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Dancing the Land Farm!
Dancing the Land Farm is taking a sabbatical for the 2025 season!
After thirteen beautiful but hard, good but grueling, incredible and wild years, this little farm family is taking a year off!
Right out the gate, I'll just say that no, we're not planning to stop farming! This is not a soft exit, it's just a break and a chance to recharge. Just like soil must rest, so must the farmers.
We've been itching to have some good time to devote to some infrastructure projects that will make future seasons so much easier on body, soul, and system. And we've found that the all-out-and-crash nature of seasonal farming is not the best format for soul-searching, fine-tuning, or rethinking systems in big ways. In fact, it's a one-way ticket to burnout. So we're hopeful that this time will allow us the perspective to rethink our approach to farming with a keener eye toward sustainability for the people involved. We've got the sustainable soil and food thing down, now we need to figure out how to do what we do for the long haul--and maybe smooth out some of that all-out-and-crash model into something a little more family-oriented. We're also having a baby this fall--may all go well!--so the timing is about perfect!
Right out the gate, I'll just say that no, we're not planning to stop farming! This is not a soft exit, it's just a break and a chance to recharge. Just like soil must rest, so must the farmers.
We've been itching to have some good time to devote to some infrastructure projects that will make future seasons so much easier on body, soul, and system. And we've found that the all-out-and-crash nature of seasonal farming is not the best format for soul-searching, fine-tuning, or rethinking systems in big ways. In fact, it's a one-way ticket to burnout. So we're hopeful that this time will allow us the perspective to rethink our approach to farming with a keener eye toward sustainability for the people involved. We've got the sustainable soil and food thing down, now we need to figure out how to do what we do for the long haul--and maybe smooth out some of that all-out-and-crash model into something a little more family-oriented. We're also having a baby this fall--may all go well!--so the timing is about perfect!
So no CSAs this year, no dahlia sale, and no farmers markets.
We do plan on keeping a garden this season, because I can't imagine not, and I fully expect to be terrible at gardening only for a single family, so we are likely to keep our little farm store open to offer up overflow food and flowers to our community. Check back here or keep your eye on my social media to see when we get that going.
Thank you all for your support over the years, it's meant the world to us to be able to feed you and your friends and families, to tend to this place that feeds us all, and to build such incredible, good-hearted community with the likes of all of you. It is an honor. And we can't wait to get back to it with fresh eyes, rested hearts, and renewed vigor in 2026!
Many of you have asked how you can support us during this time, or just tucked money into our pockets when we weren't looking. And I can't tell you how humbled and grateful we feel for the care and thoughtfulness of our community! Thank you so much! Your support is life-giving and will always be written on our hearts. You're directly helping us heal and grow and become the best versions of ourselves, so that we can also do the best work for our communities and this wild world.
Ways that you can support us during this time:
Thank you all for your support over the years, it's meant the world to us to be able to feed you and your friends and families, to tend to this place that feeds us all, and to build such incredible, good-hearted community with the likes of all of you. It is an honor. And we can't wait to get back to it with fresh eyes, rested hearts, and renewed vigor in 2026!
Many of you have asked how you can support us during this time, or just tucked money into our pockets when we weren't looking. And I can't tell you how humbled and grateful we feel for the care and thoughtfulness of our community! Thank you so much! Your support is life-giving and will always be written on our hearts. You're directly helping us heal and grow and become the best versions of ourselves, so that we can also do the best work for our communities and this wild world.
Ways that you can support us during this time:
- Become a Patron! It's one of my goals this summer, in addition to growing a baby, to write the first draft of a book that has been screaming at me to be written for years now. I plan on getting back to regularly publishing essays on Patreon that will likely become chapters in my upcoming book!
- Self-publish your book!--to pay the bills while on sabbatical we're focusing on our little publishing company, and while our production calendar for traditional press is full for the 2026-26 seasons, we still have room for self-pub authors!
- Shop our farm store during the season!
- Venmo: If you just want to buy us a cup of coffee or send us a little something to help make ends meet :)
Our on-site Farm Store is Closed for the Winter!
19485 Estes Road, Clearwater, MN 55320
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Check back in the Spring!
Come on out to the farm next summer and shop an abundance of fresher-than-fresh organically-raised produce, pork, lamb, goat, lush cut-flower bouquets, dahlias by the stem, wool and mohair yarns, sheepskins, books from North Star Press, plus a sweet selection of used books. We're now also stocking artisan grocery items, art supplies, farm and garden gear, and textiles! We're so excited to see you all here! Hours Closed for the season *If you have any questions about self-service, please ring the bell and we'll show you the ropes! (it's on the welcome sign :) |
MN Statute: 604A.40 AGRITOURISM; IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. An agritourism professional is not liable for injury, damage, or death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of agritourism activities.
Activities and risks present at Dancing the Land Farm are but not limited to: a Farm Store, livestock, dogs, electric fences, wild and uneven terrain, outbuildings, tools, marshlands, machinery, wildlife, and more.
Activities and risks present at Dancing the Land Farm are but not limited to: a Farm Store, livestock, dogs, electric fences, wild and uneven terrain, outbuildings, tools, marshlands, machinery, wildlife, and more.
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