Category Archives: Environment

Stop the Secret Farm Bill

posted by Patricia Hohl

At Thoreau Farm, farming is part of our heritage.  The agricultural history of our region runs deep.  In Concord, we are fortunate to have several farms we can support by “eating locally.”  Though their work is often made difficult by policies enacted by our government.  Buying local vegetables is not only good for our health it’s good for the environment and the local economy.  Yet, some of the biggest obstacles to the success of local farms are policies set forth in the Farm Bill, up for review in 2012. Continue reading

Joanna Greenfield at Thoreau Farm

On Saturday, November 12th, Thoreau Farm Trust and The Thoreau Society present Joanna Greenfield, author of The Lion’s Eye: Seeing in the Wild. In stunningly evocative language, Greenfield depicts the beauty of the rainforest and the determination required to wait for one transcendent encounter in the wild. But even one of the most remote places in the world is not immune to terrifying man-made conflict. Greenfield and her team are robbed by poachers and harassed by soldiers. Eventually, it becomes too dangerous to continue her research, though she knows she may never be allowed to return. The Lion’s Eye is the true story of one woman’s burning mission to connect with animals–an adventure story and against-the-odds quest for a wilderness few of us have ever glimpsed.

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David Gessner at Thoreau Farm This Sunday

David Gessner will be reading from his work this Sunday, October 23rd at 2:00 PM. Gessner is the award-winning author of eight books and countless essays about the wild world.  His uniquely rambunctious style has been redefining what it means to write about nature for the past twenty years. Gessner is the winner of a John Burroughs Award and has been selected for publication in The Best American Nonrequired Reading. He teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where he founded the award-winning journal, Ecotone.

You can read excerpts from Gessner’s work our Reading Page or link here:  READING

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David Gessner at Thoreau Farm
341 Virginia Road
Concord, MA

info@thoreaufarm.org or call 978-451-0300