Unity Farm Journal - Third Week of October 2016

I ’ve been in China this week, so Kathy has been running Unity Farm.  As usual, the farm continues to be an ever evolving and exciting place. Here ’s a typical email from her“Many visitors were here today.  Our young intern was here helping out for an hour, then at 4:30pm someone dropped off a 5 year old pair of hens, then a person dropped by to spin honey from their hive.  You never know what each day will bring ”She ’s received several more rescue animals this week and she’ll decide which animals which will live permanently at Unity Farm and which will be placed at other farms.  I ’m working on a business plan for the Unity Farm Sanctuary, having learned a great deal about grants, fund raising, and the sustainability of sanctuariesfrom reading other ’s experiencesWe ’ve been expanding our capabilities to receive an increasingly diverse array of species, such as birds that cannot be released directly into the wild. Here’s a picture of the new aviary we’re building. I ’ll finish it next weekend after I return from my travels.   We ’ll be ready for various rescue birds once we receive our state license to host them.Kathy has been tending our cider fermentation and the 2016 vintage is shaping up to be a very flavorful, well balanced product.   We have 500 pounds of apples left in the cooler and I ’ll press them when I return.  Here ' s our new growler design.We ’re always le...
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