Wooly world
The Martha’s Vineyard Times February 21, 2024
“Slough Farm holds a monthlong celebration of sheep and wool that they cleverly refer to as Feb-EWE-Ary. They offer fiber arts activities for all levels, primarily using their own farm-raised wool, for two weeks every February.”
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Island Grown Serves 14,000 Free Summer Lunches
The Vineyard Gazette, August 9, 2023
“Island Grown Initiative free lunch program is drawing to a close next week and so far the nonprofit has already served thousands of free meals at 14 pick-up spots around the Vineyard.
Vineyard farms, including Island Grown’s in Vineyard Haven and Slough and Morning Glory farms in Edgartown, have donated 800 pounds of produce to the program…”
Photo by Maria Thibodeau
Farm and Field: Grass Farmers
The Vineyard Gazette, June 29, 2023
“Limited Island land makes caring for local pastures all the more important, Ms. Scott said, which is no easy feat. A project she undertook converting veggie plots to pasture, she explained, required an intensive rotation of pigs, turkeys, sheep and cover cropping.
The key, she said, was ‘thinking of yourself as a grass farmer versus a livestock farmer.’ ”
Photo by Larry Glick
I pledge …
The Martha’s Vineyard Times March 1, 2023
“…there’s the Slough Farm “Super Silos.” This is where channeling their inner farmer comes in mighty handy. If farm chores like mucking stalls (which, when you think about it, is a metaphor for life), collecting eggs and making omelets, fiber crafts, or taking an interest in an animal’s care and habits is something that jazzes your little ones, then the Slough Farm “Super Silo”s is just the ticket.”
Vineyard 4-H Program Aims to Be a Positive Force in Winter
The Vineyard Gazette, February 20, 2023
“Revitalizing 4-H on the Island began five years ago, led by Brian Athearn and Julie Scott, president and vice president of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society.”
“Over the next five months, children will be able to learn about painting and sketching, baking, birdwatching and crafts of yesteryear, in addition to practical experience with farms and animals.”
“The program choices are a result of collaborations between Island nonprofits brought together by the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society….Partner organizations include the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, Slough Farm and The FARM Institute. And a grant from Dukes Conservation District makes it possible for students to attend free.”
Photo by Maria Thibodeau
Haircuts and Lessons Shine at Sheep Shearing Demonstration
The Vineyard Gazette, January 30, 2023
“It was an interspecies gathering in the barn for the kickoff of Feb-ewe-ary, the Island’s monthlong celebration of all things ovine.”
“…Visitors gathered around the shearing station at the center of the barn, where Slough Farm executive director Julie Scott introduced the day’s festivities. She tried her best to speak over the sheep, many of whom were nervous for their first-ever haircut.
As younger members of the audience edged their way to the front — or hopped up onto a parent’s shoulders — shearer Siri Swanson of Yankee Rock Farm took the stage.”
Photo by Ray Ewing
“putting pen to paper at featherstone”
Martha’s Vineyard Times, November 9th, 2022
“We are so grateful to Slough Farm for partnering with us on this important offering for these writers and our Island community. We are also very grateful to the Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation for their support,” the release from Featherstone states. story online can make all the difference.
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“growing community”
Martha’s Vineyard Times, November 7th, 2022
“Slough Farm in Edgartown was created as a nonprofit educational farm and gathering space in 2017. The majority of the food raised and grown on the farm goes to Island Grown Initiative (IGI), and to support food equity programs on the Island. It also donates a large amount of its meat and produce to Island schools for their lunch programs.”
Photo by Brooke Hardman Ditchfield
“CATTLE calling”
Edible Vineyard, September 30, 2022
“A large portion of the grazed land here is conservation land,” says Julie Scott of Slough Farm. “We have about 50 acres here owned by the Nature Conservancy. These fields have been hayed and grazed by horses, but now we’re using it to produce food, and restore it,” Julie says. “The whole idea is to have the right number of animals, so when you get to the last pasture, the first one is ready again.”
Photo by Randi Baird
“MEET THE FARMHANDS”
Edible Vineyard, July 29. 2022
“These days, there is a growing group of young people who understand the hard work and deep joy of farming, and are embracing it as their future.”
Photo by Tina Miller
“the farm chef”
The Vine, July 26, 2022
“What do a music major, chef, food stylist, Food Network culinary producer, culinary school instructor and Chilmark resident have in common? A name. Chef Charles Granquist, who prefers to be called Charlie, brings this varied background to his new position as culinary director at Slough Farm in Edgartown.”
