Food Archives - Earthaven Ecovillage

Village Kids Are Alive With Curiosity

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on June 5, 2021. Posted in Culture Restoration, Families and Children, Food, Gardens, Video, Village Life. No Comments on Village Kids Are Alive With Curiosity

The kids at Earthaven know way more local plants than they do corporate logos. I consider this a great success. In fact, when I bring friends to visit Earthaven Ecovillage, they’re always amazed at how present, enlivened, and curious the children are. Children at Earthaven are woven into the...

Eating Bamboo Shoots with Esme at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 6, 2021. Posted in Families and Children, Food, Nature, Village Life. No Comments on Eating Bamboo Shoots with Esme at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from video: Eme: Taking video of me peeling my bamboo shoots? Courtney Brooke: Yeah what are you doing Esme? Esme: Peeling a bamboo shoot! Courtney Brooke: What are you gonna do with that bamboo shoot? Esme: Eat it! Courtney Brooke: What? You can eat bamboo shoots? Esme: Yes! Courtney...

Harvesting Heritage Corn

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 24, 2020. Posted in Food, Gardens, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Harvesting Heritage Corn

Around this time of year at Earthaven, you might see several varieties of heritage corn being dried, including Oaxacan Green, Carl’s Glass Gem, and Bloody Butcher. These are used, respectively, for tortillas and hominy, popcorn, and cornmeal. Twelve-year-old resident, Stone, grew the Bloody Butcher...

An Eye Toward Food Security

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on August 20, 2020. Posted in Articles, Food, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on An Eye Toward Food Security

As COVID-19 continues to distort our once-familiar realities, many people—residents of Earthaven included—are asking questions about systemic uncertainty. Food security is, quite naturally, at the top of many folks’ lists. Check out some of the initiatives taking place in and around Earthaven...

Why I Bother to Farm at Earthaven, Part Two: A Collaborative Farming Manifesto

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on February 3, 2018. Posted in Farms, Food, Gardens, Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Why I Bother to Farm at Earthaven, Part Two: A Collaborative Farming Manifesto

Written by: by Zev Friedman Now in its 24th year, I believe that Earthaven is in a stage of cultural succession in which collaborative farming has more of a role to play than in the early years. The pioneer effort of Earthaven’s first two decades created both the literal and...

Food People: We are what, how and from where we eat!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 5, 2018. Posted in Food, Social Events, Village Life. No Comments on Food People: We are what, how and from where we eat!

For the living, food is a master course in survival and well-being. Our community members strive to learn how to grow and prepare soil to cultivate vibrant, nourishing plants and animals, demonstrate a healthy balance between work, relaxation and celebration, and continue to develop a cooperative...

Pioneering and Succession

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 29, 2017. Posted in Articles, Farms, Food, Gardens, Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Pioneering and Succession

Written by: Zev Friedman “The pioneer effort that founded Earthaven created both literal and cultural topsoil, which is now capable of supporting not only plants but the human systems it takes to successfully grow food.” I’ve heard early members of Earthaven frequently remark that this ecovillage...

Processing pawpaws: Looking forward and looking back

Written by Debbie on September 20, 2017. Posted in Articles, Businesses, Food, Permaculture. No Comments on Processing pawpaws: Looking forward and looking back

I first learned about pawpaws from Chuck Marsh. He was an enthusiastic advocate of new and under-appreciated fruit. When I became a partner in the nursery in 2010 we gathered and planted selected pawpaw varieties everywhere—his yard, at the nursery, and in Geoffrey’s and my orchard....

Lush and Ripe

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 2, 2015. Posted in Articles, Food, Gardens, Permaculture. No Comments on Lush and Ripe

Celebrating elderberry season! Walking in more than one Earthaven neighborhood in July, you would have enjoyed the dark, luminous clusters of elderberry hanging from both the older, taller trees and ones just beginning to bear. And while folks do harvest some of the white flower clusters earlier...

Posse Poulet

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 25, 2014. Posted in Articles, Farms, Food, Village Economics. No Comments on Posse Poulet

By Zev Friedman Thirteen Hut Hamlet neighbors recently established a chicken co-op, endearingly referred to as Posse Poulet. From these 50 or so birds, we have been receiving almost all of our needed eggs, and we’re looking ahead to a possible moderate increase in number of birds, including...