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The Earth is the Lord’s

Posted on January 15, 2016January 14, 2016 by Adam Zagoria-Moffet

For the first week of 2016, I had the pleasure to join a rabbinic mission to Israel, sponsored by AIPAC’s American Israel Education Foundation and the Michael and Lisa Leffell Foundation. On the... Read More

The Farm Wagon and the Apple: Thoughts and Reflections on Being Mennonite

Posted on May 11, 2015May 10, 2015 by Deborah Ruth Ferber

Every time I get off the train, drive 45 minutes south of the nearest city, and breathe in the fresh and familiar farm air, I am reminded of a very vital piece of my past. A part that is missing and y... Read More

Cycling Towards Common Ground

Posted on May 5, 2015May 4, 2015 by Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder

“Either all the earth is holy or none is. Either every square foot of it deserves our respect or none does.” – Wes Jackson In so many places across the globe, the human relationship to natur... Read More

The Yoga of Ecology at Bluestone Farm

Posted on July 12, 2013July 11, 2013 by Christopher Fici

The Yoga of Ecology blog originally began in 2008 as a chronicle of the spiritually inspired agricultural exploits of the Small Farm Training Center project at the New Vrindaban bhakti-yoga commu... Read More

Love and Weight Loss

Posted on November 14, 2011November 15, 2011 by Jenn Lindsay

Weight. The very word is heavy, overweighted. Weight on my plate. Weight in my gut. Weight in my heart. Weight of the world. Heavy, heavy, heavy…it’s such a bad word. It’s something none of ... Read More