Author: Polly

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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....

As the Finance Chair for Rising Sand, I can tell you with utter certainty that there’s one area in which we’ve excelled regarding financial matters: procrastination. That said, we were actually off to a...

Immediately upon waking on Thursday, I was greeted by the vulture who often occupies my bedpost, confirming and validating my suspicions that it’s not going to be okay. Coming off a two-day vacation, feeling...

Saturday’s work started a little later than usual, due to some errands I had to run in the morning involving Oren’s truck, Corrina’s grandmother, and $100 cash. I pulled into Rising Sand at 11:00,...