February 2, 2021 I just wrote a letter for our Mercantile customers touching on the hours of Zoom farmer meetings I attended in January. Here is my main point: The main theme… was how to use biology to solve our environmental and health problems. From the gut microbiome to carbon sequestration in agricultural soils, this…

Whiskey Rye from Canada? NO! We are growing it on land once owned by Daniel Boone! Trailblazer that he was, Daniel Boone chose 400 acres around present-day Schollsville for his settlement and preemption,  growing a corn crop there in 1775 and 1776.* More than 2 centuries later, we are partnering with American Farmland Trust to…

We all know that because of the global pandemic, this year is like no other.  Certainly, the farm has been impacted with erratic prices and late delivery of custom-made specialized equipment. But the grass grows, Covid or not. Cows calve; goats kid; corn grows.  Alone in the mornings walking down the farm road, climate change…