Foxtrot Farm
@foxtrotfarm.bsky.social
Certified org farm growing botanical herbs and climate resilient foods using no-till methods.
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📍Pocumtuc&Abenaki Land/Ashfield, MA
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📍Pocumtuc&Abenaki Land/Ashfield, MA
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Foxtrot Farm
@foxtrotfarm.bsky.social
· Jan 23
Hi! I'm Abby, farmer at Foxtrot Farm in Ashfield, MA. We're a 6-acre farm that grows mostly botanicals, elderberries, and weird foods that walk the line between food and medicine.
I started this farm eight years ago with the goal of growing climate resilient crops in climate resilient ways.
I started this farm eight years ago with the goal of growing climate resilient crops in climate resilient ways.
Nothing like paying your taxes while also donating to legal fights against the actions now funded by said taxes while donating to the essential services that are supposed to be funded by, yep, your taxes while your taxes are used to line the pockets of living caricatures of evil villains.
March 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nothing like paying your taxes while also donating to legal fights against the actions now funded by said taxes while donating to the essential services that are supposed to be funded by, yep, your taxes while your taxes are used to line the pockets of living caricatures of evil villains.
Still can’t believe how many folks separately messaged me a kind note that contained the phrase, “I believe in you” over the past few days. Like 🥹😭 it’s got me all in my feelings. What incredibly powerful words to receive.
February 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Still can’t believe how many folks separately messaged me a kind note that contained the phrase, “I believe in you” over the past few days. Like 🥹😭 it’s got me all in my feelings. What incredibly powerful words to receive.
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To avoid civilisation collapse the amount invested in fossil fuels needed to be NEGATIVE for a few years already.
This isn’t good news.
That we are still investing in fossil fuels is not only catastrophically horrific. It is insane.
This isn’t good news.
That we are still investing in fossil fuels is not only catastrophically horrific. It is insane.
Things are moving:
Global investment in clean energy overtook investment in fossil fuels in 2016.
In 2024, 80% more money was invested in clean energy than fossil fuels.
Global investment in clean energy overtook investment in fossil fuels in 2016.
In 2024, 80% more money was invested in clean energy than fossil fuels.
February 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
To avoid civilisation collapse the amount invested in fossil fuels needed to be NEGATIVE for a few years already.
This isn’t good news.
That we are still investing in fossil fuels is not only catastrophically horrific. It is insane.
This isn’t good news.
That we are still investing in fossil fuels is not only catastrophically horrific. It is insane.
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Nature already invented this machine 500 million years ago. It's called a plant.
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Scientists Just Built a CO2-Eating Machine That Runs on Sunlight
Scientists have developed a sunlight-powered reactor that directly captures CO2 from the air and transforms it into sustainable fuel. Unlike traditional carbon capture methods, this device requires no...
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February 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Nature already invented this machine 500 million years ago. It's called a plant.
scitechdaily.com/scientists-j...
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Hey, new faces around here! I imagine some of you found me because of that (accidentally) viral (eek) Facebook (ugh) post. Welcome! I’m a full time farmer, but my background is in journalism, education, and climate activism, so if you thought maybe I was doing something intentional in that post, 1/?
February 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Hey, new faces around here! I imagine some of you found me because of that (accidentally) viral (eek) Facebook (ugh) post. Welcome! I’m a full time farmer, but my background is in journalism, education, and climate activism, so if you thought maybe I was doing something intentional in that post, 1/?
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Don't be fasc
Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
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February 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Don't be fasc
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Incredible news!
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
February 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Incredible news!
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
“Blistering” is a little strong for what happens here, but I am glad that of all the assholes in congress, Jim McGovern is ours.
(When that Worcester accent peaks through, ugh, I feel a weird amount of affection for him.)
(When that Worcester accent peaks through, ugh, I feel a weird amount of affection for him.)
February 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“Blistering” is a little strong for what happens here, but I am glad that of all the assholes in congress, Jim McGovern is ours.
(When that Worcester accent peaks through, ugh, I feel a weird amount of affection for him.)
(When that Worcester accent peaks through, ugh, I feel a weird amount of affection for him.)
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They’re doing the meme
February 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They’re doing the meme
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The last three weeks have been a disaster for America’s farmers and rural communities.
February 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The last three weeks have been a disaster for America’s farmers and rural communities.
Seen in Pittsfield, MA
February 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Seen in Pittsfield, MA
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"We are possibly going to lose our farm if NRCS doesn't hold up their contract with us."
USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs, conservation contracts - www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs, conservation contracts - www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs, conservation contracts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that programs helping farmers would not be affected in the government overhaul.
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"We are possibly going to lose our farm if NRCS doesn't hold up their contract with us."
USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs, conservation contracts - www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs, conservation contracts - www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
I’m a cis woman and being in community with trans and nonbinary people is the privilege of a lifetime. The monsters in power want to convince us that we are threats to each other, but it’s more clear all the time that our dignity and liberation are closely intertwined.
