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SUMMARY:Midwinter Agriculture Intensive
DESCRIPTION:Midwinter Agriculture Intensive 2026\nPLANETARY INFLUENCES AND THE SOUL OF THE EARTH\nIn the heart of the winter each year we pick a poignant theme from Rudolf Steiner’s lectures on agriculture and celebrate it with artistic activities\, presentations\, small and large group discussions\, and festive meals!  \nThis year\, come spend the weekend with us exploring the cosmos! The relationship of the inner and outer planets to the forces at work in our natural world will be experienced through the lens of architecture\, woodwork\, geometry\, eurythmy\, speech\, and more! We will imagine ourselves as celestial bodies influencing the tides\, the growth forces of nature\, and the seasonal waxing and waning of the light. \nCourse Faculty: Michael D’Aleo\, Marney Blair\, Lisa Bjorn\, Mac Mead\, Sea-Anna Vasilis\, and Jennifer Kleinbach. Bio’s here. \n  \n2026 Presentation Descriptions\n2026 Detailed Schedule\n2026 Menu\n  \nWho is this course for?: This course is most accessible to those who have some familiarity with Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual scientific perspective\, but is open to all. Whether you are a farmer\, gardener\, teacher\, eurythmist or just anyone who would like to spend time in community deepening their understanding of the living earth\, we welcome you! \nConference Rate: $395 (Includes lunches/dinners/snacks). Lodging separately available here. \nEarly Bird Special: Available through December 31\, 2025: 10% savings!  \nDiscounted Rate: We are offering a discounted rate of $295 for people who live and/or work within the Threefold and Fellowship Communities. Please email hello@threefoldcommunityfarm.org letting us know your affiliation\, and we’ll give you a discount code. \nApprentice Rate: A rate of $195 is available for farm apprentices who were active during the 2025 season or will be apprenticing in 2026. Please send an email to hello@threefoldcommunityfarm.org with a short description of your apprenticeship and why you feel this course would benefit your continued learning. Once reviewed and approved\, you will receive a discount code. \nCancellation Policy: You may cancel your registration any time before\, or on\, December 31\, 2025\, for a full refund\, less a $25 administrative fee. No refunds will be offered after December 31\, 2025. \n  \nMidwinter Intensive 2026 RegistrationPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *FirstLastPreferred pronounsEmail *Phone *Address *Address Line 1Address Line 2City--- Select state ---AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingStateZip CodeWhere did you hear about this course? *Terms *I have read\, understood and hereby agree to the terms below *Cancellation / Refund Policy: \nIf cancellations are made at least 2 weeks before the workshop\, registrants can choose a refund (less a $10 administrative fee) or full credit toward a future workshop. Refunds are issued in the same form as the original payment (check or credit card). Cancellations received up to one week before the workshop date will receive full credit toward a future workshop. There are no refunds for cancellations received less than one week in advance of a workshop. Credit must be used within one year of the original workshop.\nMedia Policy: \nWe may take and use photos/videos for promotional purposes. If you wish to opt-out of photo/video/audio use please email hello@threefoldcommunityfarm.org to request our Media Opt-Out Form.Midwinter Intensive *Price: $395.00Optional Donation to our Biodynamic Training Scholarship FundHelp support Biodynamic education access. Minimum donation is $10.Minimum Price: $10.00Coupon\n				\n					\n				\n				Apply\n			\n			Total Payment$0.00Payment options *Credit CardCheckIf paying by check\, it must be received before the start of the course. Payable and mail to: The Pfeiffer Center\, 260 Hungry Hollow Rd. Chestnut Ridge\, NY 10977Pay Securely with a Credit Card *Register & Pay Now
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/midwinter-agriculture-intensive-2026/
LOCATION:Upper Brookside\, 287 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Biodynamic Class,Midwinter Intensive
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SUMMARY:Midwinter Agriculture Intensive Opening Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Approaching the Planets through the Seven Woods\nOPENING LECTURE FOR 2026 MIDWINTER AGRICULTURE INTENSIVE \nThe opening lecture of this year’s Midwinter Agriculture Intensive will explore the seven types of wood used in the seven pairs of columns of the first Goetheanum\, their relationship to the seven planets\, and their influences on the kingdoms of nature. Presenters Marney Blair and Lisa Bjorn hope to inspire a connection to these concepts through tactile experiences to enhance our understanding of the planets’ influence in our everyday lives. \nThis lecture can be taken as a stand-alone offering. All are welcome. \nSliding Scale $15-$25. Payment collected at the door. \n 
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/midwinter-agriculture-intensive-opening-lecture/
LOCATION:Hill Top House\, 241 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
