August 14 – 17, 2017 Elmwood Stock Farm is bisected to the south by US Hwy 460. Seemingly thousands of cars, trucks, motorcycles, and the occasional tractor pass through every day. A stone fence stands defiantly, staking our claim on the north side of the road, while to the south there is a sliver of […]
July 31 – August 3, 2017 As CSA shareholders of Elmwood Stock Farm, you have made a connection and commitment to consume wholesome organic foods. Some of you we see often when you collect your share, or when we are dropping off at your pickup location, or if you attend a weekend farmers market; while […]
July 24-27, 2017 Mac Stone likes to tell people that the only things he’s allowed to do around Elmwood Stock Farm are drive trucks and give farm tours. While he is pretty good at those things, he is responsible for a whole lot more. As one of the managers of Elmwood Stock Farm, Mac has […]
July 10-13, 2017 Sweet corn season started for us right around the first of July this year. The plan is to have another patch ripen every ten days or two weeks for the next couple of months. Each patch is a little different for various reasons, but will be beautiful in its own right. First, […]
July 3-July 6, 2017 We have made reference over the years in our newsletters about how we depend on certain insects to combat the insects that prey on our plants. Let’s take a closer look at some of the insectivores we raise at Elmwood Stock Farm, along with the herbivores, omnivores, fruits, and veggies. We […]
June 26-29, 2017 It’s a bit counterintuitive, but it’s easier for us to contain a 1500 pound bull, than a five pound chicken, thanks to the advent of electric fencing technology. Before this type of fence was developed, it took a steel, woven wire fortress to keep a bull away from the cows, or sheep […]
June 19-22, 2017 We have a weed management strategy at Elmwood Stock Farm that encompasses numerous forms of weed killers, ‘herbi-cides’ if you will. None of our plans involve mixing toxic synthetic chemicals with water and spraying it around the farm. However, they do regard understanding biological principles and using ‘herbi-vores’ and cutting tools to […]
June 12-15, 2017 It’s been a couple of months since I drove to Wisconsin to secure new organically raised laying hens for the farm, but the images of the vast, open crop fields and grain elevators that I saw in the Midwestern plains stay with me. This large-scale, industrial agriculture is considered the norm to […]
June 5-8, 2017 We had our annual organic certification inspection last week, spending the day with staff from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program. So, we think it’s an appropriate time to share some details with you on organic certification, how it works, and the […]
May 29-June 1, 2017 The technology behind genetically modified organisms (GMO) is fascinating. How the scientists place a particular gene of one species into the double-helix chromosome string of a totally different classification of life at precisely the right place to effect the expected change is nothing short of amazing. Miraculous biological beings are being […]