February 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’m a cis woman and being in community with trans and nonbinary people is the privilege of a lifetime. The monsters in power want to convince us that we are threats to each other, but it’s more clear all the time that our dignity and liberation are closely intertwined.
So dang proud of the National Young Farmers Coalition for taking clear and firm political stances and so grateful to get this email today.
February 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
So dang proud of the National Young Farmers Coalition for taking clear and firm political stances and so grateful to get this email today.
Support your local community herb farm: sign up for PYO herbs this year! Pay what you can; pick what you want! www.foxtrotherbfarm.com/pyo
Pick-Your-Own — Foxtrot Farm
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February 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Support your local community herb farm: sign up for PYO herbs this year! Pay what you can; pick what you want! www.foxtrotherbfarm.com/pyo
Spot on
I wrote about the absentee Democrats. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Spot on
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NIH Office of Research on Women's Health-gone. bsky.app/profile/docb... 3/x
The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...
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January 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
NIH Office of Research on Women's Health-gone. bsky.app/profile/docb... 3/x
We don't have to be praying people to employ this. If there's a thing you're yearning for or principles you believe in, ask yourself: how, even in small ways, am I working to make these things a reality? And if you're answer is, "I'm not," how are you going to change that?
Last year, I listened to an interview with Reverend Muther Issac— whom you might remember as the Palestinian reverend in Bethlehem on the West Bank who cancelled Christmas. And he said: If you're not working to be the answer to your own prayers, you're not praying right. That changed me.
January 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We don't have to be praying people to employ this. If there's a thing you're yearning for or principles you believe in, ask yourself: how, even in small ways, am I working to make these things a reality? And if you're answer is, "I'm not," how are you going to change that?
Last year, I listened to an interview with Reverend Muther Issac— whom you might remember as the Palestinian reverend in Bethlehem on the West Bank who cancelled Christmas. And he said: If you're not working to be the answer to your own prayers, you're not praying right. That changed me.
January 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Last year, I listened to an interview with Reverend Muther Issac— whom you might remember as the Palestinian reverend in Bethlehem on the West Bank who cancelled Christmas. And he said: If you're not working to be the answer to your own prayers, you're not praying right. That changed me.
And just a reminder that everything, including farming is political and affected by politics! So many farmers (including us) were counting on Climate Smart funding for the next four years. Funding was intended to help farmers make adaptations to survive the effects of climate change.
January 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
And just a reminder that everything, including farming is political and affected by politics! So many farmers (including us) were counting on Climate Smart funding for the next four years. Funding was intended to help farmers make adaptations to survive the effects of climate change.
Delighted to announce that I wrote a few very political things in a newsletter today and only had 4 people unsubscribe. This tells me that I've been doing a good job of communicating my values up to this point!
January 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Delighted to announce that I wrote a few very political things in a newsletter today and only had 4 people unsubscribe. This tells me that I've been doing a good job of communicating my values up to this point!
Thanks for guessing @perennialhomestead.bsky.social ! You're so close! That 1793 of fresh herbs dried down to 296#.
Less than 275# is my guess!
January 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Thanks for guessing @perennialhomestead.bsky.social ! You're so close! That 1793 of fresh herbs dried down to 296#.
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In this total lie, falsely claiming he has given California unlimited water, Trump normalizes the idea that the military "entering" a blue state at his command has magically solved an environmental problem.
Incredibly dangerous stuff, as #climatechange accelerates.
Incredibly dangerous stuff, as #climatechange accelerates.
January 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In this total lie, falsely claiming he has given California unlimited water, Trump normalizes the idea that the military "entering" a blue state at his command has magically solved an environmental problem.
Incredibly dangerous stuff, as #climatechange accelerates.
Incredibly dangerous stuff, as #climatechange accelerates.
Ok, here's a fun game. In 2024, we grew 1793 lbs of fresh herbs that we then dridehydrted and processed. Anyone want to guess how many pounds we had total once the herbs were dried?
January 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Ok, here's a fun game. In 2024, we grew 1793 lbs of fresh herbs that we then dridehydrted and processed. Anyone want to guess how many pounds we had total once the herbs were dried?
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a dear friend of mine is in labor today so I’m making some sage shortbread with the last of my @foxtrotfarm.bsky.social sage.
plus, my mom gave me an old tin biscuit cutter of my grandmother’s over the holidays, so I particularly feel like I’m opening an ancestral portal today.
plus, my mom gave me an old tin biscuit cutter of my grandmother’s over the holidays, so I particularly feel like I’m opening an ancestral portal today.
January 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
a dear friend of mine is in labor today so I’m making some sage shortbread with the last of my @foxtrotfarm.bsky.social sage.
plus, my mom gave me an old tin biscuit cutter of my grandmother’s over the holidays, so I particularly feel like I’m opening an ancestral portal today.
plus, my mom gave me an old tin biscuit cutter of my grandmother’s over the holidays, so I particularly feel like I’m opening an ancestral portal today.