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SUMMARY:Midwinter Agriculture Intensive
DESCRIPTION:Midwinter Agriculture Intensive\nBEE\, COW\, & WORM:\nTHE INTERCONNECTED\nAGRICULTURAL INDIVIDUALITY\n\nAt the heart of biodynamics is the image of caring for the earth and her kingdoms\, as you would for a living being\, that can unfold and develop into an independent\, self-sustaining individuality. The animals that live within (the worm)\, upon (the cow)\, and above (the bee) the earth will be our focus for this Midwinter’s Agriculture Intensive. Each of these realms have a digestive process within that transforms and creates something new\, a gift for the land that is future-bearing. Lectures 4\, 7 and 8 in Rudolf Steiner’s course\, Agriculture\, will be the supporting foundation for our journey together. We hope to deepen our relationship with these visible beings\, as well as their unseen counterparts in the elemental world\, who play such a vital role in weaving together the farm individuality. \nWe will spend this festive Midwinter time in lecture\, conversation\, meal sharing\, and artistic and practical activities. And of course\, you won’t want to miss our much anticipated annual talent show! \n\n\nWho is this course for?\nThis course is most accessible to those who have some familiarity with Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual scientific perspective\, but is open to all. Whether you are a farmer\, gardener\, teacher\, eurythmist or just anyone who would like to spend time in community deepening their understanding of the living earth\, we welcome you! \n  \nPresentation Descriptions\nDetailed Schedule\n  \nRegistration Information:\nScroll to the bottom\, select number of tickets and click ‘Get Tickets’ to register. \nSCHEDULE: The course begins with a presentation on Friday evening at 7:30 pm and concludes with lunch at 12:30 pm on Monday. \nCONFERENCE RATE: $445 (Includes lunches/dinners/snacks). Lodging separately available here. \nEARLY BIRD SPECIAL: Available through December 31\, 2024: 10% savings! Use discount code: midwinter2025earlybird \nDISCOUNTED RATE: We are offering a discounted rate of $345 for people who live and/or work within the Threefold and Fellowship Communities. Please email hello@threefoldcommunityfarm.org letting us know your affiliation\, and we’ll give you a discount code. \nAPPRENTICE RATE: A rate of $245 is available for farm apprentices who were active during the 2024 season or will be apprenticing in 2025. Please send an email to hello@threefoldcommunityfarm.org with a short description of your apprenticeship and why you feel this course would benefit your continued learning. Once reviewed and approved\, you will receive a discount code. \nCANCELLATION POLICY: You may cancel your registration any time before December 31\, 2024\, for a full refund\, less a $25 administrative fee. No refunds will be offered after December 31\, 2024. \n  \nCourse Faculty:\nMac Mead\nMegan Durney\nMarney Blair\nSea-Anna Vasilas\nJennifer Kleinbach\nMC Kim Vaughan \nFaculty bios can be found here.
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LOCATION:Upper Brookside\, 287 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
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SUMMARY:Midwinter Agriculture Intensive
DESCRIPTION:The Pfeiffer Center at Threefold Community Farm\nMidwinter Agriculture Intensive\nTHE AGRICULTURAL INDIVIDUALITY\nWith Mac Mead\, Megan Durney\, Kim Vaughan\,\nHarald Hoven\, Alex Tuchman\, Hugh Williams\,\nSea-Anna Vasilas\, Jennifer Kleinbach\n  \nTO REGISTER\, SCROLL DOWN OR CLICK HERE \nIn this centennial year of the lectures “Spiritual Foundations for the Renewal of Agriculture\,” given by Rudolf Steiner in June\, 1924\, we are focusing on what for many is the guiding star for the biodynamic work – the image of caring for the earth and her kingdoms as for a living being that can unfold and develop into an independent self-sustaining individuality. \nWe will explore the inner and outer practices helpful in nurturing this special being in lectures\, open conversations\, and artistic activities. \nApproaching the 100 year anniversary of biodynamics\, we look forward to gathering around the topic of the Agricultural Individuality. As land stewards\, how do we hear the voice of the land and support its manifold expressions? How does our inner life influence the development of the landscape? Please be inspired by the land you live with and bring your landscape with you in spirit to our gathering. On Sunday night we will have a Talent Show where we hope your offerings can be influenced by the landscapes you carry in your hearts. \n***** \nClick here for detailed schedule.\n***** \nThe Midwinter Agriculture Intensive 2024 will include the following presentations: \n“Celebrating the Centennial of the Agriculture Course – Approaching the Agricultural Individuality” by Mac Mead\n(This is part of the conference; separate tickets are also available\, click here.)