Ingredients oven roasted fresh pumpkin – scoop out 2 cups flesh 1.5 cups natural sugar 3-4 eggs 1 cup vegetable oil 3 cups gluten free flour (equal parts cornmeal, arrowroot starch, rice flour) 1 tsp ground cloves 1 tsp cinnamon 1…
Love Notes #10 – August 28, 2015
Announcements Join us for our fall community workdays and potlucks, Saturday September 26 and October 17. We have our hands on the land together from 8am – 1pm and share a potluck meal from 1 – 3pm. All are welcome…
Rhubarb Coffee Cake (gluten free)
This recipe makes one large tray. Combine dry ingredient in one bowl: 2 2/3 cups gluten free flour (equal parts corn meal, rice flour, arrowroot powder) 2 cups natural sugar 3 tsp baking soda 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp…
Love Notes #9 – July 5, 2015
“Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.” ~Malcolm X, 1963 Raise the Roof for Food Justice Update: 10 Days Left! It is hard to…
Herbal Salve
Herbal salve is essential to have on hand to soothe the calloused hands and chapped lips of the working farmer. It makes great gifts and is super simple to make. Directions Infuse your dried herbs and flowers in olive oil.…
Love Notes from Abroad #8 – May 25, 2015
If you’ve been wondering what we’ve been up to in the past month, we decided to map it to give an idea of the vast area we covered, serendipitously a giant spiral from coast to coast of southern Mexico. We…
Upcoming Speaking Events
2015 Conferences June 16: Presenter at Environmental Justice Faculty Institute, East Alstead, NH July 23 and 24: NTAC – presenting curriculum on indigenous sustainable agriculture, Fulbright project, Chicago IL July 25, 4-5:15 PM EST Becoming the Earth You Walk On,…
Love Notes from Abroad #7 – May 2, 2015
We arrived home at Soul Fire Farm at 3 AM early in April, under a brisk starry night and crunching through stale snow. The house was so familiar and so completely strange. Despite the late hour, the children tore from…
Love Notes from Abroad #6 – May 2, 2015
Welcome spring! On the official day of season’s turn we joined agroecologist friends for a tequio (collective work party) in the small town of Huayapam, famous for its sacred water well and the birthplace of a frothy delicious almond…
Love Notes from Abroad #5 – March 17, 2015
If one were tempted to romanticize and essentialize indigenous life in Oaxaca, Santo Domingo del Estado, a Triqui community etched into the mountains of the Mixteca region, would be such a place to indulge oversimplification. Close to 8000 feet…