It’s strange to take a sharp left turn when you’re feeling content bumping along on the road you’re on.
But as you know, there are a lot of left turns happening outside on the farm these days. And what we haven’t talked about yet is that it’s happening here on the inside, too.
You see, it’s been over 5 years since we began the weekly newsletter and started dropping these stories in your inbox each week.
Our hope from the very start was that these stories – real stories from the farm and our lives together – might create a community so strong and resilient it could make it through anything.
It felt crazy at the time, especially since I was not at all comfortable writing, and Greg certainly wouldn’t have considered himself a copy editor.
But when it came to the farm, it didn’t matter that we basically had no idea what we were doing – we were compelled to share this life and this work with you. And I guess that’s because farming is a profession like no other…
It’s absolutely vital to the health and happiness of our community and our planet. And food like ours that’s produced with compassion and kindness adds a vibrancy to our plates, not to mention our lives, that cannot be easily replicated!
Together, we really have made it through everything – location changes, evolving product offerings, big storms, a multi-year pandemic, more big storms, shortages, surpluses, and so much more.
And yet, after all of this growth, the last installment of the Stonecrop weekly newsletter is coming up later this month – November 24th, to be exact.
From there, our communications might be a little more sporadic, coming in fits and spurts until the farm winds down and goes into full hibernation mode in January.
It’s a big change, one that we’re not entirely at peace with just yet. But I wanted to make sure you knew in advance that it’s been an absolute joy sharing our lives and this farm with you right here, each and every week for 297 weeks in a row.
Your Farmers,
Jenney & Greg
PS – We just brought back some delicious sausage and smoked bacon to the Farm Store this week. This is the LAST time you’ll see most of these sausage varieties at the Farm Store EVER, so be sure to pick some up while they’re still available.