\nWe’ll look at the context and significance of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture lectures given in June 1924 in Koberwitz\, Silesia\, and focus on a central theme\, the agricultural individuality. What are the What\, Why\, How\, and When of this guiding star of biodynamic work? \n“Raphael Garden: An Individuality of Farm & Farmer” by Harald Hoven\nCreating a farm or garden individuality begins with a great deal of consideration\, love\, and confidence that the work can be done. Becoming intimately familiar with each part of your landscape\, the plants\, animals\, and other beings seen and unseen\, helps to bring them together as a whole as you learn to listen and speak to the being of the land. Harald will share his experience shaping the individuality of Raphael Garden for over 30 years and offer insights for your own journey.\n \n“The Spikenard Individuality and Honey Ceremony” by Alex Tuchman\nThe living relationships\, which create a network of kinship in the diversity of a farm ecosystem\, have both a physical reality\, and a spiritual one. Where does the plant end? Where the insect begins! In this time together\, we will explore the wonderful mysteries of the insect world and their interactions and relationships within the agricultural individuality. This time will end with an experiential study of honey through a ceremonial process\, bringing us into a sensory connection and enlivening our relationship to the being of the landscape. \n“Experiencing the Individuality of Your Landscape: Inner Work” by Alex Tuchman\nWho are you? What do you need? How can I serve you? These earnest\, heart-felt questions\, held as a path of inquiry\, inform an experiential process for developing loving interest in the other. When we don’t assume we know it all\, and remove prejudices from our consciousness\, an intimate beholding and communion can happen between us and the other. But how can we do this with an agricultural individuality? Who is this being? The paradox is that this individuality is both one being\, and a dynamic multidimensional being with many faces and facets. We will begin this time together by exploring a spiritual relationship to individuality\, and then go outdoors and engage in experiential exercises to connect and commune. \n“My Karma Ran over My Dogma: Individualizing a Farm” by Hugh Williams\nHugh Williams has worked in biodynamics for almost 5 decades and will share what has most inspired him\, the unfolding of the farm organism into a unique individuality\, crafted in a specific location by individuals karmically connected. \n“Cows and Compost: The Belly of the Land” by Kim Vaughan & Megan Durney (walk and talk)\nThe farm individuality expresses itself before our very eyes. We walk within the belly of the farm in a world that is in constant transformation due to the dynamic metabolic activity of the animals and soil itself. We will explore some lawful relationships that allow the being of the land to be seen. \nSpeech with Jennifer Kleinbach\nWe will start the day with speech — working generally with the elements of our speaking and particularly with the planetary qualities that underly Rudolf Steiner’s beloved verse “Being sprung of the world-all\,” which gives a picture of a stage in the incarnation of a human individuality.\n \nEurythmy with Sea-Anna Vasilas\nIn the harmonious movement art of eurythmy\, we will explore the beings of the planets\, their movements and gestures\, in relationship to a verse given by Rudolf Steiner from the Mysteries of Ephesus. \nThe Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble is presenting an evening program\nA Shovel of Stars Overhead: Where To? What Next?\n(This is part of the conference; separate tickets are also available\, click here.) \n***** \nClick here for detailed schedule.\n***** \nPlease note: This is not an introductory course. Participants are expected to be familiar with Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture lectures and to have some working knowledge of biodynamics. \n***** \nREGISTRATION: Click on the ticket link below to register. \nSCHEDULE: The course begins with a presentation on Friday evening at 7:30 pm and concludes with lunch at 12:30 pm on Monday. The detailed schedule will be posted soon. \nCONFERENCE RATE: $395 \nAn Early Bird Special through December 31\, 2023: A $15 adjusted rate for those who have participated in previous years. Please email hello@threefoldcommunityfarm.org letting us know when you participated in the past. \nDISCOUNT RATE: We are offering a discounted rate of $295 for Fellowship members and employees at institutions in the Threefold community. To obtain the discount registration link\, please email hello@threefoldcommunityfarm.org letting us know your affiliation. \nAPPRENTICE RATE: A rate of $195 is available for farm apprentices who were active during the 2023 season or will be apprenticing in 2024. Please send an email to hello@threefoldcommunityfarm.org with a short description of your apprenticeship and why you feel this course would benefit your continued learning. Once reviewed and approved\, you will receive a link to register at the apprentice rate. \nCANCELLATION POLICY: You may cancel your registration any time before December 31\, 2023\, for a full refund\, less a $25 administrative fee. No refunds will be offered after December 31\, 2023. \nMEALS: Catered lunch Saturday-Monday and dinners on Saturday and Sunday\, all provided by Threefold Café\, are included in