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Meet the 2019 Interns

March 10, 2019 By Persephone

Left to right: Sarah, Emily, Rebecca, Vanessa, and Emma

Please welcome our fabulous new interns!

Sarah, 26, is a librarian from MI who has been volunteering at the Lansing Food Bank Community Gardens and MSU student farm CSA for the past year.  She says that “honoring her commitments” is a core value for her.

Emily, 23,  has been managing a permaculture homestead in IN. She’s been living and working on the 75 acre property in a very solitary environment and is happy to be a part of a team at Persephone Farm. 

Vanessa, 22,  is originally from upstate NY. She has 30 stamps in her passport and I interviewed her while she was in Vienna. Her pet peeve is food waste.

Emma, 23, has been an intern for the last two seasons at Hayshaker Farm in Walla Walla which is owned and operated by Chandler Briggs, a past Persephone intern from way back in 2007. How’s that for a full circle connection? 

We’ve been potting up the seedlings and learning to use our beast of a rototiller to chop in the soil, building cover crops. We’re seeding broccoli, cauliflower, kale and many gorgeous new varieties of flowers. We’ve learned canning with some plum chutney I made to stay busy on a recent cold winter night. And we’re building the community which is Persephone Farm. Thank you for being a part of that community.  ~ Rebecca

Filed Under: News Tagged With: farmers, Interns, Internship Program

Fun with vegetables

July 6, 2014 By Persephone

These and other playful pictures of working on the farm are on our Facebook page. If you haven’t visited and “liked” our page please do.

Huge lettuce heads and farmer and apprentice
Our lettuce heads – Claire & Louisa

Farm Intern having fun wearing a pea mustache
Dillion sports a pea mustache

Farm apprentice and a large bunch of beautiful beets
Danica’s got beets!

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Our High Tunnel Greenhouse is Up!

November 10, 2013 By Persephone

All female greenhouse builders
The Persephone crew, proud builders of the new greenhouse

In just a few short weeks with these smart and powerful women we were able to build this new greenhouse. Incredibly good ideas, dedication, an eye for straight and plumb, and a lot of muscle from our awesome interns helped us finish in time. Can you say awesome?!

Under construction — the bows are up!
Under construction — the bows are up!

Learn a bit high tunnel greenhouses. See more photos on Persephone Farm’s Facebook page.

 

Filed Under: Farming Info, News Tagged With: greenhouse, high tunnel, Interns

February News from the Farm

February 19, 2012 By Persephone

Cauliflower in February at Persephone Farm

Like many of you home gardeners, we’ve avidly scanned our seed catalogs looking for interesting new varieties to try out this season. So much seems possible from the comfort of our arm chairs this time of year, doesn’t it?

It’s only a matter of weeks until the four new interns arrive: one from Montana, two fromWisconsin and one from Seattle. The recent string of warm days tempted the farmers out into the greenhouse and fields to get a few early seeds started. But we’re trying to hold back our enthusiasm in order to allow the new interns to join us in starting at the very beginning of the farm cycle. Persephone Farm is extremely proud of our internship program. Training the next generation of sustainable farmers is one of our farm’s most important objectives.

Katt, Adam and Tess from last year will all be managing their own farms in New England this summer, Tess in Maine, Katt and Adam in Vermont. Hiram has followed his new Lady Love to Maui where he is developing a business as a personal chef, specializing in local, organic cuisine. (Ah, to have pineapple and passion fruit as part of our 100 mile diet!)

Community Supported Agriculture is another of our most rewarding endeavors. Seeing the kids excited about their veggies warms every adult heart, parent and farmer alike. Have you noticed, too, how fully children take in the sensory pleasure of the flowers? They’re so alive to all aspects of the fragrance and color. It’s a thrill watching them try to choose the family bouquet. Your support for our farm is integral to our overall success. Thank you for taking the annual leap of faith with us as we step into a new growing season.

Even though the 2011 season started out with unprecedented cool temperatures well into July, Mother Nature came through with a bang in the fall. The “summer that wasn’t” still produced one of our best tomato harvests ever. Onions sized up well with all the dampness. And cucumbers exceeded everyone’s expectations. Sweet peppers were late but prolific. Winter subscribers can attest to the bounty even in November!

Overall, last year’s shares yielded 16% more produce than the price of the shares!! Whooohooo!!

The corn crop was less happy. Incomplete pollination made for small and misshapen ears in all varieties. We’ve not seen this before and must attribute it to the unseasonable weather. Corn is wind pollinated, so, thankfully it’s not a result of bee colony collapse disorder. This problem seems not to be affecting us .The zucchini crop attests to this, as each blossom must be visited by a pollinator at least five times in order to produce a normal fruit.

We look forward to seeing you and your families at our Orientation and first veggie pickup, Wednesday June 6th.

Please feel free to call Rebecca with questions: (360) 297-1877

Spring feels just around the corner!

Photos by subscriber, Leslie Newman

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Peonies have arrived ⭐️ Dramatic, ephemeral, f Peonies have arrived ⭐️ Dramatic, ephemeral, fluffy!  #peonies #flowerfarmer #farmerflorist #westernwashington
As Rebecca was planting cucumbers at twilight, she As Rebecca was planting cucumbers at twilight, she was reminded of this beautiful poem by farm favorite Ellen Bass. As the season really starts to ramp up, these reminders are important - enjoy the process! Go with the flow!
Neighborly reminder that our CSA season starts June 7th! Sign up at the link in our bio to get in on the fun. 🥒🍅🍆
There’s something really special about how lilac There’s something really special about how lilac’s moment and Mother’s Day line up each year. Flowers are the classic way to say thank you for the blessing of life, but if you’d rather say it with veggies, we  have those too 😉 See you tomorrow at the @bifarmersmarket 

& don’t forget about our summer flower club ~ the gift that keeps on giving 🌸🌷💐🌻 

#womenwhofarm #flowerfarm #mothersday #lilacs #lilacseason #farmersmarket
Meet our #farmcrew2023 ! First up is Bud the Cat - Meet our #farmcrew2023 ! First up is Bud the Cat - our top mouser! Bud made the journey from SC with Willow and Davis to join the team this year and has made himself a key part of our integrated pest management system 😸 He takes his job very seriously. First slide is bud lounging in our newly-cleaned perennial garden, but swipe through for kitten days  #farmcat #barncat #mouser #ipm #farmlife #pnw #flowerfarm #smallfarm
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