From mead making to bee keeping, from sowing seeds to operating a chainsaw, here at AMS, no two days are quite the same, and we spend much of our time on the farm making the most of this open air classroom we have come to call our home.  Today marks one month [...]

My first taste of the smooth fermented honey elixir, mead, was less than a year ago and I was instantly hooked. It left me wondering… Why hadn’t I heard of it before? and why aren’t more people making their own? It was good, really good and supposedly easy to brew. Since then, I’ve certainly been [...]

I think I speak for all the AMS fellows when I say that we had really, really been looking forward to this beekeeping workshop. After meeting Nicole Belanger and listening to her presentation, we were not disappointed – she is an amazing teacher and after the workshop we were even more pumped to take care [...]

The wind was blowing ominously and the clouds were threatening rain as Paul Golan arrived at the AMS upper campus at 1:30 PM on Wednesday, May 9. He swept in, armed with drills, paraffin, a stove, and plenty of Shiitake spawn, and proceeded to wow the assembled Fellows (as well as several [...]