And North picnic season feature

 
 
 
 
 
We were included in the recent picnic feature by And North, a curated guide to upstate New York, alongside other Hudson Valley cooks at Edible Living and Brunette Wine Bar. The introduction to our part of the feature, written by Mimi, is below. You can read it in full at the And North website. Photo by Emma Tuccillo. Rhubarb Cinnamon Polenta Bars from Mimi Beaven of Little Ghent Farm Rhubarb sea[...]

A short film about the farm

 
 
 
 
 
We have been so lucky and are so grateful for all the hard working, talented and creative folks that have helped us on the farm, in the kitchen and with workshops so far on our journey - Jesse, Saundra, Eric, Jess, 'Cornish' Meg, Michael, Robyn, David, Kate, Meg, Maxine, Angelica, Jen and Tricia amongst them. Each and every one has brought something unique to our work and lives during these early [...]

Ten questions for Grazin'

 
 
 
 
 
For the latest little feature on people at or connected with our farm we sat down with Andrew ('Chip') Chiappinelli  who is chef-owner at Grazin' Diner in Hudson, NY. Most weeks of the year we supply Animal Welfare Approved eggs produced by our organically-fed hens here at Little Ghent Farm. There's a strong chance, if you have dined at Grazin' recently, that you've enjoyed some of our eggs.   Gra[...]

Urban Exodus project features our story

 
 
 
 
 
Photo: Alissa Hessler A while back husband and wife team Alissa and Jacob Hessler came to visit Little Ghent farm from their home base in Maine. Over the past few years, Alissa has been working on finding, connecting with and photographing a network of creative people who decided to leave their urban existences behind and move to the country just as they had done (from Seattle to Coastal Maine)[...]

Questions for The Little Ghent Farm Architects & Builder

 
 
 
 
 
"Who was your architect?", "who was your builder?" Aside from "is there any bread today?" these are two of the most frequently asked questions here at Little Ghent Farm.  Some visitors have barely left their cars and these words, or a variation of them, are spilling out. In this post we have asked Neil, Adam and Bill to share with us some of their thoughts.  By way of background, the farm has b[...]

Questions For Sue Decker

 
 
 
 
 
Sue Decker is the farmer at Blue Star Farm in Stuyvesant and Kinderhook, NY. We started buying vegetables from Sue before we had our farm, while we were weekenders when we shopped at Hudson farmers' market. We now buy many of our vegetables from Sue throughout the year for the farm kitchen. The vegetables Sue and her team grow are really delicious and we're constantly amazed and grateful about how[...]

Ten Questions for the Ironwood Farmers

 
 
 
 
 
Ironwood Farm, just a few miles from us, is one of the two farms we buy most of our produce from for our farm kitchen here at Little Ghent Farm. We really appreciate that they are a new business like us and being able to support their efforts by buying their product is important to us. Mostly though we buy their product because it is wonderful and delicious. As a family we subscribe to Ironwood's [...]

We're Featured in Edible Hudson Valley Magazine

 
 
 
 
 
... and that's one of our pigs on the front cover. "Evolve Or Die" Written by Abby Luby, Photographs by Meredith Heuer "The brown paper packaging stamped in stippled black ink says “Bread & EGGS.” Beneath that are the words “Laid in Ghent, NY.” The simple, homespun parcel is emblematic of what Little Ghent Farm owners Richard and Mimi Beaven are all about: forward-thinking 21st-centur[...]

Ten Questions For Jesse Tolz

 
 
 
 
 
Continuing with our series about the people who, through their involvement, are a part of the Little Ghent Farm Community. Earlier this year Jesse set up VIDA farm in one of our fields following apprenticeships at places like The Pfeiffer Center, Turtle Tree Seed Initiative, and Stone Barns Center. Over the next few years he aims to establish a business cultivating and selling vegetables, wildflow[...]

"Bridging Farming, Food and Community"

 
 
 
 
 
Earlier this summer Rural Intelligence, an online information source for The Hudson Valley set up by former editors and reporters at The New York Times and New York Magazine, visited the farm to see what we've been building. They posted a story and photographs  " Little Ghent Farm Bridges Farming, Food and Community. " featuring Mimi's cooking and bread, our forthcoming brand workshop series and w[...]