BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Cornell Small Farms - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Cornell Small Farms REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260227T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260301T235959 DTSTAMP:20260427T114952 CREATED:20260109T164236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T201528Z UID:10000281-1772150400-1772409599@smallfarms.cornell.edu SUMMARY:Leadership Embodiment Workshop for Farmers and Educators DESCRIPTION:Leadership Embodiment – A Workshop Informed by the Japanese non-aggressive martial art of Aikido\, Mindfulness practices & Posture awareness\nWould you like to navigate the impact of stress and intensity in your work and life more skillfully\, with curiosity and compassion? Would you enjoy connecting with others from diverse backgrounds wanting to bring more conscious leadership to our work and lives? \nJoin educators\, organizers\, farmers and earth-workers for an introduction to the practices of Leadership Embodiment at the beautiful Light on the Hill Retreat Center in Van Etten\, NY. This opportunity is open primarily to New York State. \nStarts: Friday\, February 28\, at 4 p.m.\nEnds: Sunday\, March 1\, at 1 p.m.\nCost: This program is normally offered at a registration cost of $400\, with an additional $350 in food and lodging costs. However\, thanks to grant support\, we are able to make this workshop retreat available for only $100. If cost is a barrier\, please don’t hesitate to reach out for a full scholarship.\nApply here: Space is limited to 25 participants. All participants are requested to attend a 45-minute virtual workshop orientation prior to the retreat.\nDeadline: Application process closes January 30\, or until filled. \n\n\n \n \n 2026 Leadership Embodiment Workshop Application\n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Administrative InformationName*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Phone*Email*\n \n Address* \n \n \n \n Street Address\n \n \n Address Line 2\n \n \n City\n \n AlabamaAlaskaAmerican SamoaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaGuamHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNorthern Mariana IslandsOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaPuerto RicoRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahU.S. Virgin IslandsVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingArmed Forces AmericasArmed Forces EuropeArmed Forces Pacific\n State\n \n \n ZIP Code\n \n \n County*AlbanyAlleganyBronxBroomeCattaraugusCayugaChautauquaChemungChenangoClintonColumbiaCortlandDelawareDutchessErieEssexFranklinFultonGeneseeGreeneHamiltonHerkimerJeffersonKingsLewisLivingstonMadisonMonroeMontgomeryNassauNew YorkNiagaraOneidaOnondagaOntarioOrangeOrleansOswegoOtsegoPutnamQueensRensselaerRichmondRocklandSaint LawrenceSaratogaSchenectadySchoharieSchuylerSenecaSteubenSuffolkSullivanTiogaTompkinsUlsterWarrenWashingtonWayneWestchesterWyomingYatesAre you a military veteran or currently serving?*\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n No\n What best describes your relationship to farming? (Check all that apply)*\n \n I am a gardener and/or homesteader\n \n \n I am an aspiring farmer (not yet farming)\n \n \n I am a beginning farmer (farming less than 10 years)\n \n \n I am an established farmer (farming over 10 years)\n \n \n I am a farm employee (manager\, employee\, intern\, volunteer\, etc.)\n \n \n I am an agricultural service provider (extension\, academia\, agency\, nonprofit\, consultant\, etc.)\n \n \n I am a business service provider (small business center\, consultant\, non profit\, etc.)\n \n \n I am a veteran service provider (dept of labor\, nonprofit\, NYS veteran services\, etc.)\n \n \n Not represented here (fill out answer)\n DemographicsAre you or have you ever been employed with Cornell University? (Check all that apply)*\n \n Alumni or Current Student\n \n \n Cooperative Extension\n \n \n Faculty\n \n \n Staff\n \n \n No Affiliation\n How do you identify?*\n \n \n Female\n \n \n \n Male\n \n \n \n Gender Non-Conforming\n \n \n \n Prefer Not to Answer\n With which of the following races or ethnic groups do you identify?