by Sarah Montano | May 8, 2019 | Cooking, Nutrition, Sustainability, Wellness
You can brew vinegar from fermentable sugars or fermentable alcohol. For example, apple cider will become apple cider vinegar if exposed to air. Exposing fruit juice or alcohol to oxygen allows for the possibility that acetic acid bacteria (AAB) may colonize the...
by Sarah Montano | May 1, 2019 | Cooking, Sustainability, Wellness
At Gingerhill Farm, in the early hours of March 6th, the jaboticaba canopy was vibrating with activity. Worker bees were busy visiting each flower in a dance of pollination. In three days, they were finished. Dried flowers and pollen powdered the ground beneath the...
by Sarah Montano | Mar 28, 2019 | Cooking, Nutrition, Permaculture, Sustainability
It’s Friday at Gingerhill Farm, and our kitchen staff has come together at 7:30 am to talk about food. Thursday evening prior, we celebrated the advent of Spring and the Full Moon by gathering with community for a farm tour, a farm-to-fork dinner, and dancing to music...
by Audrey Love | Jan 4, 2019 | Agricultural Methods, Cooking, Education, Farming, Internships, Permaculture, Retreat, Sustainability, Travel, Uncategorized
At Gingerhill, we are passionate about sustainability, organic living, and community. Our volunteers and interns hail from all different areas and traditions, and each bring a wealth of knowledge and talent to our operation. Instead of embracing rigid dogmatism and...
by Audrey Love | Dec 31, 2018 | Cooking, Nutrition, Sustainability
Though our community members tend toward more secular and spiritual beliefs than religious ones, we jump at any chance to celebrate the joy of living and cook up some good food! Christmas at the farm this year was a splendid, decorative, fun, and delicious evening of...
by Audrey Love | Dec 5, 2018 | Cooking, Sustainability, Wellness
Consumers are slowly but steadily becoming more conscious of the environmental and ethical consequences of their purchasing decisions. These new attitudes are incentivizing several small organic companies and stimulating greater interest in sustainable and organic...
