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Not So Bizarre – Notes from the 2014 “Bizarre Bazaar”

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 5, 2015. Posted in Businesses, Social Events, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on Not So Bizarre – Notes from the 2014 “Bizarre Bazaar”

by Melissa Lemoing (aka River Otter) Both for the alliteration of it, and because the way we do things is so often not the way “it’s done,” our annual holiday crafts-and-goodies bazaar has been called “bizarre” since it’s beginnings. This year, after so many years organizing it, I was able...

Posse Poulet

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 25, 2014. Posted in Articles, Farms, Food, Village Economics. No Comments on Posse Poulet

By Zev Friedman Thirteen Hut Hamlet neighbors recently established a chicken co-op, endearingly referred to as Posse Poulet. From these 50 or so birds, we have been receiving almost all of our needed eggs, and we’re looking ahead to a possible moderate increase in number of birds, including...

Local Economy, Ecovillage Style

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 15, 2014. Posted in Businesses, Village Economics. No Comments on Local Economy, Ecovillage Style

Being out in “the boonies,” the concept of a local economy is a major focus for us. And as an independent incomes community, each of us is responsible for creating our own livelihood. In addition to over 70 Earthaven residents, about 100 neighbors are part of our local village economy. Some folks...

Local Economics at Work: Earthaven’s Bizarre Bazaar

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 5, 2014. Posted in Social Events, Village Economics, Visitors. No Comments on Local Economics at Work: Earthaven’s Bizarre Bazaar

by River Otter Earthaven’s annual holiday Bazaar is one of our community’s focal points for creating economics on the village scale. Each year in December, Earthaven members, neighbors, friends and visitors gather in the Council Hall for an afternoon of food, fun, games, and holiday vending. This...

Sheep Shearing

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on November 3, 2013. Posted in Farms, Gateway, Regenerative Agriculture, Village Economics. No Comments on Sheep Shearing

The sheep got sheared at Gateway Farm in Late October…. Shearing the Sheep Skirting the Fleeces The Fleeces The Shearers

Field Day at Cove Creek Farm

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 22, 2013. Posted in Businesses, Community Service, Farms, People Care. No Comments on Field Day at Cove Creek Farm

by Rae Jean On a Saturday in mid-June, several folks from Earthaven went to our neighbors’ farm. It was a great day filled with many chores to assist Cove Creek Farm in planting and to learn more about where our local food comes from. Alvin Lytle, his father, Therman, sister June, and...

Economics–Why It’s The Short Leg of the Stool

Written by Diana Leafe Christian on May 4, 2013. Posted in Articles, Village Economics. No Comments on Economics–Why It’s The Short Leg of the Stool

On Friday morning, March 15, with lots of lively group engagement and drawings on the whiteboard, we were treated to a two-hour seminar on basic economic realities by Earthaven member Lee Warren. “An economy is the interactions and exchanges between people that manage the flow of resources among them,”...

Hazelnuts

Written by Debbie on April 9, 2013. Posted in Articles, Businesses, Food, Permaculture, Village Terraces. No Comments on Hazelnuts

In December, the residents of Village Terraces Cohousing Neighborhood planted a new grove of hazelnut trees on the edge of their neighborhood. We planted the European hazelnuts for their improved nut quality. The nuts are high in oils, tasty with chocolate, and can be harvested up to a month before...

Member Profile: Gaspar Robles

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 6, 2013. Posted in Articles, Bellavia Gardens, Members, Village Economics. No Comments on Member Profile: Gaspar Robles

by Rae Jean A couple of days ago I had a most pleasant visit with Gaspar. We sipped hot herbal tea, munched on pecans and exchanged some wonderful stories at his cozy space in the Bellavia Gardens neighborhood. Gaspar came to Earthaven in the summer of 2003 and became a member soon after. He is a...

The Trading Post is NOW OPEN!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on November 10, 2012. Posted in Businesses, Families and Children, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on The Trading Post is NOW OPEN!

On October 5, 2012 at 10 a.m., sounds rang through the village as a group of Earthaven Middle Schoolers rang bells, banged on drums, sounded the didgeridoo and shook tambourines for a full five minutes. At the end of the five minutes they shouted, “The Trading Post is NOW OPEN!” Folks from all around...