*\n \n African American/Black\n \n \n American Indian/Alaska Native\n \n \n Asian\n \n \n Hawaiian Native/Other Pacific Islander\n \n \n Hispanic/Latino\n \n \n White\n \n \n Prefer Not to Answer\n \n \n Other\n NOTE: The social definition of “race” has resulted in systemic institutional racism and made it more challenging for people of color to farm. We ask this question as one measure toward our goal of supporting ALL people who farm or want to farm. You can read more about this commitment in our Equity and Justice Statement on our About page.Application QuestionsWe try to accommodate everyone who is interested in attending\, but occasionally workshops draw high interest and wait lists are established. Your responses to the questions below will help the host team to get to know you better. If you prefer to answer these questions on the phone\, please let us know!What drew you to this workshop?*Tell us about your role as an educator\, changemaker or earth-worker in the food and farming sustenance web?*If chosen to attend\, the cost of the workshop is $100 due upon final registration.*\n \n \n I will pay in full.\n \n \n \n I am requesting a scholarship.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/event/2026-02-27-leadership-embodiment/ LOCATION:Light on the Hill Retreat Center\, 209 Blake Hill Rd\, Van Etten\, NY\, 14889\, United States CATEGORIES:Growing Together ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/chris-robert-lVcl3-NV-fg-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251116T235959 DTSTAMP:20260427T114952 CREATED:20250813T145315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T121734Z UID:10000156-1763078400-1763337599@smallfarms.cornell.edu SUMMARY:Coming Home to Self: A Retreat for Veterans who Tend the Land November 14th – 16th DESCRIPTION:The Growing Together project of the Cornell Small Farms Program\, in collaboration with Farm Ops\, is hosting a 3-day wellness retreat for farmer veterans in Central New York\, November 14-16. This retreat is especially for veterans who are farmers\, growers\, and gardeners\, but veterans working as educators or service providers are also welcome. \nThe retreat will include guided small-group conversations\, movement\, breathing\, meditation\, journaling and sketching\, hands-on activities\, outdoor walks\, rest and quiet time\, sound healing\, and more. Practitioners of the healing arts will also be on hand Saturday evening to offer free\, short sessions that encourage rest and renewal. \nLight on the Hill Retreat Center\, located in Van Etten\, NY\, provides a peaceful space for reflection and renewal on 236 acres of woods\, streams\, gorges\, and walking paths. Inner Light Lodge offers spacious\, light-filled accommodations with panoramic views extending to Pennsylvania. Participants may request single or double occupancy rooms with shared bathrooms\, or opt for a private cottage. \nThe retreat program is grounded in a set of principles and practices drawn from the Center for Courage & Renewal approach\, which helps us actively and intentionally choose to nurture ways of being with ourselves and one another. \nThanks to grant funding\, this retreat is offered at no cost to veterans. Space is limited to 27 participants. Lodging and meals are included; travel is the responsibility of participants. Attendees will be notified of their acceptance the week of October 20. We request that all participants attend a 1-hour virtual retreat orientation. Several sessions to choose from will be offered prior to the retreat. \n  \nFACILITATION TEAM \nOur team of facilitators work collaboratively so that each can bring their unique style\, skills and gifts to the experience. They include: \nViolet Stone (she/her) leads a wide range of retreats and workshops for the agricultural community drawing on themes of connection\, wellness\, purpose\, integrity and courage. She sees this work as contributing to a more inclusive ‘culture’ of agriculture. In this highly technological age of automation and artificial intelligence\, we have much to gain from the act of offering one another genuine listening\, open-hearted attention\, and wonder. Violet has led programs for the Cornell Small Farms Program since 2007 and has also served as the New York Northeast SARE Professional Development Coordinator since 2009. \nRich Mattingly (he/him) is a Marine Corps veteran\, photographer\, and farmer with a passion for healing through connection to land and community. He found an early sense of belonging in the natural world\, a thread that has carried through his life and work. His overseas service sparked a deep respect for farmers working in challenging environments\, and planted the seeds for a future rooted in regenerative agriculture. After leaving the military\, Rich built a career in visual storytelling before founding a small farm in Dryden\, NY focused on food justice and mutual aid. He is honored to support fellow veterans in