Crows' Feat Farm

06/13/2026

Do you know how to grow enough food to feed yourself? How much will your neighbors provide for you?

04/17/2026

The Crows' Feat Farm store opens May 8th

We bring education and opportunities, food and flowers - in cooperation with K-Farm, Frogstar Farm, Coastline Seafood, Newfound Hill Farm, Little Woods Farm, Crabby Crow's Country Kitchen and many others.

We support the kids at Building Blocks Commons, and many others. We are all learning, together.

We are honored by the hard work of Peter, Zack, Jack, Kimberly, Julianna and Jacoby, Rachel and many others

02/24/2026

To those who see me as confrontational: I am guilty as charged. Why?

Because I believe our society is grossly unfair - to poor people, to black people, to people with less education and those who don’t use the “right” words and haven’t “arrived.“ I center that understanding in all that I do and work towards. Because I believe the greatest source of inequality is and has always been between those who have money and those who don’t.

Because I believe deeply that we can overcome our limitations and prejudices by coming together in person, in fairness, in recognition of current and past injustice, and a commitment to make things right. If we work together we can preserve the best of our history and traditions, while fostering the world we want to live in.

Because I know the “red v. blue” game is being played against us. Authoritarians are happy to assume whatever costume would advance their power and control over us. And I refuse to participate in the game. Looking for answers on high, whatever the color of the jersey, is a fool’s errand.

Because I believe that honesty breeds trust, and trust creates love. By the same token, love enables us to trust and be honest with each other. I used to think there was a balancing act between honesty and empathy. I was wrong - each requires the other.

Because I sense at this important juncture that we - both here and throughout our country - have too little honesty and too much that pretends to be love and justice. And because, far from rejecting our history and traditions, I believe they will lead us back together.

If I speak too strongly on behalf of these ideas, so be it.

02/17/2026

When and why did Pete and I start farming? We didn't do it to to make money. Far from it - because who in their right mind could even think of earning a living that way?

We always understood that is our job: to feed each other, our friends and family, as people have been doing for millennia.

So let's just forget the "business" of growing food. Those who say there is not enough food for all of us haven't even tried to feed each other. As my amazing mother used to say: "Don't try. Do it."

Yeah, you're going to have to get your hands dirty, but not like Jeffrey Epstein. Go ahead, talk dirt to me. I'm ready. Most of what you grow will go to friends you haven't met yet.

Here's how it went down: Pete and I started our summer 2020 open air concerts because our family vacation was canceled and we thought: there is no reason to be afraid! How hard could it be to gather musicians to play in an open field, with the wind blowing?

Here's what we DID worry about: every musician we knew was completely shut out of any possibility of earning a living. No music festivals. No bar gigs. No weddings, no NOTHING. We thought: what a waste to live and die in fear. We can just listen together. And that's how this farm was born - it arrived with a musical fanfare.

At the end of one of those first twelve concerts in the summer of 2020, someone asked: "Hey, where's your CSA?" That was when we got serious about growing food. We learned how to do it because we knew we would need to feed each other - literally and spiritually.

12/20/2025

Dear friends,

We are living through difficult times - replete with sorrow, struggle, deception and disappointment. I haven't heard anyone say recently how joyful they are. Why is that? Is not suffering part of the human condition? Is it not our birthright? Joseph Campbell made me aware of the meaning of compassion: com(with)+passion(suffering). Agreeing to suffer together is one of the greatest gifts we can offer each other.

Regardless of whether you're a Jew, Christian, Atheist, Buddhist,
Agnostic - or none of the above - winter gives us a gift of opportunity - indeed the necessity - to slow down and reflect. To think about all that we have, our memento mori, and what we CAN do. That phrase "can-do" that lifts our vision beyond our personal problems to see how much love surrounds us every single day. That inspires us bring our best efforts and energy to replenish the world. Not least, to accept grace and forgiveness for our limitations and failings.