your registration fee. The Café will also be open for dinner on Friday evening and will be offering simple breakfast options each morning on a pay-as-you-go basis. \nACCOMODATIONS are available on campus at the Holder House\, through our local homestay list\, or at several hotels a short drive away. Click here to visit the Holder House web page for more information about these accommodation options. Once registered\, you will receive a booking code to reserve a room at Holder House. \n  \n\n  \nPRESENTERS \nMAC MEAD mentors Threefold Community Farm staff and interns. Mac began farming in 1975\, when he had the “privilege and good fortune” to learn biodynamic methods directly from former co-workers of biodynamic pioneer Ehrenfried Pfeiffer at the Fellowship Community. In 2006\, Mac became the Program Director of the Pfeiffer Center. The core instructor of our Biodynamic Course\, Mac regularly speaks at conferences of the Biodynamic Association (BDA)\, the Northeast Organic Farming Association\, and the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture. In 2016\, he was an invited speaker at “The Spirit of Sustainable Agriculture\,” a conference of the Harvard Divinity School. \n  \n  \n  \nHARALD HOVEN founded and ran Raphael Garden at Rudolf Steiner College (Fair Oaks\, CA) from 1987 to 2007. There he trained close to 100 apprentices\, created a seed-saving and breeding program\, established biodynamic adult education at RSC\, and operated a year-round 70-member CSA. Since his retirement from RSC in 2017\, he has consulted\, trained\, and mentored biodynamic farmers in the U.S. and abroad\, focusing on preparation making and biodynamic practices. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nHUGH WILLIAMS\, one of the best orchardists in the East and a biodynamic farmer\, brings his perspective on harnessing the local ecology to cultivate the farm individuality. Hugh is the owner of Threshold Farm in Philmont\, NY. He has been growing fruit trees and orchards using biodynamic methods on a commercial scale for more than forty five years. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nALEX TUCHMAN is a beekeeper\, educator\, farmer\, author\, and student of nature. As the Director of Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary\, Alex carries a wide variety of responsibilities on the farm\, with the bees\, in the classroom\, and in administration. Alex arrived at Spikenard Farm in March of 2014 after three years as the Farm Manager of Loyola University Chicago’s Student Farm in Woodstock\, Illinois\, his home-state. Alex is an active member and the co-leader of the Agriculture Section of the School for Spiritual Science and a consistent contributor to the biodynamic agriculture and natural beekeeping movements\, and regularly teaches at conferences in the U.S.\, around the world\, and online. Alex’s book\, A Lively Hive\, was published in 2021\, outlining the basic biodynamic beekeeping methods that are practiced and taught at Spikenard Farm. \n  \nMEGAN DURNEY is the Farm Manager and coordinates the daily work on our Threefold Community Farm\, and is an instructor for Pfeiffer Center’s one-year part-time biodynamic training. She takes a leading role in planning and carrying out our annual Plant Sale and each season’s vegetable production. She directs our seed saving\, herb growing\, and herbal product production\, and manages our CSA\, Farm Stand\, and sales to other outlets. Megan is a board member of the Nature Institute. Megan joined the Pfeiffer Center as an intern in 2006 and became a staff member in 2010. In 2014-2015\, she studied seed saving under Harald Hoven at Raphael Garden in Fair Oaks\, CA. \n  \n \nKIM VAUGHAN\, Herdsperson and Dairy Manager\, heads up the only dairy herd in Rockland County. In addition to supporting all aspects of Threefold Community Farm operations and administration\, she is an active member of the Fellowship Community’s Administrative Circle and Community Council. Kim first met biodynamics at a year-long course with Harald Hoven at Raphael Garden in Fair Oaks\, CA. She soon joined their CSA and became a star volunteer\, serving on the steering committee\, organizing fundraisers\, and milking the cows on weekends. In 2016\, Kim stepped away from Waldorf kindergarten teaching to become a full-time apprentice at Raphael Garden\, followed by a summer at Fulcrum Farm in Grass Valley\, CA\, where she helped tend a small herd of Scottish Highland cows. \n \n  \nSEA-ANNA VASILAS has been teaching eurythmy internationally since 2011\, after graduating from the four-year eurythmy training at Eurythmy Spring Valley in Chestnut Ridge\, NY. She first encountered eurythmy through her work with biodynamic agriculture and has continually been inspired by the living relationship between biodynamics and eurythmy. Sea-Anna earned her MA in Performance Eurythmy from Alanus Hochschule (Germany)\, and is currently a member of the Eurythmy Spring Valley faculty and ensemble. \n  \n  \nJENNIFER KLEINBACH\, Speech Artist\,  teaches speech for the School of Eurythmy\, Sunbridge Institute\, and the Fiber Craft Studio. She also coordinates community speech ensembles for local festival performances. Jennifer received her Speech Formation diploma from the Speech School of North America and her eurythmy diploma from Eurythmy Spring Valley. She has toured with Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble as a eurythmist and speaker\, and performed in Threefold community productions of Rudolf Steiner’s mystery dramas (2007\, 2012-2014). Jennifer holds a BA in classical languages from Haverford College and an MA in medieval studies from the University of Notre Dame. \n 