cultivating resilience\, purpose\, and belonging through the work of Farm Ops. \nDamon Brangman (he/him)\, a farmer/educator and musician founded Roots Rising Farm to offer hands on garden education through school and community gardens. He has been on a personal healing journey since being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. His passion for sound healing arises from wanting to assist others on their own healing journey. The earth is healing itself\, and we play an important role in allowing the process to heal us\, if we can only stop for a moment and listen. URL:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/event/2025-11-14-16-growing-together-and-farm-ops-farmer-veteran-retreat-offered-november-14th-16th/ LOCATION:Light on the Hill Retreat Center\, 209 Blake Hill Rd\, Van Etten\, NY\, 14889\, United States CATEGORIES:Farm Ops,Growing Together ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Teachings-of-Leaves-2-scaled-1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T200000 DTSTAMP:20260427T114952 CREATED:20250707T180456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T180456Z UID:10000141-1756314000-1756324800@smallfarms.cornell.edu SUMMARY:Community Farm Supper DESCRIPTION:Join Buffalo area farmers (Western New York) and earthworkers of all backgrounds and scales on Wednesday\, August 27th for an evening of delicious homemade food and conversation from 5:00pm – 8:00pm. This is an opportunity to grow your community by making rich connections with farming neighbors of all kinds and stages. Sit at small tables to share and listen to one another’s stories\, experiences and reflections along the farming path.  This evening of catered\, sit-down dinner and open-hearted conversation is free to attend\, and you’ll be warmly welcomed by a facilitator at each table.  Spanish/English translation is provided. URL:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/event/community-farm-supper/ LOCATION:City of Buffalo CATEGORIES:Growing Together ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/farm-supper.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T114952 CREATED:20250409T191521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250409T191658Z UID:10000031-1745946000-1745955000@smallfarms.cornell.edu SUMMARY:Spring Farmer Wellness Sampler DESCRIPTION:Farmers\, earth-workers and growers from across the Finger Lakes region are invited to gather together for an upcoming farmer wellness event\, hosted by the Growing Together project of the Cornell Small Farms Program.  \nJoin us to make new connections\, invest in self-care\, and expand your toolkit of wellness practices before launching into the growing season. Our facilitation team of farmers and earth-workers will lead sessions featuring Qigong longevity exercises\, instrumental sound healing\, co-creating with cut flowers\, and Kripalu-style yoga.  \nThis free event is hosted by Growing Together\, a project of the Cornell Small Farms Program.  Space is limited\, please register to ensure your spot. \n\nSchedule\n5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Arrival & Appetizers | Fellowship\n5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Welcome | Opening\n5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Choose a Wellness Session\nSession 1a: 16 Longevity Exercises\nThese exercises have been used as a traditional method of rehabilitation and sports therapy; they are easy to learn and easy to practice. The 45 minute set combines breathing techniques\, gentle stances\, and coordinated movements to improve range of motion\, flexibility\, balance and circulation; every joint of the body is mobilized over the course of the set. The exercises can be practiced seated if standing is not possible. The reputed Doctor of Chinese Medicine\, Wang Jiwu\, created this series of exercises in the 1930s to serve as a front-line therapy at his busy clinic in Beijing. Distilled from the centuries old method of Xingyi Quan (“form mind boxing”)\, the Longevity Exercises artfully combine physical movement with intention to stretch and “clean” all the joints of the body while balancing the energetic system.\nFacilitator:  Connor Youngerman\, Cornell Small Farms Program \nSession 1b: Sound Healing \nParticipants are welcome to rest\, sit or dance in whatever way you’re moved during this unique sound healing session with drums\, flutes\, stringed instruments\, gongs and singing bowls. Damon and friends bring an improvisational approach to sound healing\, tuning in to the energy of the music and the room to guide the musical sounds and vibrations.  