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2017 at Linke Fligl
Winter: January-March * Planned the garden * Seed buying of exciting heirloom varieties * Adin built chicken apartments for breeding * Hosted shabbatons at Round House * Margot taught diasporism class at LGBTQ teen shabbaton * Expanded apparel line, calendars, feathers * Set up wood shop and freezers for food storage * Insulated chicken coop
Spring: April-June * Explored the marsh by canoe * Breeding! Bred and raised chicks in Wildseed barn * Planted the first Linke Fligl small farm/big garden * Tabled at JVP National Membership Meeting, first time representing outside our local community * Hosted a Passover seder and weekend at Round House * Hosted Shavuot shabbaton and all night learning on the land * Built compost toilet on the land * Built tent platforms and set up tents
Summer: June-August * Farming vegetables, harvesting and processing * Tomatoes, dry beans, kale, summer squash, elderberries, potatoes, cabbage, peppers, squash, corn * Hosted shabbaton camp-outs on the land * Linke Fligl table at Hazon Food Conference * Visioning retreat days for the future of Linke Fligl * Sol joined the core team * Sold chicken and eggs at Rock Steady CSA!
Fall: September-November * Sukkot gathering on the land * Hosted queer college shabbaton * Linke Fligl + Round House work trade * First kosher slaughter: 15 birds processed in educational shechita * Hosted Adamah cohort for a day of learning and working with Linke Fligl and Wildseed * Tabled at ADVA reunion * Developed diasporism curriculum and started teaching classes * Round House welcomed back Aly! And welcomed Maddy, Juan, Al and Frankie * More farm veg processing and preserving for winter * Led havdalah with Adamah, college students and Beth from Rock Steady at the Rock Steady, Wildseed and Watershed fall party * Served warm chicken soup and sold chicken and apparel * Started hosting weekly soup nights with cards and song and LF soup!
Little winter: Just December * Eating the food we grew and preserved all season * Started hosting a local emergent strategy study group * First restaurant debut with a chicken special at Little Deb’s Oasis in Hudson * Dreaming about the future * Latke party with LF potatoes and eggs
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