Farm Journal
In subtle and blatant ways, farmers are professionally discounted and personally discouraged. I adamantly believe agriculture can be a rewarding, and healthy full time career. By writing about my work and sharing my progress, I hope to show how organic farms and farmers enrich and strengthen the communities they serve. ~April
Joyful Farming is:
aligning life, land, and community
believing in power and possibility
restoring health and home
nurturing relationships
honoring abundance and vocation
celebrating creativity and change
“I love your newsletter. The produce is so delicious, but the spirit of the farm lives in how you both communicate with us. So grateful for you all.”
— April Joy Farm CSA Member
Taking Stock
A foggy, dense cold surrounds me each morning now when I step out onto the porch and head to the barn to care for the animals. Regardless of the weather, every week on Tuesday mornings, Brad and I take inventory.
Working Winters | Part I
Every year as the CSA season winds down, I’m often asked what I “do all winter.”
Unwrapped Gifts
We spend so much of our lives in the middle, those commonplace days, weeks, and years, where it seems as if not much changes.
Stories: Motivational Kindling
It wasn’t but four weeks ago after a marathon of field work that I returned from my mailbox with a one page, two color, folksy-worded advertisement offering “ORGANIC PRODUCE DELIVERED!”
Diversity Works
In any given year, Brad and I source seed for about 200 varieties of plants. This year we added more than forty varieties to our crop list.
Community Voices
“Your writing is superb, April! Profound, insightful, clear, honest and generous - like you. I always find some wisdom to share with the kids or illumination of my own journey. Thank you.”