Good news from Highland Hall Waldorf School, which begins to keep bees on their 11-acre property as part of an effort to develop a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) within the next year. The school has already been practicing sustainable gardening for the last 55 years, but only recently did they consult biodynamic farming expert Nitza Bernard who advised them toward keeping five beehives to enrich the quality of the vegetation on the school's campus and combat the Colony Collapse Disorder blighting global bee populations. Additionally, they have become integrated into the curriculum so students can learn to care for and facilitate the growth of bee populations and learn their importance in sustainable food production.  

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Shepard Valley Waldorf School held its Fare on the Farm workshop on June 16 that included lessons on worm composting, gardening, creating sustainable meals, and herbal remedies, among others. Other activities included presentations by Eco-Cycle, Essential Therapy, and Everybody Eats CSA. This is part of a "family re-skilling" initiative by the school's summer camp to provide students and their families with crucial information on health, sustainability, and food production. Too many traditional skills in this area have fallen by the wayside in the presence of the dramatic developments of the modern age. Until we can be secure in the knowledge that our grandchildren (and hopefully great-grandchildren too) will have good food, clean water, and safe effective medicines we should not let the lessons of thousands of years of human history fall to the wayside as well.

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Good news from Emerson College in Sussex, England: A new Biodynamic Agriculture, and Horticulture program is being offered, emphasizing the healing mission of Emerson College, which aims both to cultivate healthy food but also bring healing to farming and the land.   

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