A Mid-Winter Harvest
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Phil Whitney

The art and tradition of cutting ice, or ice farming is alive and well at Stonewall Farm in Keene New Hampshire. Stonewall is a combination working farm and environmental education center where the focus is outdoor hands on learning.

	Phil explains to Dave the different layers in a cake of ice.

Ice harvesting involves cutting blocks of ice, floating them to shore, sliding them along boards and stacking them neatly in a pile.

Listen in for a few moments to kids and teachers at work on the Stonewall Farm ice pond. 70 year old ice farmer and historian Phil Whitney is our guide.

Instructor and student get a workout using the a saw blade to cut through 14" thick ice.	The cakes of ice slide down the chute to be stacked then hauled to the store house.
A hard day's work.	Students learn about vintage ice harvesting tools.