Let us all give thanks for the divine in each other, at this holy time of Christmas.

With gratitude,
Karen

12/19/2025

Dear friends,

We are living through difficult times - replete with sorrow, struggle, deception and disappointment. I haven't heard anyone say recently how joyful they are. Why is that? Is not suffering part of the human condition? Is it not our birthright? Joseph Campbell made me aware of the meaning of compassion: com(with)+passion(suffering). Agreeing to suffer together is one of the greatest gifts we can offer each other.

Regardless of whether you're a Jew, Christian, Atheist, Buddhist, Agnostic - or none of the above - winter gives us a gift of opportunity - indeed the necessity - to slow down and reflect. To think about all that we have, our memento mori, and what we CAN do. That phrase "can-do" that lifts our vision beyond our personal problems to see how much love surrounds us every single day. That inspires us bring our best efforts and energy to replenish the world. Not least, to accept grace and forgiveness for our limitations and failings.

Let us all give thanks for each other, at this holy time.

10/06/2025

CJ Hopkins is an author, playwright and satirist who is under fire in Germany for saying things we might agree with, but which can never be said out loud.

He is visiting Crows' Feat Farm as the last stop on his tour through the USA - billed as "A Stranger in a Strange Homeland"
It feels like we are all strangers now, at least to each other.

However, we at Crows' Feat Farm believe that recognition, satire and forgiveness might - if given a chance - help us all get along.
There is no charge for this event. If you would like to attend, please write to [email protected] with CJ in the title. Attendance is limited to 50 people

09/07/2025

Today's concert with the New Legacy Swing band is going ahead - with a rain delay to 3:30 pm.

We have a wonderful history with this band of managing rain, thunder lightning, etc. The show will go on, come hell or high water (none of which is in the forecast!)

You can buy tickets at the door - just come hear this 17-piece band's amazing tunes!

08/30/2025

We're excited to announce our Season Finale concert on September 7th, featuring the BIG sounds of the New Legacy Swing Band! This will be their fourth visit to the farm, as our audiences just love the incredible variety and vibrancy of their music: Big Band, jazz, swing, latin, rock n' roll, and R&B. From Ella Fitzerald and Sinatra to Chicago and Michael Buble - they play it all!

The concert will be held in the natural amphitheater adjacent to our farm store at 180 Drinkwater Rd, starting at 3pm. There's plenty of shade, and you can bring a comfy chair or blanket of your own.

For those who like good food, join us for a gourmet, farm-to-table picnic, featuring the freshest produce of the season, at 1:30 pm. Concert tickets can be purchased at the door, but we ask that you make your lunch reservation at least 24 hours in advance. This is a family-friendly event - all kids, dogs ann well-behaved adults are welcome!

For more information and tickets, visit:

NEW LEGACY SWING BAND One of New England's premier dance orchestras, the New Legacy Swing Band brings a wide variety of favorites, from big band to jazz, swing, waltzes, Latin, rock n' roll, and R&B. You'll find it hard to sit still when they start swingin'! GOURMET LUNCH Before the show, savor the....

08/16/2025

Following on their sold-out performance at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, acclaimed jazz vocalist and songwriter Taylor O’Donnell joins Mike Effenberger on piano and Chris Klaxton on drums for a deep dive through the worlds of Joni Mitchell, the Pixies, Donny Hathaway, Bjork, Paul Simon, gospel rock & roll, lullabies, improvisation and original song.

The concert will be held at our outdoor amphitheater at 180 Drinkwater Rd on Sunday the 24th, 3pm. This is a family-friendly event and all are welcome!

The concert is preceded by a gourmet farm-to-table picnic at 1:30 pm. Concert tickets may be purchased online or at the door - $10 for Kensington residents and $20 for everyone else. Picnic tickets must be purchased 24 hours in advance. For more information, please visit: https://portsmouthnh.ticketsauce.com/e/classical-collaboration