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Horn Farm Center Engaging in regenerative farming, ecological land stewardship, and community education.

Sometimes, the gunkiest things are also the most grounding ~ ⚫🌿🧺This weekend, we got our hands dirty exploring the many ...
10/12/2026

Sometimes, the gunkiest things are also the most grounding ~ ⚫🌿🧺

This weekend, we got our hands dirty exploring the many possibilities of black walnut--a tree so common (and messy, to some!) that we often overlook its generosity.

Through harvesting, crafting, and community-building, we learned how black walnut can be the basis for annual traditions rooted in the local landscape. Everyone went home with new skills and ideas for gathering their own food, dyeing their own garments, and cultivating an active, restorative relationship with our place.

Anyone who has foraged black walnuts for food knows that it's a labor of love. But working directly with our sustenance isn't such a bad thing--especially when it's work that brings people together, gets us outdoors, and makes our pantries a little more local.

🧺 A basket of foraging programs awaits us at the Horn Farm this fall. Ready to join the fun?: hornfarmcenter.org/foraging/

🍂 The sunchoke blooms are waning, and we're about one month away from harvest! These resilient tuberous sunflowers bolst...
10/09/2026

🍂 The sunchoke blooms are waning, and we're about one month away from harvest! These resilient tuberous sunflowers bolster biodiversity, create habitat, and foster curious conversations around the Thanksgiving dinner table.

🥔 Sunchokes can be prepared for eating in more ways than one! Horn Farm staff have tested the culinary limits of this native, perennial food crop. We've fermented, roasted, pan-fried, boiled, and even sliced them up raw. They're an excellent roasting companion for other fall root crops like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and beets.

🍽 Tubers purchased in the fall can be used right away for cooking, OR they can be planted to supply a steady, low-maintenance root crop for years and years to come.

🌻 Helianthus tuberosus are NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER on the Horn Farm website! Ready for your favorite recipe, or for planting your own patch, we're offering two varieties by the pound. Ready to ship or pick up beginning the first week of November.

🔗 Pre-order yours today: https://hornfarmcenter.org/product/sunchokes/

The story of soil is fundamental for anyone tending a piece of earth. 🪱🦠🌱In our Beginning Biodynamics weekend with Dark...
10/08/2026

The story of soil is fundamental for anyone tending a piece of earth. 🪱🦠🌱

In our Beginning Biodynamics weekend with Dark Hollow Biodynamic, we’ll dig into deeper ways to read that story.

Soil chromatograms are visual tools for observing invisible soil dynamics, like microbial activity, mineral structure, and pollutants. Among our activities on November 14th and 15th, you’ll learn how to create and interpret these visual assessments, with the option to apply your own soil from home!

Join us for a weekend of field experiments, hands-on learning, and mindful skill-building as observers and caretakers of the land. Whether you’re a gardener, farmer, or a lover a wild spaces, you’re invited!

🌔 Learn more and register at hornfarmcenter.org/biodynamics-weekend/

“We're only truly secure when we can look out our kitchen window and see our food growing and our friends working nearby...
10/07/2026

“We're only truly secure when we can look out our kitchen window and see our food growing and our friends working nearby”
💬 Bill Mollison

Sounds like a world worth planting for! 🌱

The Horn Farm’s 2027 Regenerative Grower Training Program is inspired by the need to reconnect us with our food. When we directly engage in the growing process, and support the land by growing with care, the future feels a little less grim, and a lot more abundant.

If you’re feeling ready for a transformative experience rooted in the soil, apply to join us in 2027: hornfarmcenter.org/regenerative-grower-training/

A full year of hands-on learning at the Horn Farm will leave you ready to sow seeds for a regenerative tomorrow.

This weekend, 15 volunteers helped us harvest thousands of hazels, and left a little more *nuts* about agroforestry! 🌰🌳🧺...
10/07/2026

This weekend, 15 volunteers helped us harvest thousands of hazels, and left a little more *nuts* about agroforestry! 🌰🌳🧺

American hazelnuts (Corylus americana) are a key crop in the Horn Farm's multifunctional riparian buffer. But what does that mean?

In this streamside strip of land, these shrubs are serving both ecological and agricultural roles. Their sturdy roots keep soil from eroding during heavy rain and dry spells, and they attract plenty of beneficial insects to our farm ecosystem.

At the same time, the nuts are edible! With more public awareness and improvements in processing, we're moving toward a future where local cooking oils, gluten-free flours, and more can be produced from this abundant crop. Fellow agroforesters and innovators, like our friends at the Keystone Tree Crops Cooperative, are part of this journey.

is all about farming in ways that work with, not against, the needs of the land, and American hazelnuts are promising proof of this age-old relationship.

