Welcome to our 2012 Season!
Wake up! Wake up! At break of day
The Sun is on his golden way.
If the Ground of our Being is shifting, then isn’t a relationship with that new ground the basis for a new Culture, for a new agriculture? This season at White Rose Farm, we will focus on discerning that new relationship.
Land everywhere is calling for a conscious connection with human beings. No longer can we take earth, air, light, water, wind for granted. They are insisting on our attention. When we respect, listen and respond to these elemental forces, every field of our culture will shift. Active engagement with the forces of nature is our essential work at the farm this year, as we grow food to feed ourselves and others.
White Rose Farm is now a living whole--a place where one can experience solitude nestled within community, stillness that is both empty and full. Such space allows each of us to explore the connection between our inner consciousness and our outer world.
Visitors can listen to themselves and for themselves to find their own authentic response to their soul’s calling and to the land. They can learn about biodynamic agriculture and gardening. They can do art, share art, be quiet, be creative, be active, be still, just be--open and free.
I am seeking a core group of two to four people who will live at the farm and work part-time--in the garden, welcoming guests, leading educational and group activities and managing the farm. Each person will have their own room, food from the farm and the freedom and space to recreate. Members of the group must have an active spiritual practice and want to participate in a community experience.
This group will then welcome others to the farm for shorter visits. Together we will form a new culture based on conscious relationships with the land and its forces.
May this season awaken in us deeper and lighter connections with each other and with the natural world!
In anticipation,
Sally Voris
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Posted by Sally Voris :: Wednesday, May 9 :: 8:20am
Some twenty people gathered to celebrate May Day as we opened our 2012season at White Rose Farm. Raising consciousness as we raise food will our focus this year. This year, we untangled the ribbons of the May Pole before we did this traditional dance to symbolize our need to engage with Nature to help bring our consciousness and awareness to the natural world.
Michael Spaner prepared a delicious nettle pie--based on the Greek recipe for Spanikopeta. (Click here for the recipe.) He engaged an assistant, Priya, to help him blend the eggs and crumble the cheese. He will share recipes and cooking demonstrations on the first Sunday of the month throughout our season, often featuring unusual or indigenous foods from the farm.
Farm Stand Open Sunday evenings: The farm is open to the general public every Sunday evening from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. We will sell our own fresh produce, eggs, free-range pork and local unpasterized honey. We have programs planned starting at 5:00 p.m. for three of the four Sundays of the month. There is no charge for these programs, though free-will offerings are always welcome.
The third Sunday of the month will feature a program focused on spiritual awareness, meditation and or consciousness.
This month, Pamela Panneton will lead a New Moon Despacho and Fire Ceremony based on Andean Shamanic practice on Sunday, May 20 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The new moon is an optimal time for planning and seeding your intentions and prayers. We will create a beautiful mandala together of seeds, herbs, grains, beads,candies, flowers, and our love and prayers. We will then go to the fire with our offering. Dress for the weather: we will be outside.(see Pamela's web site: LandSpirits.com for more information. )
The fourth Sunday of the month will feature an ecology walk, focused on animals or plants.This month, my friend, Drew Brown, will lead an ecology walk focused on plants on Sunday, May 27th starting at 5:00 p.m.
In other activities on the farm:
The Writing Group is on hold right now as the Elli's focus on some unexpected family obligations.
Jo Ann Barlow has agreed to lead the Intender's Group for May and June. It will meet on the third Monday of the month. (May 21 and June 18 at 6:00 p.m. at 4234 Ruggles Road. See www,intenders.com for more information on this initiative.)
Family Time on Thursday mornings(from 9:30 to noon ) continues to grow. Amy Booth and her son, Jimmy, are helping to organize the group. Come once and see if it is a fit for you, then join the farm as a menber if you are interested in particpating over the summer.
Special Events:
Cynthia Hoven, nationally-recognized eurythymist, will lead the full moon celebration on Sunday, June 3 starting at 6:00 p.m. (Michael Spaner will do a cooking demonstration at 5:000 p.m.)
Cynthia Hoven will lead two workshops, one a Friday, June 8 focused on the Embodied Word, and one on Saturday June 9, focused on a day of healing Cost for each workshop is $50.( Limited overnight accommodations are available. ) and a performance and discussion on Sunday, June 10 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
The farm is coming to life. We hope you will join us!
Sally