Nuts for Nuts: Seeding a Nut Industry in the Northeast May 7, 2018 Story by Mark Phillips, Capital Institute Field Guide to a Regenerative Economy Photo above: Kalyan and Seva pose proudly with their diversified nut orchard at Nutwood Farm in Cummington, Massachusetts. Winter 2018. Credit for all photos: Mark Phillips IN THE SPRING of 2017,Continue reading “nuts as capital”
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death, life & rebirth
Death, Life & Rebirth: News from the Nut Farm – Spring 2018 Check out our Spring 2018 newsletter for our latest updates! Blessings & happy growing season!
barns, ducks, & NYNGAS!
Check out our latest fall/winter newsletter and farm update: Barns, Ducks, and NYNGAS: News from the Nut Farm | Fall/Winter 2017 Please subscribe if you’d like to be added to our mailing list and keep in touch! Happy solstice and new year ☀
humility and the flow
With the temperatures dropping and the lush green of summer beginning to fade from the hills into the muted and brilliant crisp colors of fall, we have held steady in our persistence, day by day, block by block. This past season has served us up plenty of humble pie as we learn, slowly and manyContinue reading “humility and the flow”
slow money, conscious capitalism, and economic sufficiency
After spending two full days at the Slow Living Summit in Brattleboro with other food, agriculture, and permaculture entrepreneurs, we are walking away with some keen insights and incisive questions to add to our farm business meetings – a.k.a. dinner table conversations. First, slow money. As high-risk farmer-entrepreneurs who aim to measure our true successContinue reading “slow money, conscious capitalism, and economic sufficiency”
farm to nutcracker
Listen to Nutwood Farm’s LIVE Interview with Farm to Fork on Valley Free Radio 103.3 FM — May 16, 2017
the second year
The good thing about having already done the seemingly impossible is that everything else feels like it has to be more manageable by default! Last year our 2,450 ft 11-row swale installation and planting of 450+ fruit and nut trees and shrubs was only possible because we didn’t know it wasn’t! This year, we haveContinue reading “the second year”
the end is the beginning
3/13/17 There are no words. In less than a week, you have helped us surpass our campaign funding goal! What happens when you fear your expectations are too high, and then you find out they weren’t high enough? We are in awe. We’ve experienced some beautiful things in our lives, but this is pure fire. Continue reading “the end is the beginning”
regenerative agriculture: an ethos
First organic, then sustainable, now regenerative? Language is powerful. We are always searching for better ways to express ourselves and frame our actions – sometimes we seem to reach the limits of our language, and other times we manage to birth a whole new cosmos in a single word. Regenerative Farming is like that. Imagine:Continue reading “regenerative agriculture: an ethos”
front page of the gazette!
Cummington pair look to pioneer nut farming in Western Mass. Sara Tower points out catkins, the male flowers, on a hazelnut tree last week at Nutwood Farm in Cummington. GAZETTE STAFF/Carol Lollis– Buy this Image By NICOLE DEFEUDIS For the Hampshire Gazette Feb 7, 2017 CUMMINGTON — When Sara Tower began farming about eightContinue reading “front page of the gazette!”