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Author Archives: Becky Maden
Striving Towards Sustainable Employee Management
How to Keep Yourself and Your Farm Staff Happy – by Becky Maden In the fall of 1995, I found myself living in the loft of a barn, surrounded by a heap of hay, piles of mouse droppings, my pack … Continue reading
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Greenhouse Management
February surprises me each year with feelings of doubt. As the days grow longer and the boxes of seeds are unpacked and organized for the seeding marathon that lies ahead, I feel a tremor inside of me. Really? I think, … Continue reading
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Myanmar’s Floating Gardens and Golden Buddhas: Winter Farmer Travel (Part II)
This article is a follow up to Becky’s January article, Trading in Ski Boots for Sandals: Winter Adventures for Farmers (Part 1) in which she wrote about the role that travel plays in her career as a farmer. She … Continue reading
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Trading in Ski Boots for Sandals: Winter Adventures for Farmers (Part 1)
Becky Maden is the Assistant Farm Manager at Intervale Community Farm (ICF), a thriving member-owned CSA farm in its 21st season of growing organic produce in Burlington, Vermont. Becky has worked on several diverse vegetable farms throughout the country and … Continue reading
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Trial by Farmer: On-Farm Variety Trialing at the Intervale Community Farm
Becky Maden is the Assistant Farm Manager at Intervale Community Farm (ICF), a thriving member-owned CSA farm in its 21st season of growing organic produce in Burlington, Vermont. Becky has worked on several diverse vegetable farms throughout the country and … Continue reading
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Growing and Storing For Winter Markets
Becky Maden is the Assistant Farm Manager at Intervale Community Farm (ICF), a thriving member-owned CSA farm in its 21st season of growing organic produce in Burlington, Vermont. Becky has worked on several diverse vegetable farms throughout the country and … Continue reading
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Weed Control – or Loss of Control – in Mid-Summer
Becky Maden is the Assistant Farm Manager at Intervale Community Farm (ICF), a thriving member-owned CSA farm in its 21st season of growing organic produce in Burlington, Vermont. Becky has worked on several diverse vegetable farms throughout the country and … Continue reading