Facilitators: Damon Brangman\, Scott Pardee and friends \n6:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.  Transition Time | Fellowship \n6:30 pm – 7:15 pm Choose a Wellness Session\nSession 2a: Yoga: Root Down\, Rise Up \nThis Kripalu-style yoga session is all about connecting with the energy of the Earth\, rooting down and rising up. We’ll start with some breathwork\, then some gentle exercises to warm the body and flow into a series of postures designed to exercise and invigorate the entire body before settling into a restful savasana. You’ll leave feeling centered and prepared to engage with your own Earth work with renewed joy and vigor.\nFacilitator:  Himanee Gupta-Carlson\n \nSession 2b: Co-creating with Cut Flowers\nThose of us who sell cut flowers are skilled in quickly and efficiently constructing dazzling bouquets. But as we scramble to fill orders and make sales\, we can sometimes overlook the beauty and magnificence of our flower companions. In this session\, we’ll start by simply slowing down and becoming present.  We’ll bring our awareness to the beauty and energy of the cut flowers around us\, taking time to really notice and appreciate their offerings. Then\, we will create bouquets with the flowers that speak most to us\, focusing on creativity rather than technique. Bring a bouquet home\, and offer a second one as a gift to another participant in the closing circle.\nFacilitator: Violet Stone\, Cornell Small Farms Program \n7:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Closing Circle \n\nAbout the Facilitators\nDamon Brangman. Born and raised in the island of Bermuda\, Damon Brangman a farmer/educator and musician founded Roots Rising Farm to offer hands on garden education through school and community gardens.  Damon started farming at a young age\, and his inspiration to grow food was his grandmother’s love of fresh vegetables. Through the curiosity of other youth in the community\, he felt inclined to share the knowledge he was gaining from gardening\, and also give them the opportunity to connect to the land. Damon traveled to New York City to study music production in 1997\, and while there he became sick\, and decided to attend a body/mind retreat in Ithaca\, NY during the summer. The experience of a raw food diet\, meditation\, and yoga\, encouraged him to make changes in his lifestyle\, and eventually move to Ithaca a few years later.  Having a strong background in music\, and determined to continue healing from Crohn’s disease\, he produces music with the intention of healing himself while also assisting others on their own personal healing journey.  The earth is healing itself\, and we play an important role in allowing the process to heal us\, if we can only stop for a moment and listen. \nHimanee Gupta-Carlson is a farmer\, writer\, and professor who sows seeds to provide food\, uses words to form ideas\, and creates thoughts to help guide herself and others through learnings to sustain future generations. She also has written\, spoken\, taught\, and pondered extensively on the relationships between land\, food\, and spirituality and has drawn on her own experiences as a farmer and daughter of immigrant Indian parents in reflecting on her place in North American settler-colonialist spaces. A desire to contribute to the healing of historic intergenerational violence and ongoing trauma led her in 2022 to the Cornell Small Farm’s Reconnecting With Purpose Retreat\, from which she was motivated to rekindle prior work with Reiki and to fulfill a long-held desire to transform her practice of yoga into teaching it herself. Since becoming certified through the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health\, she has led yoga workshops at numerous academic conferences and in community classes in the Saratoga area\, where she lives\, farms\, and teaches at SUNY Empire State University. Her hope is to meet students where they are at\, and to guide them to find peace\, grounding\, rejuvenation\, contentment\, and hope. \nViolet Stone leads a wide range of retreats and workshops for the agricultural community drawing on themes of connection\, wellness\, purpose\, integrity and courage. She sees this work as contributing to a more inclusive ‘culture’ of agriculture where all voices are warmly welcomed\, honored and celebrated\, including the  voice of our intuition or inner teacher. In this highly technological age of automation and artificial intelligence\, we have much to gain from the act of offering one another genuine