2021 Classes and Events.... go to Book Online to find more options
EXPERIENCES at Earthwise Farm & Forest
Join a Scheduled Farm Tour: Sponsored by DiginVermont and Open Farm Week, Wednesday, August 11th from 10 am - Noon. Only $15 per person....kids under 12 are free. For more details go HERE
OR...............By appointment only:
Description: Walk the beautiful permaculture landscape of Earthwise Farm & Forest with one of the farmer owners as your guide. Hear the story about how this farm came to be and where it is heading. Learn more about regenerative and organic farming practices and how that is unfolding on this ever-evolving, multi-generational Homestead Farm.
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Visit our livestock (pigs, chickens, turkeys, calves, cows, oxen, draft horses).
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Visit our vegetable, herb, and flower gardens.
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Walk our Labyrinth/Flower Garden and harvest your ownflower bouquet
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Get a tour of our off-grid home and learn about the many conservation practices employed: Solar Power, composting toilets, gravity fed water, passive water heating systems for summer and winter, Root cellar and more.
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Finish the tour at our Farm Store where we have produce, preserves, meat, milk and pottery for sale.
Estimated time and cost: 1 hour tour ($60) and 2.5 hour tours ($125) are offered for private groups. Contact Us to set up an appointment.
2) Learn how to Hand-Milk a Family Cow!
Description: This may sound crazy to some reading this, but there have been many requests for this experience, so we decided to make it a thing. Join us on an afternoon of setting up pasture, bringing in the cow and harvesting the milk (usually about 4-5 gallons). Visitors get a chance at milking, opportunities to pet the cow, and feed a calf! Great conversations are sure to abound during this event.
Estimated Time and Cost: 1-1.5 hours. Recommended donation of $50-$75 depending upon amount of time spent. Contact Us to set up an appointment.
Butter, Yogurt & Cheese Making Classes!
Saturday, July 24th from 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Cancelled
Sunday, August 8th from 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm - FULL - (in partnership with DiginVermont and Open Farm Week)
Interested in scheduling a Private Class? Contact Lisa
Description:
Have fun in the kitchen with Farm Fresh Raw Milk!
Learn a few different ways to make yogurt - successfully and consistently.Get introduced to a couple different soft cheeses that are easy and fun to make.Learn the tricks for making delicious butter and using butter molds.
Learn in an intimate setting with a small group; get ready to laugh and taste some delicious creations.
Class will include a handout. Cheese cultures, yogurt cultures, citric acid, butter muslin cloth and organic grass-fed raw milk will be for sale, so you can start creating delicious treats for friends and family right away.
To learn more or to register,go HERE for August 8th
Connecting to the Land and Self Through
Biodynamics, Dowsing, Reiki, and Shamanism
Dowsing Definition: Dowsing is the search for information by means of a hand-held instrument and faculties beyond the five physical senses. It involves higher levels of mind and spirit, energies beyond the simply electromagnetic, and both transmission and detection of subtle energies.
Throughout the calendar year, we offer classes and private sessions that open portals into unseen worlds for the participant(s) to experience and explore. Our farm is a perfect medium for people to learn more about their own personal journey. The land is alive with nurturing, healing energy, ready to embrace and support you.
Classes include:
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Gardening & Land Management as Spiritual Practice - Next Class TBA. This is an in-person event. Offering some hands-on learning and demonstration in dowsing, biodynamics, land/plant communication, etc
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Dowsing for Spiritual Growth: Connecting with the Natural World
Next Class TBA - to learn more, go HERE
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Intermediate Dowsing Class: finding water, accuracy in dowsing and more. Next Class TBA To learn more go HERE . Beginner Dowsing Review will be from 9:30 - 10:30 am for a small fee.
Private Sessions: By appointment. Contact Lisa to set up a time
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Power Animal Retrievals (both in person and from a distance) - $75
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Learning How to Dowse - for internal/spiritual, or for land communication and care (including how to find water). $60/hour... individual or groups
Livestock Classes!!
These classes are sponsored in part by Eco-Sheild & Agri-Dynamics
Management Intensive Grazing for the Diversified Farm
Next Class Date: Date TBA...usually 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
We also offer private Classes at our farm or yours. Contact Us for more info.
Interested in improving your grazing skills or new to Management Intensive Grazing? This class will employ the teachings of Holistic Management along with the techniques of Management Intensive Grazing (MIG) to assist you in improving pasture productivity and raising healthy livestock. To learn more, go HERE
Having A Family Cow
Next Class Date: July 10th, 2021 from 12:30 - 4:30 pm
We also offer private Classes at our farm or yours. Contact Us for more info.
This class is designed to help you navigate the new and exciting world of owning and caring for a family cow & calf. Topics to discuss will include: * Animal Health * Grazing Management * Calf Care * Animal Nutrition * Breeds and Breeding * Housing and Husbandry * Marketing your milk: raw milk regulations in VT. To learn more, contact us or go HERE.