Last fall, Hocus Pocus welcomed the farmers’ families and friends and CSA members to celebrate Sukkot, a Jewish holiday surrounding the fall harvest, and they placed a sukkah - a type of temporary hut used during Sukkot - in the planting field. Gleaning - the process of picking through crops left over after a commercial harvest - is something Jewish people have been doing since ancient times. Wolfe is also interested incorporating Jewish traditions into their farming. Though the region somewhat limits what they can grow, they can also add different plants to their repertoire: This year, they are trying some dry beans and Romanesco broccoli, also known as Roman cauliflower. “There are so many different ways to farm,” Wolfe said, explaining that growing one vegetable can be done using several different techniques. Harrison said that although a lot of people see farming as something “rooted in the past, with pitchforks,” they feel like there’s so much to experiment and try.
One of Harrison’s first jobs was working as a farm hand for a CSA that their parents belonged to when they were growing up, and they have been farming ever since. “It’s hard to make money,” Harrison said, “but easy to make friends.” They said it can be difficult to explain they are a full-time farmer when people often think it’s only a hobby or a phase “because it’s so economically difficult.” “It just kind of rotted,” Wolfe said.Įliza Harrison, 28, who also uses they/them pronouns, manages the farm with Wolfe. In Wolfe’s first year, the farm experienced “serious drought,” but the next year the fields flooded, wrecking the squash crop. “It’s always a toss-up of how the weather will be,” Wolfe said. The model also spreads out the risk to the producers and consumers, which helps when successful farming is often left to chance. “We don’t have a lot of money left over at the end of the year.” “We don’t make a ton of money,” Wolfe said, laughing a little. The CSA model works for Hocus Pocus because of the tight margins. Some of the farm’s offerings, with Noah Bogdonoff, a part-time farm employee, in the background. They have worked on farms throughout the Northeast since 2014. They started their agriculture journey in their mother’s garden outside Boston, but they began to learn about food justice and urban agriculture when they were in college. Wolfe, 29, is in their third season working on the chemical-free farm. Many of the plants stood as tall or taller than Wolfe as they picked a few pods to snack on. “Everything is popping,” Sasha Wolfe, who uses they/them and she/her pronouns, said as they walked through the snap pea stalks on Hocus Pocus’s 1-acre plot at Osamequin Farm at the at the corner of Walnut and Prospect streets. Across Henderson Bridge and over the Seekonk River, past East Providence, and into Massachusetts, the tree cover starts to thicken, the birds get a little louder, and the air feels cooler, even on a sunny day.Ībout a 20-minute drive from downtown Providence and just over the state line lie more than 400 acres of farmland and nature. And on an acre of those hundreds sits Hocus Pocus Farm, a queer-owned and operated endeavor that embraces tradition, invention, and fun.
Finish the story…” Hang the writing prompts on the board to display.SEEKONK, Mass.
Do a creative writing prompt: “Miss Jenny was on the path to her Aunty’s house and got lost in a daydream.Ask students to write some tips to stay focused during the exciting fall “candy” time of year on notecards.On either side of the witch, you could place mirror boards and have students stop by and read the title of the board while looking at their reflection.
How can you use this board with your students? The hat, legs, and shoes where cut from construction paper. Letters were cut from Astro bright paper for the bright color look. I reused tissue paper for the skirt from the rocket flames of the pervious bulletin board too. “Halloween Fun! I reused the fabric background and fabric boarder from the previous bulletin board. Put up this subtle reminder to keep an eye on the prize! During some points in the year, getting students to focus is tougher than others.
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