listening\, open-hearted attention\, and wonder. Violet has led programs for the Cornell Small Farms Program since 2007 and has also served as the New York Northeast SARE Professional Development Coordinator since 2009. All of her programs are aligned with the principles of the Center for Courage and Renewal. \nConnor Youngerman is a certified instructor of xingyi quan\, bagua zhang\, and qigong through the North American Tang Shou Tao Association and has been training and teaching traditional martial and medical arts for 17 years. Connor is the agroforestry and mushroom production specialist for the Cornell Small Farms Program\, and grew up on a small family farm in Prince Edward Island\,  Canada. URL:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/event/spring-farmer-wellness-sampler/ LOCATION:Foundation of Light\, 391 Turkey Hill Rd\, Ithaca\, 14850\, United States CATEGORIES:Growing Together ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/avif:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/crocus.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T130000 DTSTAMP:20260427T114952 CREATED:20250407T162533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T162701Z UID:10000024-1732291200-1732453200@smallfarms.cornell.edu SUMMARY:Teachings of Leaves: Let Go\, Lay Down\, Rest & Rejoice DESCRIPTION:Farming can bring joy\, delight\, and awe\, from apples reddening to lambs leaping. It can also be tireless and demanding. The energy and attention required to tend and harvest abundant food on any scale can make it hard to live in balance with life’s many other demands. When we consider the additional stresses of living during these times — extreme weather\, hurried schedules\, distracting technology\, and distressing world news running in the background\, it’s not surprising many of us are feeling pulled in too many directions. \nIf you’re feeling the need to pause\, rest and lay some things down\, our Growing Together project will be hosting an in-person retreat titled “Teachings of Leaves: Let Go\, Lay Down\, Rest & Rejoice.” This retreat is especially for farmers\, growers\, earth-workers and tenders who live in New York. \nYou’ll join a community of 25 farmers and earthworkers of diverse ages and identities for a facilitated journey that mimics the movement of autumn leaves. Through time in small groups\, large groups and in solitude\, we’ll explore the following themes: 1. “Let go\, lay down\, rest” 2. “Grounding\, meeting the earth\, reconnection to source” and 3. “Joy & delight.” \nOur program includes a variety of modes through which we will reflect and engage with the unique questions and challenges presented at this moment of our lives. Throughout the retreat we will explore teachings from diverse wisdom traditions\, yoga sessions\, meditations\, journaling/sketching\, hands-on activities\, outdoor walks\, rest/nap time\, sound healing\, and more. At junctures\, the group will be offered two concurrent sessions to accommodate different preferences and interests – for example – movement versus stillness\, or heading outside versus staying indoors. \nThe retreat is grounded in a set of principles and practices drawn from the Center for Courage & Renewal approach. The Courage & Renewal approach helps us actively and intentionally choose to nurture ways of being with ourselves and one another that move against the violent\, oppressive forces that create personal and societal division. \nOur team of facilitators work collaboratively on designing retreats and programs so that each can bring their unique style\, skills and gifts to the experience. They include: \n\nDamon Brangman (he/him)\, a farmer/educator and musician founded Roots Rising Farm to offer hands on garden education through school and community gardens\nHimanee Gupta (she/her)\, a farmer\, writer\, and professor who sows seeds to provide food\, uses words to form ideas\, and creates thoughts to help guide herself and others through learnings to sustain future generations\nKate Cowie-Haskell (they/them)\, a former farm worker and aspiring farm owner with a background in anthropology and storytelling\, currently focused on supporting spiritual care for earth-workers\nViolet Stone (she/her)\, an earthworker and educator with the Small Farms Program\, leads a wide range of retreats and workshops for the agricultural community drawing on themes of connection\, wellness\, purpose\, integrity and courage\n\nWe will gather together at Light on the Hill\, a retreat center perched high in the hills of Van Etten in Central/Upstate New York\, that