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LOCATION:Upper Brookside\, 287 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Midwinter Intensive
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SUMMARY:Midwinter Agriculture Intensive 2023
DESCRIPTION:Midwinter Agriculture Intensive\nCOSMIC & EARTHLY NUTRITION\nWith Mac Mead\, Cynthia & Harald Hoven\, Branko Furst\, Kim Vaughan & Megan Durney\, Jennifer Fox\, Sea-Anna Vasilas\, Jennifer Kleinbach\nSCROLL DOWN TO REGISTER! \nThis year’s Midwinter Agriculture Intensive with the Pfeiffer Center at Threefold Community Farm will delve into the theme of cosmic and earthly nutrition in both the human being and the farm individuality\, from January 13th through 16th. \nWe will explore foundations from Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course and the human encounter\, the breakdown and up-building processes\, with the nature of food. The art and practice of eurythmy will weave throughout the program to provide an artistic lens through which we can actually experience spiritual content and truths. \n  \nThe Midwinter Agriculture Intensive 2023 will include the following presentations: \n\n“Human Individuality and the Farm Individuality” by Mac Mead\n“The Biodynamic Preparations as Earthly and Cosmic Nutrition for the Land” by Harald Hoven\n“The Digestive Process through the Four Elements” by Cynthia Hoven\n“Cosmic Nutrition through the Sense Experience” by Branko Furst\n“Food for the Senses: Cooking with Intention” by Jennifer Fox\n“Cow Observation: Cosmic and Earthly Nutrition Made Visible” by Kim Vaughan & Megan Durney\n“Nutrition through Movement” by Sea-Anna Vasilas & Cynthia Hoven\n\nClick here to see the detailed schedule. \n*** \nThrough our conversations\, presentations\, artistic activities\, and shared meals set with cosmic and earthly nutrition in mind\, we hope to deepen our understanding of a kind of vital nutrition that can support the health of the earth\, our unique individual destinies in the world\, and our spiritual capacities. \nThis long weekend is truly a unique educational and social opportunity to broaden and deepen your understanding of the role of biodynamics in the development of humanity and agriculture. Join us from Friday evening through Monday morning for meals\, conversations\, and workshops to dive deeper into the cosmic and earthly nature of biodynamics. \n*** \nPlease note: This is not an introductory course. Participants are expected to be familiar with Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture lectures and to have some working knowledge of biodynamics. \n*** \nREGISTRATION: Click on the ticket link below to register. \nMEALS: Catered lunch Saturday-Monday and festive dinners on Saturday and Sunday\, all provided by Threefold Café\, are included in your registration fee. The Café will also be open for dinner on Friday evening and will be offering simple breakfast options each morning on a pay-as-you-go basis. \nSCHEDULE: The course begins with a presenter plenum on Friday evening at 7:30 pm and concludes with lunch at 12:30 pm on Monday. Click here to see the detailed schedule. \nDISCOUNT RATE: We are offering a discounted rate of $295 for Fellowship members and employees at institutions in the Threefold community. To obtain the discount registration link\, please email hello@threefoldcommunityfarm.org letting us know your affiliation. \nAPPRENTICE RATE: A rate of $195 is available for farm apprentices who were active during the 2022 season or will be apprenticing in 2023. Please send an email to hello@threefoldcommunityfarm.org with a short description of your apprenticeship and why you feel this course would benefit your continued learning. Once reviewed and approved\, you will receive a link to register at the apprentice rate. \nCANCELLATION POLICY: You may cancel your registration any time before December 31\, 2022\, for a full refund\, less a $25 administrative fee. No refunds will be offered after December 31\, 2022. \nACCOMODATIONS are available on campus at the Holder House\, through our local homestay list\, or at several hotels a short drive away. Click here to visit the Holder House web page for more information about these accommodation options. Once registered\, you will receive a booking code to reserve a room at Holder House. \n  \n\n  \nPRESENTERS \n  \nMAC MEAD\, a biodynamic farmer since 1975\, mentors the Pfeiffer Center and Duryea Farm Leadership Team and is lead faculty of the Pfeiffer Center’s adult education programs. Mac regularly speaks at conferences of the Biodynamic Association (BDA)\, the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA)\, and the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA). In 2016\, he was an invited speaker at “The Spirit of Sustainable Agriculture\,” a conference of the Harvard Divinity School. