Our hearts are heavy this week as the rains returned to our region on the anniversary of the last big storm to flood crops, take out roads, strand families, and pull even harder at the strings that binds us as a community.
The picture above is the swollen and muddy Connecticut River at flood stage on the eastern edge of our farm. Our vegetable fields are on terraces high above flood levels. We are so so fortunate to farm on this land that is high and dry.
But our friends at the Intervale in Burlington and Joe's Brook Farm in St. Johnsbury experienced devastating loss of crops and infrastructure on Thursday. We will do all we can for each other. Storms will come and they will pass. What matters is that we show up for each other and keep trying. There’s so much letting go required in this life, what remains is love and care.