provides a space where seekers can find peace and solace away from their everyday pursuits. The center is located on 236 acres of woods\, streams\, gorges\, and walking paths\, and offers panoramic views as distant as Pennsylvania. Inner Light Lodge is a spacious and light-filled dwelling surrounded by nature and glorious views. Participants may request single or double occupancy rooms with access to shared bathrooms with showers. \nThe application is now open through Friday\, October 4\, or until the wait list is filled. We aim for a group of participants that includes people of diverse ages\, places\, genders and backgrounds who are aligned with the retreat offering. Applicants will be notified by October 11. If selected\, you’ll be responsible for a sliding cost registration fee of $130 – $310 to enroll in the program. Full scholarships are available for members of the BIPOC community\, veterans and low income applicants. The registration fee or scholarship gift includes lodging and meals. Travel is the responsibility of the participant. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Violet Stone\, the Growing Together project coordinator\, at vws7@cornell.edu or 607-339-5014. URL:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/event/teachings-of-leaves-let-go-lay-down-rest-rejoice/ LOCATION:Light on the Hill Retreat Center\, 209 Blake Hill Rd\, Van Etten\, NY\, 14889\, United States CATEGORIES:Growing Together ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Teachings-of-Leaves-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241005T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241005T180000 DTSTAMP:20260427T114952 CREATED:20250407T165605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T165605Z UID:10000026-1728140400-1728151200@smallfarms.cornell.edu SUMMARY:Vibe O'clock: A Celebration of Wellness at Rabbit Hole Farm DESCRIPTION:All are welcome at this celebration of farmer and earthworker wellness. Herbal Workshop by Jamillah of Mawu Lisa Music by Meliq\, Tashonda\, Haleem\, and Venus.  Teas by Meliq and vegan refreshments provided. Cosponsored by the Cornell Small Farms Program’s Growing Together Project. URL:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/event/vibe-oclock-a-celebration-of-wellness-at-rabbit-hole-farm/ LOCATION:Rabbit Hole Farm\, 38 Rose Terrace\, Newark\, 07108\, United States CATEGORIES:Growing Together ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Jamillah-Vibe-Oclock.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240917T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240917T190000 DTSTAMP:20260427T114952 CREATED:20250407T164055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T171808Z UID:10000025-1726592400-1726599600@smallfarms.cornell.edu SUMMARY:Getting to the Root of Fear for Farmers and Earthworkers DESCRIPTION: Join urban earthworkers and herbalists Jawhara Taitt and Angel Torres for a transformative virtual workshop oncalled “Getting to the Root of Fear“.  An important element of this workshop is trust.  We invite all participants who strive toward being attentive and present for the entire 2 hour session. Please join us from a comfortable\, quiet space where confidentially is possible.\n\nAbout the Program:\nWe created this program to help humans heal through community. Fear disrupts our safe spaces\, need for unity\, feelings of peace and security. Through learning chakras and open and honest discussions with each other\, this workshop will help us address and work through our fears. Chakra systems offer an integrated perspective on the mind and body connection. The Root chakra is our foundation that makes us feel secure and grounded. When the root chakra is open\, humans feel confident in their ability to overcome challenges. We will use physical\, mental and emotional exercises to sense the root chakra to get a better understanding of what it is. Addressing its fear based blockages while maintaining deep confidentiality\, open honesty\, without fixing\, saving\, or advising one another\, and tending to your own inner teacher. Thank you to anyone willing to take this journey with us.\n\n\nYou’ll need: \n\n\n\nA comfortable seated position on a carpet\, blanket\, floor\, a yoga mat or whatever is accessible to you.