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nHARALD HOVEN founded and ran Raphael Garden at Rudolf Steiner College (Fair Oaks\, CA) from 1987 to 2007. There he trained close to 100 apprentices\, created a seed-saving and breeding program\, established biodynamic adult education at RSC\, and operated a year-round 70-member CSA. Since his retirement from RSC in 2017\, he has consulted\, trained\, and mentored biodynamic farmers in the U.S. and abroad\, focusing on preparation making and biodynamic practices. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCYNTHIA HOVEN has worked as a eurythmy teacher\, performer\, and therapist for over 35 years. Her work has also included in-depth teaching of biodynamic students and practitioners in collaborative workshops with her husband Harald Hoven. She worked as a key professor at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks\, CA\, for over 25 years\, where she also founded and directed a full-time eurythmy training program. She now offers extensive workshops in China\, Taiwan\, Guatemala\, and elsewhere. \n  \n  \nProf. BRANKO FURST\, MD\, is a graduate of the University of Ljubljana Medical School\, Slovenia\, Europe\, and he completed residency in anesthesiology in Portsmouth and London\, UK. The pursuit of an academic career took him to the US where he joined the Department of Anesthesiology at Texas Tech University Medical School in El Paso\, Texas. Since 1993\, he served on the faculty at Albany Medical College\, Albany\, NY\, and retired from clinical duties and teaching in October 2021. His main research interest is bridging the conventional and anthroposophical understanding of the human being. He has authored several peer reviewed articles as well as a monograph The Heart and Circulation – An Integrative Model and has lectured to professional and lay audiences in the US and internationally. \n  \n  \nKIM VAUGHAN\, Herdsperson and Dairy Manager\, heads up the only dairy herd in Rockland County. In addition to supporting all aspects of Threefold Community Farm operations and administration\, she is an active member of the Fellowship Community’s Administrative Circle and Community Council. Kim first met biodynamics at a year-long course with Harald Hoven at Raphael Garden in Fair Oaks\, CA. She soon joined their CSA and became a star volunteer\, serving on the steering committee\, organizing fundraisers\, and milking the cows on weekends. In 2016\, Kim stepped away from Waldorf kindergarten teaching to become a full-time apprentice at Raphael Garden\, followed by a summer at Fulcrum Farm in Grass Valley\, CA\, where she helped tend a small herd of Scottish Highland cows. \n  \n  \n  \nMEGAN DURNEY is the Farm Manager and coordinates the daily work on our Threefold Community Farm\, and is an instructor for Pfeiffer Center’s one-year part-time biodynamic training. She takes a leading role in planning and carrying out our annual Plant Sale and each season’s vegetable production. She directs our seed saving\, herb growing\, and herbal product production\, and manages our CSA\, Farm Stand\, and sales to other outlets. Megan is a board member of the Nature Institute and Biodynamic Demeter Alliance (BDA). Megan joined the Pfeiffer Center as an intern in 2006 and became a staff member in 2010. In 2014-2015\, she studied seed saving under Harald Hoven at Raphael Garden in Fair Oaks\, CA. \n  \n  \n  \nJENIFER FOX\, graduated from Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island. Chef Jennifer Fox worked at Oceana Restaurant in St. Thomas\, USVI\, where her work with local farmers shaped her menu development. She continued pursuing her passion for local ingredients at Peninsula Grill and Sea Island Savory Herb Farm in Charleston\, SC\, and was opening Sous Chef at Quality Meats\, Miami before moving north to run the Threefold Café kitchen. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSEA-ANNA VASILAS has been teaching eurythmy internationally since 2011\, after graduating from the four-year eurythmy training at Eurythmy Spring Valley in Chestnut Ridge\, NY. She first encountered eurythmy through her work with biodynamic agriculture and has continually been inspired by the living relationship between biodynamics and eurythmy. Sea-Anna earned her MA in Performance Eurythmy from Alanus Hochschule (Germany)\, and is currently a member of the Eurythmy Spring Valley faculty and ensemble. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJENNIFER KLEINBACH\, Speech Artist\,  teaches speech for the School of Eurythmy\, Sunbridge Institute\, and the Fiber Craft Studio. She also coordinates community speech ensembles for local festival performances. Jennifer received her Speech Formation diploma from the Speech School of North America and her eurythmy diploma from Eurythmy Spring Valley. She has toured with Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble as a eurythmist and speaker\, and performed in Threefold community productions of Rudolf Steiner’s mystery dramas (2007\, 2012-2014). Jennifer holds a BA in classical languages from Haverford College and an MA in medieval studies from the University of Notre Dame.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/midwinter-agriculture-intensive-2023/
