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Welcome to the 37th annual California Small Farm Conference, a week-long event featuring over 40 online workshops as well as a dozen in-person gatherings around the state. Whether you’re a beginning farmer or a seasoned grower, a local food advocate or a farmers market manager, you’ll find something here for you. This year’s theme, "Rooted in Place", honors the vital relationship between farmers, communities and the land they steward.

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Is There Soul in the Soil? The Spirituality of Farming
Sunday February 23, 2025 4:45pm - 6:00pm PST
Online
Open Zoom

This workshop will explore the weaving of spirituality and agriculture from the experience of several panel members. These will include representatives from the Biodynamic community, Native American / Indigenous farmers, traditional faith background, and Earth-based spirituality.

Science has given us so many incredible tools to advance agriculture and especially food production. We can now produce more food with greater nutrition in more diverse ecosystems while paying attention to the impacts of different methods on the environment and segments of society. But a scientific focus can also lead to objectifying nature as something to manipulate at will, to control and use as a lifeless, mechanical resource. But what if the soil has soul? What if the land we depend on for life and livelihood has something akin to consciousness or even personhood-- different from the human sort but just as real? Historically, many indigenous and non-Western cultures have not separated their collective experiential knowledge (another name for empirical science) from their spirituality. What might it look like to form more intentionally collaborative relationships with the more-than-human beings that feed us, to honor spirit and science together? This upbeat workshop will be facilitated with curiosity, dialogue among speakers, and respect for diverse views. Plus time for Q&A of course! :)
Speakers
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avatar for Angelie Ryah

Angelie Ryah

Hello!  A few years ago I started Belong Farm where I grow veg & fruit, and envision a community-building, healing space where (re)connection to the land is the focus. All my life, my deep experiences as a gardener, rock climber, canoeist, wildlerness camper, lover of thunderstorms... Read More →
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Sunday February 23, 2025 4:45pm - 6:00pm PST
Online
  Issues in Food & Ag / Other
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