Monthly Archive: August 2019

We had our CSA party on the farm last Sunday, so we arrived early and got into our annual damage-control routine — cutting and hiding wood scraps; loading garbage for the dump; mowing common-area...

Having existed within RSO since inception, I’m quite eager to get an outsider’s view when I can — picking the brains of our first-year employee, Asher, our old guy, Red, and our work shares....

This last Tuesday marked the third of the month, making it a Supper Club evening. That morning, I had woken especially early, in the sleeper of a tractor/trailer in Greenville, MI, to get my...

When I was a child and young man, having little clue about the direction of my future, there were two things about which I was absolutely certain: I was not going to be a...

One of the fascinating features of farming is its dynamism in rhythm throughout the season. Gentle, housebound planning sessions of winter are supplanted by the greenhouse world of seeds, trays and watering patterns, which...

It would be hard to overstate the importance of farmers’ markets to our current business model. We bank on a sizeable influx of cash from Saturday-to-Saturday in peak growing season, flowing in from our...

Now well into our second season on the vegetable grind, the members of Rising Sand are starting to explore questions regarding our current and future relationships to our land and business. As opportunities and...

It’s getting to be that time in the season where it just feels like nothing is new. Mondays, we meet up at 7 am to plan our big harvest day for the CSA pack...

I’m sorry to inform you that Part Three of the Three Part Day has been taken down due to the potential legal incrimination of its contents. It was entitled The Heist, and included the Shadow, four large black...