This week in Jewish farming: The deer threat and an electric solution
Countless anxieties attended the planning for my first season farming. Losing my entire crop to deer was not among them.
Countless anxieties attended the planning for my first season farming. Losing my entire crop to deer was not among them.
Miracles pour forth daily from the earth. Each day — often several times a day — I’m momentarily overcome by something magical in the fields.
After the unexpected death of his 26-year-old daughter Jessica last August, Dane Kostin found himself searching for a fitting memorial, a project that would benefit the community and provide an appropriate tribute to a daughter who loved cooking with fresh, seasonal vegetables. Thus was born Jessie\’s Community Gardens, a nonprofit trying to set up small-scale gardening operations at community facilities throughout the Hartford, Conn. area. This spring, the first garden will be dug on the grounds of the local Jewish federation. Another will be installed at\nKostin\’s synagogue, Beth El Temple in West Hartford. Kostin also has held discussions with the local Jewish nursing home, assisted living facilities and the two local Jewish day schools, all of which have expressed interest in participating.
As Israel becomes sophisticated gastronomically, consumers are favoring goat\’s and sheep\’s milk cheeses over cow\’s milk varieties. Unlike their bovine counterparts, most goats and sheep are free to roam and graze, antibiotics aren\’t usually a part of their diet, the cheese and milk contain less lactose and the taste is unmistakably distinct.