Hawthorne Valley Farm’s Spencer Fenniman talks dairy farming with New York Times

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...

Hawthorne Valley Farm expands vegetable production with installation of greenhouses

Nov 13, 2020 | News

Hawthorne Valley Farm (HVF) is adding four greenhouses to its vegetable growing operation to meet the demand for fresh, Biodynamic® produce. Two greenhouses were installed in late October, with an additional two being put up this November by HVF’s farm team. The...

Hawthorne Valley Alumni & former Apprentice address local food insecurity

Nov 3, 2020 | News

Earlier this year, Hannah Otten, Hawthorne Valley School class of 2012, was working on getting into medical school. She graduated from Bates College with a degree in Math in 2016 and returned to the area to take courses at UAlbany to pursue her growing interest in...

Hawthorne Valley board member receives prestigious Heinz Award

Oct 21, 2020 | News

Hawthorne Valley is pleased to congratulate board member Alfa Demmellash and her partner Alexander Forrester, co-founders of Rising Tide Capital, on receiving the 25th Heinz Award. The prestigious award was established in 1993 to honor the legacy of Senator John Heinz...

New sculpture ‘Flight’ on display near Farm Store

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...

Keeping the Connections Strong

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...

Hawthorne Valley Partners with Columbia-Greene Workforce Program

Sep 2, 2020 | News, Uncategorized

This summer, Hawthorne Valley was pleased to serve as a worksite for the Columbia-Greene Workforce Development’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), offering two placements to county youth. As part of the placement, the youth gained 6 weeks of experience working...

Hawthorne Valley Welcomes Regenerative Finance Expert to its Board of Trustees

Aug 10, 2020 | News

Hawthorne Valley is pleased to announce that Alfa Demmellash, co-founder and CEO of Rising Tide Capital, has joined its Board of Trustees. “I am so inspired by Alfa and am moved by her vision and commitment to create a regenerative, resilient and just economy that...

Hawthorne Valley Names Interim COO

Jul 6, 2020 | News

Hawthorne Valley CEO Martin Ping, in consultation with the Board of Trustees and the Interbranch Management Group, has appointed Lauren Wolff to serve as Interim Chief Operating Officer beginning July 2020. The Interim Chief Operating Officer (COO) is charged with...

Space and Time

May 27, 2020 | Valley Voices Blog

This essay first appeared in Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School’s weekly newsletter. We found the insights Dr. Simon Frishkoff, HVS High School teacher, put forth so thought-provoking that we wanted to share them with our broader community. Wishing you all peace...