LOCATION:Side Room at Threefold Auditorium\, 260 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Midwinter Intensive
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SUMMARY:Midwinter Intensive
DESCRIPTION:Dear Community\, \nDue to the overwhelming number of Covid cases nationally\, and within the Threefold Community\, we are sad to announce that we are postponing the Midwinter Intensive out of an abundance of caution. \nAll tickets will be refunded\, and we look forward to seeing you all next year. We apologize for any inconvenience. \nWishing everyone a Healthy New Year\, \nThe Farm Team \n\n  \n 
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/cosmic-earthly-nutrition-midwinter-intensive/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Midwinter Intensive
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SUMMARY:Midwinter Agriculture Intensive: The Four Elements and the Farm Individuality
DESCRIPTION:With Mac Mead\, Megan Durney\, Cynthia Hoven\, Harald Hoven\, Kim Pace\, Sea-Anna Vasilas\, and Sherry Wildfeuer\nThis year’s Midwinter Agriculture Intensive will explore the cosmic and earthly expressions of the four elements by illuminating the interweaving forces of Earth\, Water\, Air\, and Fire: how they manifest in polarities and what is born in between. The art and practice of eurythmy is interwoven throughout the program to provide an artistic lens through which we can actually experience spiritual content and truths. \nThrough our personal experiences\, group conversations\, and presentations\, we hope to shine light on the unseen forces and relationships that influence the cycle of the seasons\, the metamorphosis of the plant\, the four kingdoms\, the work of the nature spirits\, and the biodynamic preparations. \nThis long weekend is truly a unique educational and social opportunity to broaden and deepen your understanding of the role of biodynamics in the development of humanity and agriculture. Join us! \nSchedule\n \nFaculty\nMAC MEAD\, a biodynamic farmer since 1975\, mentors the Pfeiffer Center and Duryea Farm Leadership Team and is lead faculty of the Pfeiffer Center’s adult education programs. Mac regularly speaks at conferences of the Biodynamic Association (BDA)\, the Northeast Organic Farming Association\, and the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture. In 2016\, he was an invited speaker at “The Spirit of Sustainable Agriculture\,” a conference of the Harvard Divinity School. \nMEGAN DURNEY coordinates the daily work of the Pfeiffer Center and Duryea Farm\, and is an instructor in the Pfeiffer Center’s One-Year Part-Time Training in Biodynamics. A Biodynamic Association board member\, Megan has served on the core planning group for the BDA’s national conference\, conducted workshops at BDA national conferences\, and hosted many young farmer meet-ups. Megan joined the Pfeiffer Center as an intern in 2006 and became a staff member in 2010. In 2014-15\, she studied seed saving under Harald Hoven at Raphael Garden in Fair Oaks\, CA. \nCYNTHIA HOVEN has worked as a eurythmy teacher\, performer\, and therapist for over 35 years. Her work has also included in-depth teaching of biodynamic students and practitioners in collaborative workshops with her husband. She worked as a key professor at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks\, CA\, for over 25 years\, where she also founded and directed a full-time eurythmy training program. She now offers extensive workshops in China\, Taiwan\, Guatemala\, and elsewhere. \nHARALD HOVEN founded and ran Raphael Garden at Rudolf Steiner College (Fair Oaks\, CA) from 1987 to 2007. There he trained close to 100 apprentices\, created a seed-saving and breeding program\, established biodynamic adult education at RSC\, and operated a year-round 70-member CSA. Since his retirement from RSC in 2017 he has consulted for\, trained\, and mentored biodynamic farmers in the US and abroad\, focusing on preparation making and biodynamic practices. \nKIM PACE manages the Duryea Farm dairy\, in addition to supporting all aspects of farm operations at the Pfeiffer Center and Duryea Farm. Kim first met biodynamics while studying under Harald Hoven at Raphael Garden in Fair Oaks\, CA. In 2016\, Kim stepped away from Waldorf kindergarten teaching to become a full-time apprentice at Raphael Garden\, followed by a stint at Fulcrum Farm in Grass Valley\, CA\, where she helped tend a small herd of Scottish Highland cows. \nSEA-ANNA VASILAS has been teaching eurythmy internationally since 2011\, after graduating from the four-year eurythmy training at Eurythmy Spring Valley in Spring Valley\, NY. She first encountered eurythmy through her work with biodynamic agriculture and has continually been inspired by the living relationship between biodynamics and eurythmy. Sea-Anna earned her M.A. in performance eurythmy from Alanus University\, and is currently a member of the Eurythmy Spring Valley faculty and ensemble. \nSHERRY WILDFEUER is the editor of the Stella Natura Biodynamic Planting Calendar\, a co-worker at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills\, PA\, and a long-time active member of the Anthroposophical Society and the Agriculture Section of the School of Spiritual Science. \nReading\nRudolf Steiner\, The Agriculture Course\, Lectures 1\, 2\,  and 4.\nRudolf Steiner\, “The Christmas Imagination\,” Lecture 2 from Four Seasons and the Archangels.\nRudolf Steiner\, Man as Symphony of the Creative Word\, Lecture 7. \nMeals and Lodging\nThe registration fee includes five meals at Threefold Café: Dinner on Saturday and Sunday\, and lunch on Saturday\, Sunday\, and Monday. Lodging is not included in the conference fee; visit this page for information about visitor housing options in the Threefold community.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/midwinter-agriculture-intensive/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Midwinter Intensive
