On-Farm Events and Course
Besides growing ethically-raised and sustainable meat, Withywindle Valley Farm values empowering people to learn farm crafts, as well as bringing community together and connecting on the land. Throughout the year we will host courses, fundraisers, workshops, and the occasional musical event. Subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date with on-farm events!
Upcoming Events:
April 13: Cultivating Consonance:
“Cultivating Consonance: Pathways of Elimination. Join us for a seasonal, experimental, and transdisciplinary workshop crafted to attune to and creatively engage with the cycles of this living earth. Facilitated by singer and ritualist Ell and community herbalist and botanist Taylore, we will explore the wheel of the year through song, gentle meditative work, medicine making, and herbalism with an ecological focus. Participants will have the opportunity to learn new and traditional songs, deepen into the season, learn about local ecology, explore herbal remedies for spring, and leave with their own custom herbal formula. All materials will be provided. This one-day offering is a teaser for a longer series starting on May 24 through the brand new Sapsucker School of Community Provisioning. Sliding scale $0-125.
May 4-June 1: Sheepskin Bark-Tanning Course
Once upon a time, before the dawn of the plastic industry and chemical tanning, bark tanning (or veg tanning) was a thriving industry. This ancient art has been around since at least the bronze age, and showing up in different cultures around the world. Bark tanning is a process that uses the tannins in tree bark (or other high tannic plants) to create leather without the use of toxic chemicals. You are now invited to learn this ancient process from the shepherd and tanner of Withywindle Valley Farm, Carissa Miller.
June 22- Introduction to Shepherding
Humans have been shepherding for over 8,000 years. Sheep provide us with an incredible amount of resources and entertainment. What does this ancient practice mean today and how can it fit into your life? In this course I am excited to invite you to my farm to share with you my practices and help you get started on planning your own! This course is for folks considering starting a flock, new shepherds with existing flocks, and shepherds who have been at it for awhile and curious to see how someone else does it!
