmers came together to share concepts, business models, tools …
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Dec 5th 2011
Support the Center and Give the Gift of the Hive
To see Stone Barns honey travel from hive to jar, watch our honey extraction video:
Nov 17th 2011
The Root of It: Birds of a Feather Flock Together
Phrases from our Farming History As part of our work to link people with food, farms and the land, Stone Barns Livestock Farm Manager Craig Haney reconnects us with a part of our language that has been mystified by time and distance. Periodically, …
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Nov 15th 2011
Give a Dog a Name
If you’ve visited Stone Barns before, you might have seen Stella, the majestic, white guard dog that lives with and protects our flock of Finn-Dorset sheep. Stella is a Maremma, a breed originating in Italy where they have been employed as guard dogs for sheep …
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Sep 22nd 2011
Fall: A Time for Birding
Just as the year’s first robin redbreast sighting comes as a harbinger of spring, changes in bird activity also signal the coming of fall. At Stone Barns, and throughout the region, fall is a bird watcher’s dream. This two to three week autumn window is …
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Sep 14th 2011
Tomorrow’s Harvest Speaker Series 2011–Audio and Video
Over the winter and into summer of 2011 Stone Barns held a four-part speaker series about the future of food and farming. The Center assembled some of the leading experts and voices in the field to explore the latest thinking about sustainable food production and …
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Sep 9th 2011
Supporting Farms Hit by Irene
In the weeks following Hurricane Irene, farmers all along the east coast have been assessing their damages—crop destruction, animal death, and farms just carried away by floodwaters. Stone Barns wanted to take a moment to share some links on coverage of the storm damage, and …
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