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By Nell Hanssen: Farming and gardening is a magic all its own, as we immerse ourselves in the earth’s cycles of life and death, the faith we sow with each seed we plant, the gratitude of the harvest, and the season of rest while we anticipate an annual, but still miraculous, rebirth each spring.

By Anthony Mecca: Throughout the week we walked a path towards fostering healing relationships: between human beings and the natural world, between human beings, and between the realms of nature.

By Maria Grusauskas: The sun breaks through the coastal fog around 10:30 a.m., and the rows of herbs growing at Blossoms Farm are suddenly drenched in golden heat. Blossom's, an herb farm in Corralitos, California, is complete with pigs, Scottish highland cows, chickens, ducks, a compost (the digestive system of the farm), and a “skin” around its perimeter of oaks and eucalyptus.

By Olivia Sanders and Rocky Ramos: We are so grateful to have shared a magical five days at the Biodynamic Conference in Portland, Oregon with over 800 other biodynamic farmers, activists and advocates just three weeks ago. The weekend was buzzing with courageous, heart-opening conversations and deep questioning of society, consciousness, and agriculture.

By Barbara M.V. Scott: Exploring a new type of mentorship at the School for the Practical and Sacred—A Place of Joy.

By Craig Holdrege and Seth Jordan of The Nature Institute, how a "heightened experience of nature" can help transform humanity's relationship with the world.

By Megan Durney, Pfeiffer Center There is a special quality about the mid-winter time of year, between January 15 th and February 15 th . Here on the East Coast, we try our best to imagine the next season’s beauty and bounty during...

Originally published by RSF Social Finance in the Winter 2016 RSF Quarterly Abbot Hill in Wilton, New Hampshire, is home to High Mowing School , a Waldorf boarding high school, and Temple-Wilton Community Farm, one of...

By Stewart Lundy I went to Hugh Courtney’s November, 2015 biodynamic practicum at Earth Legacy Agriculture in Floyd, Virginia, with the expectation that I would get some practical experience working with the preparations. I learned...