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Interns

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!

Filed Under: News Tagged With: beets, Interns, lettuce, pea mustache

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

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

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Saturdays, April – Nov, 9am–1pm

In Memory

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Doin’ repairs! A little bit of crew leader appre Doin’ repairs! A little bit of crew leader appreciation - Jeremy has been doing a lot of rad repairs around the farm, including bird-proofing our greenhouse, building a new swarm box in hopes of catching a swarm of bees, and replacing the tines on our @bcs_america tiller! We’ll keep you all updated on our swarm adventure... we’re had some unsuccessful attempts last year, but have our fingers crossed for this season! 🐝🐝
We’re still harvesting and lovin’ on our PSB 💜 last week, we sent some of it to @hitchcockrestaurantgroup @pizzeriabruciato, who no doubt have been creating something extraordinary with it. Purple-sprouting broccoli has a relatively short season - it is sweet and tender throughout, a great addition up any dish! If you’re not able to try PSB creations on the island, swipe to see a Persephone recipe we like to share with folks.

Psst... we have it at the @bifarmersmarket and on @kitsapfresh today!
We had a great time at the first @bifarmersmarket We had a great time at the first @bifarmersmarket of the year! We love to remind folks that if you’re a CSA member and you visit our booth, you get 10% off!

If you’re looking to get your own garden started for the summer, come chat with us about our starts! We’re bringing more and more varieties each week. All of them are hardened off and won’t mind the cold that often lingers in April - we do this so you could get them right in the ground. 

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