We’re not sure we are ready for the label “needy farmer” but it is kind of fun to be a poster boy for Holistic Management International.  Thistle Hill was one of several farms selected by HMI to demonstrate its program and, in this circular and on its website, raise funds. You can learn more about the pilot project we took part in by reading the post immediately following and you can see the poster by clicking here. img20120601_17180653 You can also see the video by going to www.holisticmanagement.org but, warning, it is not for the faint of heart.

Almost 100 people gathered at Sperryville’s Old School House last night to hear about Holistic Management International’s plans for a new program in the Upper Piedmont.  The meeting also served as kind of a graduation ceremony and report for those of us who had taken part in an HMI pilot project for the past year. Most of all it turned into a wonderful evening of making new friends and sharing experiences.  It wasn’t for more than an hour after the scheduled adjournment, that the last attendees headed for their cars. Those of us in the pilot project had vastly different operations, both in the type of farming we do and in…