Downy mildew is indeed taking its toll on our hop yard. We are looking at significantly reduced yields this season as we continue to do what we can to control […]

Spring was slow to arrive and thanks to a soggy start to June, Origin Hops is not alone in battling downy mildew again this spring. We are doing our best to […]

There’s been a plague on our fields. Not one of Biblical proportions, but one to be wary of nonetheless. The dreaded downy mildew struck.  According to a fabulous New York […]

The September afternoon my father and uncles first met the farm buyer, my mother kindly distracted me with a visit to the local art museum for a traveling Georgia O’Keefe exhibit. The […]

One of my activities while home for the holidays this year is rummaging through boxes of memories and paperwork left behind over the generations at the farm house. But before […]

This day, after 160 years working the land in our nook of the world, Goodmanor Farm will pass through the hands of my family. The change is bittersweet. The summer […]

Many of my best memories of the farm include my grandmother.  She was the guiding matriarch of the family, running the dairy operation with my uncles and father by her […]