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Our People

Hawthorne Valley is a community of approximately 150 year-round and seasonal employees across its many initiatives. To learn more about our staff and faculty, please visit the links below:

  • Staff Directory
  • Board of Trustees 
  • Hawthorne Valley Farm
  • Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
  • Alkion Center for Adult Education
  • Center for Social Research
  • Farmscape Ecology Program
  • Adonis Press

 

 

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The 2021 winter share sign-up is live! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Sign up now for 6 consecutive weeks of fresh, cold weather produce from mid-November on. All shares are the same size (8-10 items per week) and come pre-boxed. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Common winter share items include: potatoes, sweet potatoes, winter squash, onions, garlic, peashoots, kale, collards, rutabaga, turnips, cabbage, carrots, and beets. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To sign-up, follow the link in our bio and click on your desired pickup LOCATION and then hit NEXT to see the correct offerings for the winter extension share at your site. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Pick up Locations & Schedule Hawthorne Valley Farm: Friday afternoon through Sunday, self-serve from our walk-in cooler* Inwood: Inwood Farmers Market in Isham Park, Saturdays from 8am-3pm Riverdale: Current summer location is NOT available for winter 2021. Please consider the nearby Inwood location or other farmers market sites! Garden Ctiy: Thursdays from 2-6pm NYC Greenmarkets: see sign-up menu for list of available markets ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ *tentative to change as appropriate to ensure the health and safety of employees and CSA members during COVID-19
Nubia is sending you all winks on this #cowednesda Nubia is sending you all winks on this #cowednesday! As her facial features imply, Nubia is one of our lovely Normande crosses. Her sire/dad was a pure bred Normande bull named Monty. Normandes are great “dual purpose” cattle, as they are good milk producers as well as hearty beef animals. For a herd like ours, we need to balance good quality milk cow genetics with good beef genetics- more Normade crosses in the herd will help us achieve exactly this 🐄✨
Step into a field on a warm day during this season Step into a field on a warm day during this season and you’re apt to hear an abundance of trills and chirps – one of the most characteristic sounds of late summer. The singing insects are hard at work with their acoustic mating displays. Snooping in one of Hawthorne Valley Farm’s hedgerows revealed these two singing species (although at least the tree cricket is a female and would not, herself, have sung). We use sonograms to help us identify the different callers in what can be a confusing mix of sounds. #farmscapeecology
Sandwich inspiration brought to you by @the.travel Sandwich inspiration brought to you by @the.traveling.foodies 💜✨ This @bobolinkdairyandbakehouse bread is loaded with chicken, cave aged cheddar, romaine lettuce, heirloom tomato, dijon mustard, and our own ruby sauerkraut. Link in bio to find our ferments by you!
Calling all emergent farmers! The farm is pleased Calling all emergent farmers! The farm is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for whole farm apprentice candidates for the 2022 season. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Our apprentices experience biodynamic farming through hands-on learning. We strive to balance the demands of being a production farm with the goal of equipping our apprentices with not only the needed foundational skills, but also a philosophical basis to succeed in a career in an agriculture of the future. To this end, we have built into our apprenticeship program a number of supplemental experiences that explore the more theoretical and observational aspects of farming and biodynamics that are equally important to a farmer’s development. Apprentices rotate through all areas of the farm, working with the field vegetables, greenhouses, milking herd, and livestock operation. Splitting time between the vegetable and livestock production allows our apprentices to build a solid foundation in diverse farm operations, and work within the whole biodynamic farm organism. Throughout the week, apprentices will work throughout the various operations to understand the daily and seasonal rhythms of the farm. The focus of this apprenticeship includes biodynamics, milking, pastured livestock management, tractor operation, vegetable production in fields and greenhouses, and community supported agriculture (CSA). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (cont. in comments)
Pumpkin bread is back! You can find our latest sea Pumpkin bread is back! You can find our latest seasonal offerings at the Farm Store & at this weekend’s Green Markets. We also have @loveapplefarm apple cider donuts starting tomorrow, and continuing each Friday & Saturday through the fall. Call 518-672-7500 to reserve in advance 🍂
Bonus #cowednesday brought to you by @jessbrobst! Bonus #cowednesday brought to you by @jessbrobst! Today Apricot gave birth to this little calf, and managed to do so about as far away from the farm as she could have…thankfully Jess was there to help 🧡
Greetings from our herd on Schnackenberg Road! The Greetings from our herd on Schnackenberg Road! These young cattle are mostly heifers who are too old to still be nursing on their moms but too young to be bred. They are fortunate- the pastures on Schnackenburg Road have some of the most incredible views of the Catskills! It can’t hurt to take in the beautiful surroundings while grazing and growing✨🐄🌾 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On the left is Athena, and the all white on the right is Donna. They come from cows Quentin and Dolly respectively, two stellar cows in our main dairy herd. We have high hopes for Athena and Donna! Why doesn’t Quentin’s offspring have a Q name? We ran out of Q names! And so started over with an “A-line.” #cowednesday

Our Initiatives

  • Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
  • Hawthorne Valley Farm & Farmer Training
  • Hawthorne Valley Farm Store
  • Children’s Programming
  • Alkion Center for Waldorf Teacher Education
  • Center for Social Research
  • Farmscape Ecology Program
  • Walking the Dog Theater
  • Adonis Press

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: 518-672-4465
[email protected]

Our Initiatives

 

  • Hawthorne Valley Association
  • Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
  • Hawthorne Valley Farm & Farmer Training
  • Hawthorne Valley Farm Store
  • Children’s Programming
  • Alkion Center
  • Center for Social Research
  • Farmscape Ecology Program
  • Walking the Dog Theater
  • Rolling Grocer 19
  • Adonis Press

Recent HVA News

  • Winter CSA Shares Now Available
  • Roots to Renewal: The Role of Money and the Creative Process
  • Adapting to New Farming Realities
  • Book Launch: A Road to Sacred Creation
  • Hawthorne Valley welcomes local business owner to Board of Trustees
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