Monthly Archive: August 2018

Lessons Learned

Odd as it may seem, half of our Rising Sand membership is on the cusp of heading back to school for the fall: Monica, Logan and Corrina to finish up their undergrads in Stevens...

Market Deception

Saturday marked my first opportunity to participate in one of our larger weekend Farmer’s Markets: Neenah, alongside the one-and-only Logan Brice. This gave Friday’s market harvest a bit of extra excitement and anticipation, and...

Pickle Fiend

It’s odd, and somewhat difficult for me to admit this, but pickles are all I think about anymore. I’m fermenting and preserving everything, and just can’t seem to stop. First was the pickle-bucket. Basically,...

The Whole Story

While at the Farmer’s Market early on Saturday morning, I stopped to chat with Joel K. from Lonely Oak Farm. Lonely Oak hosts a variety of on-farm events each season, including Sunday brunches and...

Taste the Difference

On Tuesday night, I put on an event called “Taste the Difference,” in which I gathered the same varieties of fresh produce from Rising Sand and the grocery store or Sysco, and held a...

Green Bean Insanity

My earliest memory of green beans involves my three older brothers and I sitting around the kitchen table on a late summer evening, lopping off the ends of fresh green beans for my mother...

Friends with Benefits

I was talking on the phone with my friend Dean the other day, and he asked how the farm was going. I told him that it was great, and it’s looking like we will...

The Pillar of Shared Ownership

In the early days of our inception as Rising Sand Organics, we shared a lofty vision and flowery language around working relationships and crafted our Articles and Bylaws purposefully, to circumvent the issues inherent...

Neighbors

“Okay, the neighbors think I’m sellin’ dope.” –  J. Cole One thing we’ve learned is that when you buy and move onto a new parcel of land, you inevitably inherit the neighbors as well....