Tag Archives: Choices

My View from the Ramparts: Farming in the age of COVID-19

Posted on 22 April 2020 by dlhitzeman

The past couple of months has been a strange time here at Innisfree, as I know it has been for everyone during this time of social isolation and pandemic outbreak. What’s been strangest for us is how relatively little our … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Taming a tangled wilderness

Posted on 1 September 2016 by dlhitzeman

We’re unusually free with sharing our successes and failures here at Innisfree on the Stillwater, a fact that is intentional and purposeful rather than naive and dramatic. You see, our desire, along with giving people access to quality, sustainably grown … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Grass farming

Posted on 8 June 2016 by dlhitzeman

So, after a long hiatus, I’ve decided to reboot this blog. When doing so, it’s often hard to know where to start, so I decided to start with the question we get asked most often: Why don’t we mow our grass? … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Swinging for the fences

Posted on 22 June 2015 by dlhitzeman

The one part of our farming adventure at Innisfree on the Stillwater that has dogged us since the beginning is the fact that we have continued to lease our 100 acres of tillage ground, mostly for the sake of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Big Thugriculture

Posted on 25 August 2014 by dlhitzeman

Robyn O’Brien, a tireless crusader against big agriculture and genetically modified food, recently posted about her ordeals in trying to share all of the evidence with people about what big ag and the manufactured food complex is doing to us. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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