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Taiga brought us a very sweet little bull calf a c

Taiga brought us a very sweet little bull calf a couple of weeks ago! He is 1/2 pure Normande, as his mom and dad were also both 1/2 pure Normande.
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Normande genetics are a newer breed we have introduced to our herd within the past 5 years. This breed is often sought for farms like ours for their “dual function,” meaning they are good milk producers but are also great beef animals. Adding these new genetics also helps diversify our gene pool, allowing for all kinds of breed crosses to emerge. This calf is 1/2 Normande but also has some Jersey, Brown Swiss, Devon, and possibly even some Holstein and Gurnsey 🐄✨
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The Normande genes have been presenting themselves in calves lately with these “mask” like facial features, and brown/black and white spots that are reminiscent of Holstein markings, but with more color and shape variation. See if you can spot our Normandes over on the @cowednesday feed! #cowednesday

Ice has many personalities, while our last ice pos

Ice has many personalities, while our last ice posting juxtaposed cold (ice) and warm (moss), this one focuses on the different forms of motion visible when ice distills water’s flow into solidness.
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This week, members of the HV farm team and surroun

This week, members of the HV farm team and surrounding community traveled south to the Three Fold Foundation in Chestnut Ridge, New York to attend the Annual Agriculture Section meeting of The School for Spiritual Science. This three day conference focuses on The Quality of Biodynamic Products for Human Beings and the Earth. Our participating farmers, who were only able to take part in a portion of the event, left with much food for thought after attending lectures on cosmic and earthly nutrition for both human beings and the animals on our farms.
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Farmer Jess reflects that, "It can be too easy to underestimate the value and importance of good nutrition, even as a Biodynamic farmer. We owe it to ourselves, our animals and our world to slow down and really try to understand how these relationships work so that we can invest our time and efforts into their continued improvement."
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We also learned that feeding carrots to calves promotes specific developments that take place at this young age. Bert was willing to be an initial test subject back on our farm!

Our Place Based Learning Center is hiring educatio

Our Place Based Learning Center is hiring educational interns for our camp season!

Interns and full-time Program Managers lead farm-based learning activities such as baking bread, cleaning the barn, gardening, riding horses, animal care, preparing meals, exploring our woods, farm and nature based crafts, and many other activities. All staff members are responsible for nurturing the physical, emotional, social and spiritual well-being of each child. Interns share the Main House living space with the visiting classes and summer camp and eat meals with the children when overnight programs are in session.

This internship is a meaningful way to gain knowledge and insight about Waldorf education, Biodynamic agriculture, and residential education. Compensation includes room and partial board (organic mostly vegetarian meals) plus an $1,000 per month stipend. Housing is small and cannot accommodate partners, children or pets of this candidate. If you are at least 21 years of age, enjoy working with children, have a love of the outdoors, animals and farm life, consider joining us!

The dates of the internship are February 21st, 2022 – June 3rd, 2022. For more info or to apply, follow the link in our bio.

This is a wonderful time of year to tune back into

This is a wonderful time of year to tune back into the beauty and variety of winter buds on trees and shrubs! It is also a nice time to become more familiar with woody plants in winter using a holistic approach, considering clues given by the habitat, the shape of the plant, the bark, the buds, its fallen leaves/fruits, its smell, and more...
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This winter, the Farmscape Ecology Program is thus repeating (perhaps with some additional tweaks) the "Woody Plants in Winter—A Self-guided Course", which they created last winter. They'll return to Crellin Park and PS21 in Chatham and reflag the trees by January 15. You can then review the on-line materials (including three videos of Conrad introducing 30 "first tree friends") and then visit the corresponding flagged trees/shrubs at Crellin Park and PS21 in Chatham at your leisure from January 15 - March 20.
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In addition, the FEP team plans to offer an in-person, outdoor Winter Botany workshop in three sessions (corresponding to the three sets of flag colors):
• Saturday, Jan. 29, 1-3pm (Crellin Park, Chatham)
• Saturday, Feb. 12, 1-3pm (Crellin Park, Chatham)
• Saturday, Feb. 26, 1-3pm (PS21, Chatham)
This workshop is free, participant number will be limited to 10, and participants are expected to wear masks when not able to keep six feet apart from each other. Please register with fep@hawthornevalleyfarm.org to reserve your space. Preference will be given to participants planning to join all three sessions.
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We are now accepting applications for the Hawthorn

We are now accepting applications for the Hawthorne Valley Farm Camp!
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Hawthorne Valley has camp opportunities for children aged 8 to 16. Options include overnight Farm Camps (House Camp and Field Camp) and the Farm & Arts Day Camp. Campers will spend their days gardening, collecting chicken eggs, riding horses, hiking, swimming, exploring, and making new friends and memories that will last a lifetime.
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Follow the link in our bio for more info on our camp sessions and to sign up today.

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In these temperatures, we do our best to keep our barns as warm as possible. Our loafing shed has been outfitted with some new curtains and winches to make opening and closing the walls easier every day in the winter.
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This curious cutie was spending some time outside and thought he’d wander over to say hi to the dairy cows! He otherwise stays with our “nurse group,” cows that have one or two calves and do not come in for milking, but rather stay with their calves all day and night. His momma Elsie is a cow that has a high white blood cell count in her milk, so for the time being, we are keeping her milk out of our bulk tank and letting this little guy and his adopted brother have all of her milk to themselves! #cowednesday

A frosty morning. At the Farm, the temperature dip

A frosty morning. At the Farm, the temperature dipped to 3F, with the windchill down to -12F. So ice is forming even along running water, but the resilient green of moss reminds one of the life that patiently waiting out the cold.
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About Hawthorne Valley

Hawthorne Valley Association is a 501(c)3 nonprofit made up of diverse initiatives committed to the renewal of soil, society and self by integrating agriculture, education, and art.

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327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY 12075
Phone: (518) 672-7500

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Hawthorne Valley Association
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Hawthorne Valley Farm & Farmer Training
Hawthorne Valley Farm Store
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Alkion Center
Center for Social Research
Farmscape Ecology Program
Walking the Dog Theater

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