Feb 21, 2021 | Valley Voices Blog
This is the second installment of our two-part series, Growing in 2020, as two of our women farmers reflect on their experiences working throughout the pandemic. To read Part 1 written by Jess Brobst, Dairy Herd Manager, click here. Therapy and Privilege in the...
Feb 20, 2021 | Valley Voices Blog
During this slow time on the farm, as the ground rests under the winter snow, the animals relax in the barns, and planning and preparation for next growing season commences, we asked two of our women farmers to reflect on what it is like to farm in the midst of the...
Feb 11, 2021 | Uncategorized, Valley Voices Blog
When the founders started Hawthorne Valley 50 years ago, they did so with a hope—a hope that this new project would turn into a place that would allow people, young and old, to reconnect with the natural world. Henry and Christy Barnes, Fentress and Hede Gardner, Karl...
Jan 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
This is Jessica from the farm team. I am writing to let folks know that the sign-up link is live! Soon the greenhouses will be full of seedlings as our team begins seeding for the 2021 season. There are several new announcements regarding the CSA program this year, so...
Dec 29, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
Cows grazing in the pasture at Hawthorne Valley Farm in Ghent, N.Y. Credit…Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times Hawthorne Valley Farm’s Manager, Spencer Fenniman, spoke with New York Times reporter Andrew Jacobs this past fall about the ethics of...
Oct 8, 2020 | Alkion, Announcements, Farm, News, School, Store
A sculpture entitled ‘Flight’ by artist Martina Angela Müller is currently on display at Hawthorne Valley near the Farm Store. Müller serves as a core faculty member at the Alkion Center for Adult Education and is director of the new Lightforms Art Center...
Sep 17, 2020 | Valley Voices Blog
This year, for the first time since 1974, Hawthorne Valley did not hold its summer camps. Our campus was unusually quiet. The paths forged by campers for the last 46 years were overgrown with grasses, bushes, and weeds. Summer 2020 is not one we will soon forget or...
