09 Mar April Vacation Children’s Adventures: Parents Take Note
ifarm is offering a program for families with children (ages four and up) this spring vacation, April 17-21. The April Vacation Drop-In Series has been...
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23 Feb Stepping Back to a Slower Age: A Day With a Food Historian
Paula Marcoux, a food historian, professional cook and author of Cooking with Fire (Storey Publishing, 2014) will be coming to ifarm on March 26 to explore...
14 Feb Get a Jumpstart on Spring Gardening: The Grow Spring! Expo
The Topsfield Garden Club, the Topsfield Historical Society, and the Essex Agricultural Society are hosting the third Grow Spring! Expo on March 18th from 10...
03 Feb Our Five Workshop Tracks
This winter we have been further defining our workshop and education plans: Read below for information on our five education tracks: Homesteading, Permaculture, Herbalism, Art/Mindfulness,...
26 Jan Farm News: Icelandic Leadersheep and Spring Shearing
Our Spring shearing is coming up! As our flock grows into their full wool coats, we see them settling into distinct personalities. These differences have...
17 Jan Winter Update: January on a New England Farm
We are well into the winter season at ifarm, though the weather has been in flux: We are surrounded with ice and snow one day,...
07 Jan How to See more Wildlife: The Woods in Winter
ifarm and Essex Country Greenbelt are offering a free winter tracking experience with registered Maine Guide Bob Metcalfe on February 19th, 2017. Bob delineated some of...
04 Jan A Stitch in Time: The European Knitting Guilds
ifarm will be hosting a Knitting Night on February 16th, welcoming men and women to come join the craft circle. Men?! Yes. Women dominate today’s knitting world,...
21 Dec A Stitch in Time: The Women Who Knit Together the American Revolution
In preparation for ifarm's Knitting Night, we thought we would honor the politicized knitting circles of the Daughters of Liberty, which helped boycott British goods throughout the...
15 Dec Simple Tracking Tools to See More Wildlife
Bob Metcalfe, a registered Maine Guide, will be coming to ifarm on February 19 to lead an experience in winter tracking. The experience is free,...
07 Dec Two Hundred Years of American History at ifarm
History lives and breathes at ifarm. The buildings and grounds of our restored 19th century farm reflect the agricultural and economic trends of New England. The...
01 Dec 200 Year-Old Sustainable Design
With an uncertain climate future, sustainable building design is a hot topic today. But sustainable design is nothing new. It has been an important feature of human...