👋 Curious to learn more and get involved with the Horn Farm's learning landscape? Keep a look out for new volunteer workdays at hornfarmcenter.org/volunteer/

🌳 And read about multifunctional riparian buffers in our blog: hornfarmcenter.org/for-the-whole-stream-3/

Eye of salamander, root of mugwort, turkey tail and walnut husk ... a witchy brew is bubbling at the Horn Farm this fall...
10/06/2026

Eye of salamander, root of mugwort, turkey tail and walnut husk ... a witchy brew is bubbling at the Horn Farm this fall! 🍲🧙

Stir the cauldron with us by joining an upcoming program! Magic and wonder await as we summon old skills and awaken deeper connection with the land around us~

Explore all classes and register at hornfarmcenter.org/classes/, and join us for a volunteer day at hornfarmcenter.org/volunteer/

With limited spaces in many programs, we encourage you to sign up soon!

So does our coven of partner educators this season:

🍂 Dark Hollow Biodynamic
🍂 earthencolor (earthencolor.com/)
🍂 Northern Appalachia School
🍂 Sarah Le Tourneau ()
🍂 Stetler Survival

Hey! We're hosting another volunteer workday this Saturday! 👋hornfarmcenter.org/volunteer/Lend a hand as we plant a 🌼 ra...
10/06/2026

Hey! We're hosting another volunteer workday this Saturday! 👋

hornfarmcenter.org/volunteer/

Lend a hand as we plant a 🌼 rain garden 🌼 next to the accessible parking pad at the Horn Farm's farmhouse!

Your support will help create another functional and beautiful space around our newly-restored education center. It's also the perfect time to get active, get outside, and enjoy the signs of the season. Who else is savoring the cooler weather that fall has to offer? 🍂

Happening this Saturday, October 10th from 9am to 12pm.
Learn more at the link above or by visiting the Open Farm Volunteer Days event page.

A Saturday full of fire, foraging, and fascinating four-legged friends awaits this weekend!Don't miss out on a chance to...
10/06/2026

A Saturday full of fire, foraging, and fascinating four-legged friends awaits this weekend!

Don't miss out on a chance to get outside and enjoy the beautiful fall weather, try your hand at a new craft, or explore a new interest. The learning fun continues all day long:

🐿 Go nuts learning about and crafting with Black Walnut

🔥 Get fired up about wilderness skills and backcountry preparedness

🦎 Discover a newt perspective by meeting amphibians in the field

Will we be seeing you this weekend?

🔗 Learn more at: https://hornfarmcenter.org/classes/

Planting a greener tomorrow means a lot less lawn, and a lot more lush. 🟩➡️🌼Eager to play your part in supporting local ...
10/04/2026

Planting a greener tomorrow means a lot less lawn, and a lot more lush. 🟩➡️🌼

Eager to play your part in supporting local ecosystems? The Ecological Gardener Training Program with Waxwing EcoWorks Co. is growing our community of compassionate land stewards, and registrations are NOW OPEN to learn with us in 2027!

There are so many places calling out for caring hands on the land. This program has equipped over three dozen people, of all walks of life, with the skills and confidence to create beautiful gardens that fuel pollinators, restore habitat, and heal our relationship with the earth.

Help us nourish this movement of everyday folks tending the ecosystems we all depend on. Every new native garden is a step in the right direction; now it's time to dig in with us!

Learn more and enroll for 2027: hornfarmcenter.org/ecological-gardener-training/

This November, the Horn Farm Center will host Dark Hollow Biodynamic and special guest educator, Jennifer Greene, for an...
10/02/2026

This November, the Horn Farm Center will host Dark Hollow Biodynamic and special guest educator, Jennifer Greene, for an eye-opening weekend of soil, water, earth, and the stars. 🪱💧🌿🌔

Explore what’s in store with our newest two-day immersion, Beginning Biodynamics, taking place November 14th and 15th: hornfarmcenter.org/biodynamics-weekend/

Biodynamics invites us to widen our gaze on the land and its elements. Through hands-on activities and open curiosity, this weekend will acquaint you with some of the tools, techniques, and perspectives guiding biodynamic land care.

Whether you’re tending a small backyard garden, smitten by a wild landscape, or growing food for your community, come learn how to ask deeper questions of the land around you, and experience what it means to live through its rhythms.

Students can register for the full weekend or join one of its crowning sessions: a rare workshop on 💧 Water Phenomenology 💧 with world-renowned water researcher Jennifer Greene. Spaces are limited in both experiences, so make sure to sign up soon!

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