Tag Archives: Lessons

Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: The test of time

Posted on 28 November 2013 by dlhitzeman

I recently discovered that the building housing my coffee roastery is falling down. It’s an old brick garage, quite possibly converted from a carriage house at some point, that had the misfortune of taking a direct hit from a barn … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: What’s in a name?

Posted on 13 February 2013 by dlhitzeman

Our farm experience is undergoing a lot of transitions right now. One of them is discovering that the name we’ve been using–in fact the name my in-laws have been using for decades–has been the registered trade name of another farm … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Planning spaces: working animals into a sustainable permaculture plan

Posted on 21 March 2012 by dlhitzeman

I’ve learned a lot about utilizing the ground for food production over the past few years, and one of the things I have learned is that there is no space, whether it is a garden, a tilled field, or a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Farming: Web roundup

Posted on 28 February 2012 by dlhitzeman

Want to know what I’m reading about agriculture, food, and sustainability? Well this periodic post is the place to find out: Kajabi on the old wise farmer Treehugger on exploding pig barns The New York times on the rise of the artisanal food producer Scientific American on the impracticality of the cheeseburger Foreign Policy Magazine on […] Continue reading →

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Farming: MENF 2011: Show me the money

Posted on 3 October 2011 by dlhitzeman

Sometimes its easy to get lost in encouraging people to grow their own food and forget that this stuff still costs money. As idealistic as we may all want to be, at some point we have to pay the bills. It turns out paying the bills may not be as hard as you might think. […] Continue reading →

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