We envision thriving communities connected to the environment and their food through work and play.
Gathering Ground cultivates community and learning in partnership with the generous earth through agriculture.
DonateWe envision thriving communities connected to the environment and their food through work and play.
Gathering Ground cultivates community and learning in partnership with the generous earth through agriculture.
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Gathering Ground Is Auctioning an Original Painting by Steve Lynch of Koyen Family Farm To help raise funds for our programs, we are auctioning off an original painting by Island artist Stephan M. Lynch. It depicts the historic Koyen Family Farm. About the painting, Lynch says, “This oil painting on stoneware was inspired by a … Continue reading Gathering Ground Is Auctioning an Original Painting by Steve Lynch of Koyen Family Farm
Spread the word! If there is a young adult in your life who loves to be outdoors and hands-on learning, Gathering Ground’s summer program might be for them! For young adults 18 to 27 with an interest in environmental studies, sustainable agriculture, food justice, conservation, and communal and ecological living, Gathering Ground’s summer program provides the opportunity … Continue reading Applications are open for Summer 2022
Gathering Ground’s summer internship GROUND SCHOOL is for young adults 18 to 27 passionate about environmental stewardship. If you have with an interest in environmental studies, sustainable agriculture, food justice, conservation, and communal and ecological living, and seek to explore your curiosities alongside like-minded peers, teachers and practitioners, join us. The mission of the summer is to learn together how we can answer the question, “How on earth should we live?â€
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Sophia writes about coming back to the Island, where she grew up, for a summer at Gathering Ground. “Having grown up on Washington Island, I’m always seeking opportunities to go home during the summer, so I was excited to learn about Gathering Ground and their educational internship opportunity. While at the time I didn’t know enough about agriculture to have much of an interest in the subject, I have every interest in the island and the well being of the local community.” [Read More]
Emma writes about the haunted landscape she discovered at Gathering Ground. She connected her experience on the Island with her ecocritical work in grad school. “As our internship supervisor, Russell, likes to say, the land we work on wants to be forest. But, when you step onto the grass at Gathering Ground, what you find is a place that once was forest, long ago, but has been transformed to serve other purposes. The vineyard and the various orchards occupy the same spaces that wild trees once did. When you walk the land at Gathering Ground, you can see the haunting of the long-ago forest – in the uneven ground, the pockmarked earth beneath the grasses where trees once grew, and even in the oak seedlings that pop up from time to time beneath the grape trellises.” [Read More.]
Got comments, questions, or stories? We’d love to hear from you. We are particularly looking for stories about farming on Washington Island. If you have any stories you’d like to share, please contact us!
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