I am excited to share that Cascadia Works: Tend, Gather, Harvest, Restore will be out in the world with Empty Bowl Press on September 22nd. Pre-orders are open now. It…
Rest in the Peace of Wild Things, Mr. Berry
This visit was in 2011. A month after I finished graduate school and the same year we moved onto the farm and started Harmony Fields in Bow. Here he’s signing…
Champions of Cheese
In case you missed it, I had an article in Edible Seattle over the winter. I love this publication and appreciated the chance to write about the cheese business and…
Slow progress is still progress
Our lambing season was late this year, with the last set of twins arriving in mid-May. For three weeks, we were up at all hours of the day and night—checking…
Is farm-to-table a farce?
There seems to be a lot of shifts in the restaurant industry these days. Like farming, it is a hard business. I was just remembering a piece I wrote in…
Then and Now
Recently, I found myself looking over pictures from 2018. Dean and I moved onto this land and started Harmony Fields in 2011. Seven years later, we started making cheese. In…
Another Love Note
This is a quick, love note to say that we are taking another year off from cheesemaking. Over the past year, we have been updating our facilities and tending to…
LAND LITERARY SERIES: The Unsettling of America
Join us for a lively Zoom conversation about Wendell Berry’s landmark book, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, the evening Thursday, October 24th . Counter Point Press writes, “Since its…
Love Note
Dear Harmony Fields Customers, Happy (almost) Valentine’s Day! We love you and have some news to share that pulls on our heartstrings. After a lot of deliberation, we are taking…
Signs and Cycles
Hello and happy fall! In my opinion, this is the most beautiful time of year in the Skagit Valley! The colors, the morning light, gourds of all shape and size…