Traveling north to be with a dying friend In March, I was privileged to be present when a dear friend of my wife (and a friend of mine also), whose name I will withhold... Features 28 Sep 2026 | 12:53
A visitor ( Woodcut by Flavia Bacarella) Cedric bites me On my hitchhiking trip to Darwin for supplies, I told a driver who gave me a ride that a neighboring goanna had visited my... Griterati 26 Aug 2026 | 01:44
Keith off to hunt ( Woodcut by Flavia Bacarella) King of pain While walking to the hide today with an empty pack on my back and the jerry-rigged rifle strapped over one shoulder, I thought... Features 30 Jun 2026 | 10:48
Don Lewis of Wild Hive Community Grains in Dutchess County, NY ( Becca Tucker) Next-stall neighbors To the editor, Today, I read your important and very relevant piece on local granaries and local bakers. We are indebted... News & Views 04 Feb 2026 | 02:22
Stewart built himself a bed out of branches found in the gorge, the first piece of furniture he’d ever built. ( Woodcut by Flavia Bacarella) The headstand and the question of desire The most impressive of my yoga exercises, at least for me, is the headstand. It took a couple of weeks of practice before... Griterati 29 Oct 2025 | 10:28
Honey ( Woodcut by Flavia Bacarella) Gluttony in the gorge At the age of 28, I felt the need for a major change of life. Doubts and questions abounded. Where was I going? What was... Griterati 08 Sep 2025 | 12:48
Feeding Cedric ( Woodcut by Flavia Bacarella) The lizard and the hermit Decades before New Zealand-born Keith Stewart landed on his 88-acre farm in Orange County, NY, where he would grow organic... eARTh 14 Jul 2025 | 10:59
A doe with two fawns visited the peach tree regularly. ( Keith Stewart) Who doesn’t like a peach? There is a peach tree behind our house. I planted it some 20 years ago, along with a few other peaches and half a dozen apples.... Home 25 Mar 2025 | 01:26
A woodcut of Stewart during his four months camping out alone in the Outback. ( By Flavia Baccarella) The alone trip: four months in the Australian Bush Decades before New Zealand-born Keith Stewart landed on his 88-acre farm in Orange County, NY, where he would grow organic... Features 03 Mar 2025 | 10:17
The blue jay. ( Keith Stewart) Table manners Outside my office window there’s an old mulberry tree with a bird feeder. The larger birds that regularly partake are a cardinal,... News & Views 02 Apr 2024 | 01:40
Farmer and writer Keith Stewart shows a group of veterans around his Greenville, NY organic farm in October as part of an Armed to Farm field trip. ( Lee Rinehart) A life of service: the veteran-farmer pipeline In my 33 years running an organic produce farm in Orange County, a dozen or more college classes and their teachers visited... Features 01 Dec 2023 | 12:20
Stewart, on vacation but nonetheless armed with camera and notebook, chats with a buffalo farm worker during an impromptu farm visit in Bulgaria. Land of roses and hard-baked resilience Years ago, if you’d asked me what I know about Bulgaria, I’d have said, “Not much. It’s in Eastern Europe, behind the Iron... Yonder 24 Aug 2023 | 03:37
Over the decades, the population of silo pigeons remained remarkably stable -- until a recent inexplicable decline. ( Keith Stewart) Requiem for the silo pigeons When we moved to our farm there were 20 or more pigeons living in the upper barn and three half-feral cats still hanging... Features 09 May 2023 | 02:22
‘Already, I have enough address labels to last several lifetimes.’ - Keith Stewart ( Keith Stewart) Killing me slowly with junk mail I’m overwhelmed with junk mail — especially the stuff sent by non-profit organizations I want to support. I’m betting you... Features 13 Feb 2023 | 03:29
A cow at Kezialain Farm in the Town of Minisink, N.Y., which has been in the Lain family since 1775. ( Keith Stewart) The biggest burpers Sorry if this spoils your day but here’s yet another thing to worry about: burping cows. No crap. Cow burps and, to a lesser... Features 09 Jan 2023 | 04:50
