Roots to Renewal
by Hawthorne Valley
July 26, 2024 6:00 am
Situated on a 900-acre Biodynamic farm in upstate New York, Hawthorne Valley has spent the last half a century working to foster social and cultural renewal through the integration of agriculture, education, and the arts. As we mark our 50th anniversary we want to share not just our story, but also the stories of our friends and contemporaries from across the globe who dedicate their lives in purposeful pursuit of meeting the ecological, social, and spiritual needs or our time. In an oft-quoted passage from one of our founders, Karl Ege, he suggests that the work that we are undertaking together at Hawthorne Valley “will create a place in which it is possible, in a true sense, to become a full human being.” At its core this work is about the future. Every day as our farmers tend to the soil and care for animals, our educators teach students to engage more deeply with themselves and the world around them, and we work together to try to create a structure for social equity, we aim to foster the conditions that will allow the future to emerge in its most life affirming manifestation. We invite you to join us!
Recent Episodes
Season Two, Episode Ten: Post Humanist Thinker Bayo Akomolafe on Embracing Uncertainty
4 months agoSeason Two, Episode Nine: Dawn Breeze on Fostering Positive Change in our Local Communities
5 months agoSeason Two, Episode Eight: Micah Blumenthal on the Deep-Rooted Cultural Issues Surrounding Work, Money, and Time
8 months agoSeason Two, Episode Seven: Cycle to Farms documents regenerative farmers' realities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa
1 year agoSeason Two, Episode Six: Helmy Abouleish on Sekem's Sustainable Vision for Egypt
1 year agoSeason Two, Episode Five: Eliot Livingston Wilson on Regenerative Housing Solutions
2 years agoSeason Two, Episode Four: Conrad Vispo and Claudia Knab Vispo on the work of Hawthorne Valley's Farmscape Ecology Program
2 years agoSeason Two, Episode Three: Cornelius Pietzner on his Time at the Goetheanum, the Camphill Movement, and the Beauty of Stewardship without Ownership
2 years agoSeason Two, Episode Two: Mary Berry on the Culture of Agriculture
2 years agoSeason Two, Episode One: Greg Watson on Systems Thinking and New Economics
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