by Douglas Brown | Mar 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
First of all I want to count the blessings for the important things: Our families and employees are still healthy and safe. We are thankful for the amazing people that are a part of our lives at the restaurant and the farm. It is breathtaking to see how the staff has...
by Douglas Brown | Feb 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Spring is nuts on the farm, a busy parade of working the soil, planting, lambing and much more. Summer? The farm demands close attention to irrigation, weeding, planting and loads of harvesting. Epic harvesting and preservation defines fall — finding time to get...
by Douglas Brown | Aug 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Raising livestock and vegetables involves more than the pleasures of the table. Peppers can be dried, fashioned into ristras, and hung around the house as decorative touches. Gourds make fantastic fall centerpieces. But sheepskins are another order of awesome. Seat...
by Douglas Brown | Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Building and nurturing a working organic and biodynamic farm for both vegetables and livestock comes with a wild diversity of demands — everything from irrigating plants to moving pigs around between different fields. When it comes to livestock, there’s also the...
by Douglas Brown | Jul 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Black Cat Organic Farm is thrilled to announce the opening of our new dinner and event space on the farm. Our team spent several years transforming turn-of-the-century farm buildings into atmospheric, spacious stages for special events — everything from celebrations...
by Douglas Brown | Jun 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Human power is essential at Black Cat Farm. We seed and plant. We irrigate. We weed. We harvest, clean vegetables and bring them to the Market and the restaurants. But we don’t do everything. Much of the work, in fact, gets done by our heritage pigs. Only for them,...
