http://www.thoreaufarm.org/lib Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:57:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Concord’s farming practices have been in a constant process of change from the beginning of English settlement in 1635. The 19th Century was no exception. This was the century when our farmers moved from producing almost entirely for the family to mostly for the market. The second half of ... http://www.thoreaufarm.org/lib/2008/09/farming-in-concord-in-the-second-half-of-the-19th-century-3/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nancy Grohol, Executive Director Thoreau Farm Trust 978.369.3091 978.369.1515 (fax) Bill McKibben Joins Thoreau Farm Trust as Honorary Board Member Concord, MA—The Thoreau Farm Trust, a Concord nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring and re-using the Henry David Thoreau birthplace, is pleased to announce that noted author and environmentalist Bill McKibben has joined ... http://www.thoreaufarm.org/lib/2008/04/bill-mckibben/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nancy Grohol, Executive Director Thoreau Farm Trust 978.369.3091 978.369.1515 (fax) Thoreau Farm Trust Receives Grant from 1772 Foundation Concord, MA—The Thoreau Farm Trust has received a $25,000 grant from The 1772 Foundation. The funds will be used toward the preservation of the Henry David Thoreau birthplace on Virginia Road in Concord. ... http://www.thoreaufarm.org/lib/2008/03/thoreau-farm-trust-receives-grant-from-1772-foundation/ The Thoreau Farm Trust’s 1st Annual Concord Barn Tour celebrating Concord’s agricultural heritage was a tremendous success—over 200 people turned out for the event. Below are the six barns featured on the tour. Click here to read an Introduction to Concord Barns. Clark Barn “1855” is inscribed on both a sheathing ... http://www.thoreaufarm.org/lib/2007/12/concord-barn-tour/ “The four great objects aimed at in barn building are commodious storage for crops, comfortable quarters for stock, convenient performance of labor, and the economical saving and making of manure.” – George W. Hunt. Lecture to the Concord Farmers Club, 1873. In a place known for its historic architecture, the barns of ... http://www.thoreaufarm.org/lib/2007/12/introduction-to-concord-barns/ Concord’s farming practices have been in a constant process of change from the beginning of English settlement in 1635. The 19th Century was no exception. This was the century when our farmers moved from producing almost entirely for the family to mostly for the market. The second half of ... http://www.thoreaufarm.org/lib/2007/11/farming-in-concord-in-the-second-half-of-the-19th-century-2/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nancy Grohol, Executive Director Thoreau Farm Trust 978.369.3091 978.369.1515 (fax) nancy@thoreaufarm.org www.thoreaufarm.org Thoreau Farm Trust Official New Owner of Thoreau Birthplace November 20, 2007 Concord, MA—The Thoreau Farm Trust has achieved a major milestone toward its vision for the house where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. On November 20, the Town of Concord ... http://www.thoreaufarm.org/lib/2007/11/thoreau-farm-trust-official-new-owner-of-thoreau-birthplace/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nancy Grohol, Executive Director Thoreau Farm Trust 978.369.3091 978.369.1515 (fax) nancy@thoreaufarm.org www.thoreaufarm.org Thoreau Farm Trust to take title of Thoreau birthplace July 12, 2007 Concord, MA—The Thoreau Farm Trust has received approval to take title of the Henry David Thoreau Birth House from the Town of Concord. The town’s Board of Selectmen voted unanimously on ... http://www.thoreaufarm.org/lib/2007/07/thoreau-farm-trust-to-take-title-of-thoreau-birthplace/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Submitted by Court Booth & Molly Eberle Contact: Nancy Grohol, Executive Director Thoreau Farm Trust 978.369.3091 978.369.1515 (fax) nancy@thoreaufarm.org www.thoreaufarm.org Thoreau Farm Trusts Hosts Robert Pinsky in Concord June 18, 2007 Concord, MA—The Thoreau Farm Trust’s ambitious effort to save and restore the Thoreau birthplace received a major boost with a visit and presentation by poet Robert ... http://www.thoreaufarm.org/lib/2007/06/thoreau-farm-trusts-hosts-robert-pinsky-in-concord/ Concord’s farming practices have been in a constant process of change from the beginning of English settlement in 1635. The 19th Century was no exception. This was the century when our farmers moved from producing almost entirely for the family to mostly for the market. The second half of ... http://www.thoreaufarm.org/lib/2007/06/farming-in-concord-in-the-second-half-of-the-19th-century/