Photo by Jeanna Shepard
“New Town, New Team; Film
Festival Opens Wednesday”
The Vineyard Gazette, May 12th, 2022
“Mashpee Wampanoag performance artist Siobhan Growing Elm, one of two artists in residence this week through a partnership between the festival and Slough Farm in Edgartown, will appear with her work….”
Photo by Ray Ewing
The Vine, February 9, 2022
“The Trustees (which formerly held the entire lease) holds the education lease and offers programs created by the FARM Institute and neighboring Slough Farm. Collectively, the partners are addressing food equity and insecurity, community access and education. And in the process, by sharing stewardship of Katama Farm, they are assuring that the working farm will continue to offer community access to agriculture and the arts.”
Photo by Ray Ewing
MV Times, November 8, 2021
“…beginning Oct. 21, Brooklyn-based writers and poets Shira Erlichman and Angel Nafis, along with Island-based writer Esper Gaspardi, have been living at the Slough Farm residence where they will be working on new and ongoing writing projects until Nov. 7.”
Photo courtesy of Featherstone Center for the Arts
“Vineyard Farms Ramp Up Production…”
The Vineyard Gazette, October 14, 2021
“IGI partnered with Slough Farm to produce and distribute prepared meals during the pandemic.”
MVTimes, August 12, 2021
““We want to create a place that is a cross-section for the arts,” Julie says. “Culture, health, and wellness. And the farm is the heart of all of those things.” …”
Photo by Molly Glasgow
The Vine, August 2, 2021
“Now well-known on the Vineyard for her skill in handling livestock, Julie is also a dynamo organizer who gets things done. Hence her new job title: executive director of Slough Farm in Edgartown…”
Photo by Maria Thibodeau
Blue Dot Living, July 30, 2021
“Some regenerative farmers, like Julie Scott at Edgartown’s nonprofit educational Slough Farms, also rotate their animals through the fields to graze and eat the weeds and crop residue then drop their microbe rich dung and their nitrogen rich urine on the fields, making it even more fertile…”
Photo by Jeremy Driesen
The Vineyard Gazette, March 29, 2021
“The dancers have been using their time at Slough Farm to practice together and trade skills, and they’ve also been regulars at nearby South Beach…”
MV Times, March 17, 2021
“Sophie Jones adds, “Alongside Caleb and LaTasha, Katie and Sachi are Slough Farm’s first artists in residence since COVID struck. We are so excited to have all of them here representing the overlap of art, food, and community that is at the center of Slough’s vision for future residencies…”
MV Times, March 22, 2021
“Two Island organizations — Island Grown Initiative and Slough Farm — were recognized for their contributions of warm soups for hospice patients and families…”
The Vineyard Gazette, October 25, 2020
“Last Tuesday morning, three eighth-graders from the Martha’s Vineyard Charter School kneeled over a bed of arugula in the gardens of Slough Farm, plucking broad leaves from the soil as they talked…”
MV Times, August 26, 2020
“The Yard announced in a press release that it will present “Phases,” a socially distanced site-specific dance performance by its internal dance collective, DanceTheYard, in collaboration with Slough Farm…”
The Vineyard Gazette, August 13, 2020
“Slough Farm in Edgartown has joined the growing ranks of the Martha’s Vineyard food equity network this summer— converting locally grown and harvested produce, meat and seafood to nutritious meals that can be distributed to Islanders...”
MV Times, July 16, 2020
“Be humble. Ask for help, talk to each other, work together!…”
The Vineyard Gazette, July 9, 2020
“Slough Farm (slough rhymes with plow), a nonprofit farm at Katama that launched educational programs before the pandemic arrived, donates much of its produce to Island organizations which distribute food to the hungry…”
MV Times, July 8 2020
"Normally, IGI works with food processing in the winter, but now Slough Farm is picking up the summer processing program to continue providing that essential service. Through August, volunteers and folks from Slough Farm will work at Camp Jabberwocky, which was forced to close its grounds because of the pandemic…”
The Vineyard Gazette, May 13, 2019
“Farmers don’t take a break when the weather is rainy, and neither does the Plum Hill School community, which flocked to Slough Farm in Katama Sunday for a wet but lively spring fundraiser…”
Cape Cod Times, March 21, 2019
“After an early morning fire Tuesday destroyed a barn and killed dozens of animals at Flat Point Farm, the community on Martha’s Vineyard immediately took action to help assist the family owned farm.
“Before the fire department even left the grounds, other farmers were coming over to help,” said West Tisbury police Sgt. Garrison Vieira, speaking in his role as vice president of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society. “Somebody has a disaster, they’re going to do their best to help them out the best they can…”