Thanks you to Albany High School and especially teacher, Tom Vacanti, for inviting us to present at their 2nd Sustainable Agriculture Fair. We spent a whole day at the school last week and shared our vision and story with 6…
Getting Lots Done with Interns Abe and Mark
Welcome to our very first Sustainable Living Immersion Program participants, Abram Johnson from Lyons, NY and Mark Russo, from Manhattan, NY! They are both super-sweet guys, hard workers, and lots of fun for Neshima and Emet to play with. Even…
Drinking Gourd Black-Jewish Community Liberation Seder
On Friday, April 13, we hosted the 2nd annual “Drinking Gourd Black-Jewish Community Liberation Seder” at the farm. Using the order of the Jewish seder, we infused our evening with the stories, songs, and rituals of our African American and…
Brazil: A Bag of Nails and a Bundle of Rope
A Bag of Nails and a Bundle of Rope Building a Community Healing Space at the Ciclovida Encuetro 2012 The Backstory It has been a month since I returned from Brazil. I have hesitated writing this because I could not…
Produce Project Teens Visit the Farm
A big, heartfelt thank you to Chris, David, Devin, Khalif, Lexus, Steven, Taliah, Tanajai, Hannah, and Brian for sharing a wonderful day with us. We began the morning with an opening circle to get to know each other – each…
Soul Fire Featured in Black Land Project
Read more at http://www.blacklandproject.org/todays-black-farmer/ Close your eyes and envision a black relationship to land. You might picture a farmer: a man whose weathered hands match his wise, deeply lined face. He might be anywhere in the deep south, slowly driving…
Ayiti Resurrect!
I am just back from my grandfather’s homeland, Ayiti, land of mountains and beautiful history. My sister, Naima, catalyzed Ayiti Resurrect, a delegation of 20 powerful artists, healers, and culture workers from Haiti and the African disapora to convene in…
Soul Fire Farm Internship Posted
Soul Fire Farm joined the Worldwide Workers on Organic Farms movement as well as Grow Food and Sustainable Food Jobs Please help us spread the word!
Farm Expanded, Winterized
We are more and more in love with our no till vegetable production methods. As the gardens finished up, we moved the chickens through with intentional overgrazing. They devoured all the weeds and crop residue, scratched the soil, and left a thin…
Garlic Planting!
Last Sunday, October 23, Jay and Wanda travelled up from NYC and DC respectively to spend the day learning and helping at our farm. We are so honored and blessed by their decision to share time with us. We planted…