Farm Fresh, March 2026
This month's highlights:
This month's highlights:
- New Tastes come to Summertown!
- A Nat-Geo photographer spends time with the Midwives
- Three Generations
- Other Happenings
Farm Market Day Saturday, April 11
- Sanctuary Summit April 16 - 19, 2026
- Universal Peace Dance Weekend, April 23 - 26, 2026
- Community Birth Events
Some of our community members are active in the local Watershed Theater!
Presented at Cherry Theater, Columbia State Community College
1665 Hampshire Pike, Columbia, TN 38401
Spring is in full gear here on The Farm! So many beautiful days. This month, a quick snapshot of several different things happening in The Farm Community right now. In spite of all the darkness in our world, I hope you are able to find some joy in the coming of spring.
Namaste,
Douglas
Douglas
It’s fun to have so many new food options, right in Summertown and close to home.
Mark Schoenbrun, who was born on The Farm, and his wife, Skye, who is from Thailand, have moved back to The Farm, and are now operating Skye‘s Thai Kitchen food truck. In addition to serving meals on The Farm, they travel and set up shop in various small towns establishing a reputation as a tasty alternative to local lunch options. Find them on Facebook and Instagram.
Just off-The Farm, the old Summertown Market is now managed by a couple from India, who sell delicious Indian food on Sundays. They are selling out!
Just a stones throw down the road, The Little Dipper ice cream shop from the early 60s has been transformed into, El Azteca, Mexican food. El Azteca is a local chain, and I hope they have found a niche here in Summertown. Everyone loves Mexican food!
Here on The Farm, one of our beloved new Provisional Members, Pickles Wolinski-Miller, is always tantalizing us with new food offerings. Brunches. Soups to go. Full dinners...and on The Farm‘s monthly Market Days, delicious pickles of every type.
Pickles is my beloved assistant as kitchen manager for the upcoming Peace Dance weekend on The Farm.
She brings great Heart to our Dance practice as a Mentored Leader in Training.
She brings great Heart to our Dance practice as a Mentored Leader in Training.
More Happenings
Three Generations
Just last week, a photographer from the National Geographic Society spent a week documenting The Farm Midwives, creating content about changing cultures and families. As part of that story, she set up a portrait shot with my wife, Deborah, who served as one of the midwives for over 35 years, our daughter Leah, who currently serves as a midwifery assistant, and our granddaughter Lulie, turning 21 and graduating from nursing school, following in Deborah's footsteps by as an RN in labor and delivery.
Spring is mating season for the vultures that roost in the valley behind our house.
They leave the tops of the tall trees and move on to lower branches and even walk around on the ground! As they work their way up the hill, they arrive at my house and may perch for a while on the porch railing and then go up on the roof.
Cut down on waste with these thin sheets of detergent for your laundry and dishwasher.
Liquid detergent means transporting a lot of water and a big plastic container that’s too toxic to recycle. These new concentrated laundry sheets consist of a small, ultra-thin rectangle measuring about 2 inches x 3 inches. We find the one for our dishwasher so concentrated that we can tear it in half. The packaging is a small amount of cardboard that you can recycle.
A full weekend of Peace in action! Raising our vibration. Only $150 per person. Click here to learn more.
In these challenging times, our dances are embodied prayers that polish the heart.
In these challenging times, our dances are embodied prayers that polish the heart.
There are only 500 weekend tickets available, get yours before they sell out!
THE SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY
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10AM Gates Open
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5PM Lighting of the Sacred Fire
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6PM The Rhythm Method
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8:30PM Chef D
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10PM Acoustic Fire Circle
FRIDAY
WORKSHOPS
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8:30AM Morning Meditation
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9:30AM Yurt Building
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11AM Breema
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11AM Community Gardening
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1PM Native Drumming
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3PM OPENING CIRCLE
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9:30PM Stories from Stardust
MUSIC
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4PM MonÁxi
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6PM Biko Casini + friends
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7:45PM Ayla Nereo
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9:45PM The Reminders
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11:30PM Song Circle Sacred Fire
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11:45PM Quetzatl + Jeisson Castillo
SATURDAY
WORKSHOPS
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8AM FunknBliss Yoga Qi Gong
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9:15AM Appalachian Dulcimer
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9:45AM Farm Elders Council
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10:45AM Community Gardening
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10:45AM Colombian Folk Music
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12:30PM Radical Authenticity
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12:30PM Capoeira
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1PM Death Deep Dive: Encompassing End-Of-Life Insights
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2:15PM Modern Spiritual Midwifery
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2:30PM Ancestral Healing
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4:30PM Dances of Universal Peace
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4:30PM Solar PV Systems
MUSIC
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11AM Sol Dance: Scott Houston & Maya Lemberg
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3:30PM Sihasin
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5:30PM Martin Vejarano + friends ~ Sonal Aggarwal ~
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7PM Alysha Brilla ~ Sonal Aggarwal ~
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9PM Rising Appalachia
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11PM GalaxC Girl
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Sacred Fire Drumming
SUNDAY
WORKSHOPS
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Early Morning Meditation
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8:30AM Kundalini Yoga
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9AM Cacao Ceremony
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9AM Native Horsemanship
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10:15AM Holotropic Breathwork
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10:30AM Community Gardening
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1:15PM Africa Nashville + African Dance Workshop
MUSIC
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9:45AM Joss Jaffe + Raji Malik
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11:30AM Starling Arrow
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3:15PM Closing Circle with Mo
Thank you for your time and attention! Come visit us!
Douglas Stevenson
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