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SUMMARY:The Seed: Chaos\, Cosmos\, and Soil
DESCRIPTION:The 2019 Pfeiffer Center Midwinter Agriculture Intensive \nWith Mac Mead\, Megan Durney\, Harald Hoven\, and Beth Corymb\nUsing Rudolf Steiner’s agriculture course as a foundation\, we will explore “the seed” in its dynamic and complex relationship to the depths of the Earth\, the expanses of the cosmos\, and the agricultural individuality. Working in large and small groups\, through art\, movement\, plant observation\, and hands-on seed work (threshing and winnowing)\, we will delve into the mysteries of the seed-forming process. \nThis long weekend is truly a unique educational and social opportunity to broaden and deepen your understanding of the role of biodynamics in the development of humanity and agriculture. Join us! \nSchedule\n\nThe schedule is subject to change. \nFaculty\nMac Mead has farmed and gardened biodynamically for nearly forty years. As a co-worker at the Fellowship Community beginning in 1975\, Mac learned biodynamic methods directly from former co-workers of biodynamic pioneer Ehrenfried Pfeiffer. Mac has gardened and farmed on every scale\, from handwork to field-scale vegetables\, tended an orchard\, and managed dairy cows. Mac was the resident farmer at the Fellowship Community’s Duryea Farm from 1997 until 2005\, and has been the Pfeiffer Center’s Program Director since 2007. \nMegan Durney came to the Pfeiffer Center as an intern in 2007\, following stints as a WWOOFer and post-Katrina AmeriCorps volunteer. As the Pfeiffer Center’s Head Gardener\, Megan trains and supervises interns\, directs the creation of each year’s planting calendar\, manages produce sales (including the Pfeiffer Center’s CSA and farm stand)\, and directs production of Pfeiffer Center herb salt\, teas and salves. She also conducts the Neighbor to Neighbor afterschool program. \nHarald Hoven\, a German-trained biodynamic farmer\, founded and directed Raphael Garden at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks\, CA (1987-2017). Besides training nearly 100 apprentices\, Raphael Garden offered biodynamic adult education\, a 70-member year-round CSA\, and a large seed-saving and plant-breeding program. Turtle Tree Seed carries a large selection of Raphael Garden-developed seeds. Since retiring from RSC\, Harald has consulted for and mentored biodynamic farmers\, primarily in California. He also travels and teaches internationally\, focusing on preparation making and biodynamic practices. \nBeth Corymb is the founder\, with her husband Nathan\, of Meadowlark Hearth Biodynamic Seed Initiative\, based on Beth’s grandparents’ 492-acre homestead in western Nebraska. Beth and Nathan began biodynamic farming and seed-saving at Camphill villages in the early 1980s; in 1994 they founded the Turtle Tree Biodynamic Seed Initiative\, and in 1998 they combined Turtle Tree’s seed work with social therapeutic work at Camphill Village Copake\, NY. Beth holds a degree in piano performance and researches how agriculture\, the cosmos\, and music intertwine with and augment each other. The Corymbs are committed to reintegrating seed growing into everyday agriculture on diverse\, sustainable\, human-scale farms. \nArtistic Activities\nEach day will feature interval singing as a group led by Beth Corymb. In addition\, attendees will choose between eurythmy with Brigida Baldszun or clay modeling (faculty to be announced). \nRecommended Reading\nRudolf Steiner\, Man as Symphony of the Creative Word\, lecture 7\, and lecture 2 of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture lectures. \nMeals\nThe course fee includes five meals provided by Threefold Café: lunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday plus lunch on Monday. In addition\, the nearby Hungry Hollow Co-op Natural Foods Market serves organic take-out\, and there are many restaurants within driving distance. \nHousing\nIf you need housing\, you must make separate arrangements. Rooms are available in our dormitory\, Holder House; in homes of community residents; and in nearby hotels. For housing information\, please click here. \nPlease note: This is not an introductory course. Participants are expected to be familiar with Rudolf Steiner’s agriculture lectures and to have some working knowledge of biodynamics.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/the-seed-chaos-cosmos-and-soil/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Midwinter Intensive
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