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News from the Village

Written by Debbie on October 1, 2010. Posted in Businesses, Farms, Village Life. No Comments on News from the Village

Greetings from Earthaven Ecovillage, where we’re enjoying the clear colors of the autumn foliage and sky, the feel of cooler temperatures, and the sounds of acorns plunking on the metal roofs and valley floor. The Forest Garden Learning Center has a new patio on the north side of the greenhouse....

The Imani Ag Coop A Food-Growing Cooperative at Earthaven

Written by Lee Warren on March 6, 2010. Posted in Farms, Village Terraces. No Comments on The Imani Ag Coop A Food-Growing Cooperative at Earthaven

When we finished the first building at Village Terraces Cohousing Neighborhood in 2004, we had $50 in our collective checking account. As one of our intentions as a group was to grow food together, we began to think of it more as a long-term goal than a current one. Aside from the fact that clearing...

Neighbor Profile: Leon Birstein and Geni Stephenson, of Full Circle Family Farm

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 1, 2009. Posted in Businesses, Chosen Family, Farms, Permaculture. No Comments on Neighbor Profile: Leon Birstein and Geni Stephenson, of Full Circle Family Farm

Just outside Earthaven’s main entrance lies the homestead farm of Geni Stephenson and Leon Birstein. Like many of our neighbors, Geni and Leon used to be Earthaven members. They lived at Earthaven in the early days, helping to carve out a space in the forest. They helped build some of the very first...

Sharing roses with bees

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on May 22, 2009. Posted in Farms, Nature. No Comments on Sharing roses with bees

by Arjuna da Silva I walked out to the farm at 7:30 to collect the petals, even though the instructions said to wait till the dew had evaporated. But Andy needed some ice for a few hours’ storage of the day’s harvest, and I figured it would only take another half hour for the sun to capture the dew....

News notes – Spring 2009

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2009. Posted in Celebrations, Farms, Membership, Village Life. No Comments on News notes – Spring 2009

It’s been nearly a year since our last newsletter. Much has been going on at Earthaven despite our silence! Bruce, Rudy, Alice, Eva, Julie, Johnny, and Mana have become full members! Culture’s Edge hosted a wonderful Village Harvest Festival last fall and are looking forward to the second...

Earthaven Trout Pond

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on May 10, 2008. Posted in Farms, Food. No Comments on Earthaven Trout Pond

by Michaeljon Drouin In March of last year, 200 four to five-inch Rainbow Trout were stocked by me in our small pond by the hydropower plant. The month beforehand, Andy and I raised the height of the existing pond level by four inches by installing an overflow pipe that would return all of the water...

Yellowroot CSA Begins Second Year

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 2, 2007. Posted in Farms, Food. No Comments on Yellowroot CSA Begins Second Year

By Andy Bosley and Julie McMahan This is the second year of operation for “Yellowroot Farm,” the half-acre Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm we operate at Earthaven. This year we have 20 shares, five more than last year. We plan to grow food for the Hut Hamlet Kitchen and its...

Agriculture is Blooming!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2007. Posted in Farms, Forestry, Gateway, Regenerative Agriculture, Village Terraces. No Comments on Agriculture is Blooming!

In March, two lambs were born to Carla, the ewe who shares the Imani Field pasture with Bridget, the two-year-old Dexter cow, and flocks of Muscovy ducks and Rhode Island Red chickens. Imani Field managers Lee Warren and Mihaly Bartalos are leasing the quarter-acre field just downhill from their Village...

We Give Thanks for Juan Jo Qualia Farm

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on November 15, 2006. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Farms, Food. No Comments on We Give Thanks for Juan Jo Qualia Farm

by Ivy Lynn As we approach the holiday known as Thanksgiving, it seems fitting to acknowledge the gratefulness so many of us feel to have been eating vegetables grown by Juan Jo Qualia Farm in the Hut Hamlet this year. It is so important to the success of our ecovillage that we keep moving toward...

Gateway: Solutions in the Face of Insufficiency

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 15, 2006. Posted in Farms, Forestry, Gateway, Natural Building, Permaculture. No Comments on Gateway: Solutions in the Face of Insufficiency

by Ivy Lynn The bright, creative thinking and dedicated, diligent work of Chris Farmer and Brian Love are the stuff of future Earthaven legends. Folks are always wanting to know what amazing things they’ve been up to. Considering their plan for Gateway Field, we will probably not be disappointed,...