Unconventional by Nature

Hawthorne Valley Association

Bulk Meat Purchasing

Interested in purchasing bulk meat? The farm is offering a special price on whole and half pigs, and half and quarter cows. Whole Cow: $5.75/lb hanging weight [~600lbs] Half Cow: $6/lb hanging weight Quarter Cow: $6.25/lb hanging weight Whole Pig: $5.25/lb hanging weight [~200lbs] Half Pig: $6/lb hanging weight These will be slaughtered on-farm, and

Center for Social Research New Book

On Tuesday, February 13 Gary Lamb, Director of Center for Social Research, is releasing his anticipated book On the Wings of Words: Conversations and Human Relations: Inner Aspects of the Fundamental Social Law and The Threefold Social Organism. In this volume, Lamb researched and collected various perspectives that Rudolf Steiner has spoken or written about

Yale Carbon Capture Trial at the Farm

Hawthorne Valley Farm (HVF) is pleased to participate in a trial on Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) with the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC). As part of the study, 160 tons of crushed basalt was spread on one of the farm’s pastures in November. ERW is a technique utilized by the YCNCC to help

Alkion Press Publishes “Hilma af Klint”

It is with great excitement that Alkion Press announces the publication of Hilma af Klint—The Infinite and the Divine, a hardcover catalogue of the first showing in the United States of the full eight painting series known as the Tree of Knowledge, as well as Hilma af Klint’s Sketchbook Flowers, Mosses and Lichen at Lightforms

Farm Store announces partnership with County BYO Initiative

The Farm Store excited to announce they are partnering with Columbia County Reduces Waste (CCRW) on their BYO Initiative! Customers are welcome to bring their own mugs and water bottles to purchase beverages at the Farm Store. To kick off this initiative, CCRW is offering the public a chance to win a $50 gift card

Thanksgiving Food Drive

Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School and the Farm Store are teaming up for a Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit food insecure families in our community. From now until November 20, 12pm, drop off non-perishable, unexpired food items in the boxes at the School’s Main Office or in the Farm Store by the registers. Donations will be

Reflections on the Needs of our Times

This article by Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School (HVS) Lower School Chair Meaghan McKenna first appeared as a “Dear Families” Letter in the October 27, 2023 HVS Weekly Newsletter.   “People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or

“Why Parzival?” Author Eric G. Müller Presents New Book

Eric Müller held a book launch and presentation of his new book “Why Parzival? An Epic of Our Age with Global Reach and Its Secret Connections to Waldorf Education.” If you missed it, you can watch his recorded  presentation below, or if you prefer, here on our YouTube channel. This book was published by Alkion

Martin Ping and Maggie Keith to Speak at National Biodynamic Conference 2023

This year’s National Biodynamic Conference is taking place at The Westin Hotel in Winchester, Colorado from November 8th-12th. Maggie Keith, a biodynamic farming entrepreneur who is on Hawthorne Valley’s Board of Trustees, and Martin Ping, Hawthorne Valley’s Executive Director, are giving presentations there. Maggie will be on a keynote panel on Sunday, November 12, 11