from Turtle Island:
The rising hills, the slopes,
of statistics
lie before us.
the steep climb
of everything, going up,
up, as we all
go down.
In the next century
or the one beyond that,
they say,
are valleys, pastures,
we can meet there in peace
if we make it.
To climb these coming crests
one word to you, to
you and your children:
stay together
learn the flowers
go light
— Gary Snyder
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Alan Graf, aka, hippielawyer, runs his disability and civil rights law practice from The Farm as well as his podcast The Third Planet Report, his radical civics class at the Farm School and his video production company which recently produced a video on the School of the Americas Vigal, the Free Speech TV will [...]

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FARMS NOT ARMS
Farmers Say No to War and Terror
June 2008
Guns and Butter - We can no longer have both
WHEN Farms Not Arms was formed in January 2006 we spoke about the misuse of the world’s resources on war as a threat to our ability to feed everyone.  Food prices, food shortages, food riots now are [...]

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Peter Kindfield is the principle of The Farm School. He has a PHD in education and joined The Farm Community in 2003 after spending many years in the west coast and east coast public educational system.

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The Ecovillage Training Center is hosting its 2008 Village Design Course in July.

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July 1, 2008 Three fox kits were released into Big Swan Headwaters Preserve in a continued partnership between swan Conservation Trust and Walden’s Puddle, a wild animal rescue and rehabilitation center.  The kits were rescued when their mother was killed after they had made a den under a shed.
Foxes are are under increasing threat by [...]

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Founded by The Farm in 1974. Plenty International is a relief and development nonprofit specializing in building community and partnerships with a special focus on empowering native peoples. Plenty has been active in New Orleans since Katrina and was in thew city providing relief 3 days after the storm struck. Its Kids to the Country [...]

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Hi Friends,
The Farm is always a buzz of activity, with a vibrant and complex social fabric. Much of the action is spread across many different business and nonprofits. It is my hope that this blog will provide you with greater insight into the inner workings, as well as the benefits and challenges of life in [...]

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