Cultivating Culture: A Gathering of Jewish Farmers 2024

December 12th-15th, 2024 in Falls Village CT

This event will convene 120 Jewish farmers for a weekend of learning and community building at Isabella Freedman Retreat Center in Falls Village, CT. This is the first time we’re gathering as a whole community in almost four years and we would love to have you there!

Sliding scale registration starts at $180 for our working farmers and includes lodging and meals for the whole event! Partners welcome!

• Pre-conference Shchitah (Kosher slaughter) intensive of lamb raised by a Jewish farmer (optional)
• Diverse, vibrant and accessible Shabbat celebration
• Structured and unstructured shmoozing (socializing)
• Saturday night music and market
• Connecting with Jewish farmers from across the country

Session highlights:

• The Garlic Eaters: an introduction to Jewish Herbalism
• Sowing Solidarity: Jewish Farmers Bridging Diasporas for Food Justice
• What’s so Jewish About Farm Bill Advocacy?
• A Shepherd’s Torah
• Artistic Research and Production on Lekoudesch (Jewish Cattle Traders Jargon)
• Agriculture, and beyond: what Shmita teaches us about a solidarity economy– for people and planet
• Diasporic Calendars for Jewish Farming
• From Blessing to Bias: An Exploration of Mushrooms In Judaism
• Lessons from the Shmita: Community is the Ultimate Natural Resource
• Linke Fligl Land Stories Film Screening & Workshop
• Making Love While Farming
• The Jewish Seed Project: Time Traveling with Diasporic Diaspores