\n\n\nUse as many blankets cushions\, and couch pillows as you can to make the exercises warm\, relaxing\, inviting\n\n\nPen and paper\n\n\n\nMeet Your Facilitators: \n\n\nJawhara Taitt\nHello I’m your co-Facilitator and creator of this program. Raised on occupied land of the Lenape People in Brooklyn New York\, I was able to grow and learn from the different cultures and environments the city provided. Spiritually I’ve been born with my eyes open\, I am a dream walker and prophetess. I was given the ancestral gifts of divination \, mediumship\, earth working\, and healing. I’ve also worked as a death doula for 10+ years helping those through the great transition with peace care and love. I run an online business that specializes in connecting people with herbs to connect deeper into self.  This program was created to help people connect deeper into self with guided introspection.  Thank you for your time and trust.\n\n\nAngel Torres\nHi\, I’m  an artist and earth worker.  I’m Boricua\, of Boriken\, of the taino-arawak people. I’m a newer herbalist\, mostly making medicines for my friends and family with herbs from Nos Cuidamos/Puerto Rico/and Farms upstate. Nos Cuidamos is a community based urban farm located in Bushwick supported by Bori elders and friends. I am currently occupying Lenape Land in Brooklyn\, New York. URL:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/event/42605/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Growing Together ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-07-12_39_20-Tree-roots-on-rock-formation-photo-–-Free-Forest-Image-on-Unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240819T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240819T120000 DTSTAMP:20260427T114952 CREATED:20250407T171525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T171624Z UID:10000027-1724059800-1724068800@smallfarms.cornell.edu SUMMARY:Asha Laaya Regional Support Network Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join us Monday\, August 19th from 9:30am – noon at Asha Laaya Farm to begin getting to know Monu\, Jay\, and Tamla (three of Asha Laaya’s managers)\, and start exploring opportunities to support this energetic and expanding farm community.  Our time together Monday will focus on fellowship\, communication\, and learning.  We invite you to come ready to engage in meaningful connection\, offer attentive listening\, ask questions\, and be yourself. The forecast includes some light rain\, so we are currently planning for a mix of indoor and outdoor time—please bring your raincoat and/or umbrella. \nHosted by: \nViolet Stone\, Program Facilitator\, Cornell Small Farms Program\, Northeast SARE State Coordinator.\nMaryellen Sheehan\, Madison County CCE Agriculture & Commercial Horticulture Resource Educator. URL:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/event/asha-laaya-regional-support-network-meeting/ LOCATION:Asha Laaya Farm\, 7691 Bridgeport Kirkville Rd\, Kirkville\, NY\, 13082\, United States CATEGORIES:Growing Together ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Asha-Laaya2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240807T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240807T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T114952 CREATED:20250407T173832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T175541Z UID:10000028-1723021200-1723046400@smallfarms.cornell.edu SUMMARY:Beyond Knowledge and Skills: Teaching Who We Are DESCRIPTION:Small Farms Online Course Instructor’s Retreat \nWe come together as online course instructors\, but the skills\, gifts\, and roles that come through us to serve the world are countless and ever evolving.  We are instructors\, yes\, but may also be farmers\, parents\, fire-builders\, chefs\, artists\, lawn mowers\, peace-makers\, dancers or any of hundreds of other roles. \nIn this genuine Retreat\, facilitators Violet Stone and Jamillah El Bey will guide us through a spacious exploration into the complexities of our identities\, values and gifts. Drawing perspectives from the work of globally respected educators Paulo Freire\, Audrey Lord and Parker Palmer\, we will look more closely at ‘who’ we bring to our educational work and our vocations in general. We will reflect on where we are shining and where we might be hiding in our vocational and professional roles. We’ll draw our day to a close by wondering into new ways we might integrate our gifts and strengths to enliven\, nourish and sustain ourselves and the communities we touch\, both in the online courses we teach and the many other ways we serve the world. URL:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/event/beyond-knowledge-and-skills-teaching-who-we-are/ LOCATION:Light on the Hill Retreat Center\, 209 Blake Hill Rd\, Van Etten\, NY\, 14889\, United States CATEGORIES:Growing Together ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/LoTH.