Peterborough-based nonprofit Cornucopia Project and Stonewall Farm are partnering to form the Monadnock Region Farm to School Network, an initiative that will facilitate farm-to-school activities in the area, according to a news release. Farm-to-school activities can take many forms, including connecting farms and schools to serve locally produced food in cafeterias, schools starting their own…
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Monadnock Food Co-op Farm Fund: Stonewall Farm
Stonewall Farm in Keene uses regenerative farming practices to enrich their soil and improve the health of their dairy herd and vegetable crops. They also strive to spread regenerative agriculture practices throughout New England by serving as a demonstration site and offering educational programs. In 2020, Stonewall Farm received a grant from the Monadnock Food…
Keene High School Student Spends Semester Working in the Dairy
During the fall semester of 2021, Keene High School Student Grace Greene participated in the Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) program offered at Keene High School. ELO provides students an opportunity to explore various careers with hands on learning experience. Grace was interested in farming and selected Stonewall Farm. While Stonewall Farm has hosted students from…
Value-added dairy production beginning
Dairy farms across the country have seen big changes in commodity demand and pricing for raw milk. Spurred by new economic realities, Stonewall Farm has announced that it will make use of its creamery facility to process its own raw milk and create “value-added” products, such as cheese, butter, cream, and milk, for sale to consumers.
Stonewall Farm Offers Outdoor Enrichment and Educational Support Program
Students enjoy playing outdoors, gardening, working with animals, participating in nature-based crafting, and more.
May News 2020
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Stonewall Farm Featured in Regeneration International’s New Podcast Series
Executive Director Julie Davenson was interviewed in February 2020 by Alexis Baden-Meyer of the Organic Consumer Association for the new Farmers & Ranchers for a Green New Deal Podcast series
Winter on the Farm
It is no secret that farmers work hard. But winter on a farm takes everything to a whole new level. Cold hurts. It breaks…
