New grant funded chicken feeders installed!

New grant funded chicken feeders installed!

Thanks to an organization called FACT that gives out small grants to farms to help them improve the welfare of their animals, Fifth Crow Farm now has brand new, treadle chicken feeders! … and they’re working!!! Over the last 5 seasons we have struggled to...
Teresa heads to Yale tomorrow

Teresa heads to Yale tomorrow

I’m headed off tomorrow to present at the Agrarian Studies Colloquium at Yale. Wish me luck!  I’ll be discussing my work as a farmer and my graduate work on West African foodways- you can view a couple of my short films about food issues in West Africa...
CSA registration for 2014 is open!

CSA registration for 2014 is open!

Though CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) registration has been open for returning members for some time now,  we have now opened up registration to the general public.  Go here to register online or learn more. Last year we had 116 members and this year we have...
Roasted Pumpkin Pasta

Roasted Pumpkin Pasta

Makes 6-8 servings Ingredients: For the pasta: 1 (2-pound) sugar (pie) pumpkin 2 tablespoons olive oil Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 pound pasta shapes, such as orecchiette 8 ounces baby spinach leaves, rinsed and dried ( cut up kale or chard can be...