by Sarah | Feb 23, 2022 | Expert essay
The New Truth by Eliot Coleman, Four Season Farm, Harborside, Maine On Saturdays during the summer, I take the opportunity to chat with our farm stand (farm shop) customers while they are waiting in line. I mention to them, what is to me, a most significant...
by Sarah | Jan 23, 2022 | Expert essay
Soil-grown vs soil-less food production by Eliot Coleman The interest in using soil-less hydroponic systems to grow food is an example of what Teddy Goldsmith decried in his book The Way (1992) as “the methodical substitution of the technosphere or surrogate...
by Sarah | Dec 19, 2021 | Expert essay
An old-time opinion from an old organic farmer by Eliot Coleman I have always thought that the world missed the important message of Plowman’s Folly. The title of the 1943 surprise best seller caused readers to focus on author Edward Faulkner’s condemnation of...
by Sarah | Dec 19, 2021 | OGI News
Christmas 2021 – Letter from the Chairperson As another year draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our members for their continued support. Much like 2020 this year has once again been affected with the Covid...
by Sarah | Nov 16, 2021 | Weeds, Pests & Diseases
SeameGro Trial (Airfield) Colm O’Driscoll, head gardener at Airfield, tells us about trialing a seaweed based plant biofertilizer. Farming conference season is upon us with BioFarm 2021 and Future Growers Conference both taking place this month. The...