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240511T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240511T143000 DTSTAMP:20260427T114952 CREATED:20250407T175217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T175217Z UID:10000029-1715427000-1715437800@smallfarms.cornell.edu SUMMARY:Pause\, Rest\, Be: Community Lunch and Conversation Circle DESCRIPTION:Join Shontaé Cannon-Buckley and Violet Stone on Saturday\, May 11th\, from 11:30 am – 2:30 pm\, for a community lunch served by Breva Kitchen followed by conversation and restorative yoga drawn from the book “Pause\, Rest\, Be. Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change” by Octavia F. Raheem. Our gathering will take place in the Community Room at Massachusetts Avenue Project\, 387 Massachusetts Ave\, Buffalo\, NY 14213. Facilitators will share excerpts of Raheem’s wise words to inspire large and small group conversation. Raheem writes “With so much shifting\, now we are ready to go deeper. Alone and together. Let us begin with the end.” This gathering will focus on the theme of “Endings”. After some reflection and sharing\, a restorative yoga teacher will guide us spaciously in and out of the Pose for Endings\, Savasana. All are welcome; no yoga experience is necessary. \nDiego Castillo of Breva Kitchen is a cook from Colombia who believes in food that is whole\, healthy\, and made from scratch. Using seasonal ingredients and calling on his roots\, he’s serving up meals in Buffalo to encourage sharing and connection. \nWe can accommodate 15 participants. Please register at this link. \nSponsored by “Growing Together”\, a project of the Cornell Small Farms Program. \nAbout the facilitators: \nViolet Stone leads a wide range of retreats and workshops for the food and farming community\, drawing on themes of connection\, wellness\, purpose\, integrity and courage. She sees this work as contributing to a more inclusive ‘culture’ of agriculture where all voices are warmly welcomed\, honored\, and celebrated\, including the voices of our ‘inner teachers.’ \nShontaé Cannon-Buckley life’s work and goal is around abolition and ending mass incarceration in the United States. For the past ten years Shontaé has worked to reduce harm in all walks of life\, whether that be to the earth or carceral individuals. She believes we have to have sustainable and well-resourced options. While continuing to grow\, build\, and do whatever we can to prioritize all life\, we must learn new ways to be together. \nJen Russo has been teaching yoga all around Buffalo since 2008. She holds five yoga teaching certificates and is well known for her restorative yoga classes. URL:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/event/pause-rest-be-community-lunch-and-conversation-circle/ LOCATION:Massachusetts Avenue Project\, 387 Massachusetts Ave\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14213\, United States CATEGORIES:Growing Together ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pause-Rest-Be-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231203T130000 DTSTAMP:20260427T114952 CREATED:20250407T180427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T180552Z UID:10000030-1701446400-1701608400@smallfarms.cornell.edu SUMMARY:Coming Home to Self and Community DESCRIPTION:“Community . . . is an environment where you can find a home in each other’s heart and soul. It is a living entity with spirit as its anchor\, where a group of people are empowered by one another\, by spirit\, and by the ancestors to be themselves\, to carry out their purpose\, and use their power responsibly.”                       —  Sobonfu Somé\, Welcoming Spirit Home \n\nIn this Retreat\, you will recenter in self and community by journeying through a carefully curated arc of themes. Incorporating teachings from diverse wisdom traditions\, clay\, mosaics\, movement\, embodiment exercises\, reflection\, writing and more\, “Coming Home” is designed to help us settle in ourselves and harness our gifts to serve our communities through bringing home the principles and practices to others. All content is grounded in the Courage & Renewal® approach which can be explored at https://couragerenewal.org/ URL:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/event/coming-home-to-self-and-community/ LOCATION:Light on the Hill Retreat Center\, 209 Blake Hill Rd\, Van Etten\, NY\, 14889\, United States CATEGORIES:Growing Together ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Coming-Home.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR