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Old power plant razed: Revisiting Morgan’s history, legacy
The Antioch power plant partially demolished. Photo by Megan Bachman By Megan BachmanOn Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, the century-old brick tower at the old Antioch College Power Plant was partly torn down...
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Seed Saving: A Living Legacy that Keeps on Growing
Ira Wallace This article is from the Summer 2022 Agraria Journal.By Beth BridgemanWhen we save seed, we are saving the important germplasm, or genetic material, within that seed. But it is also...
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Inside Time: Reflections from the Forest
Radiant autumn woods, Barrett’s Rim Trail By Audrey HackettI recently spent several days at the Highlands Nature Sanctuary in Bainbridge, Ohio, wildlands that form part of the Arc of Appalachia’s...
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Winter’s Blanket
Agraria fields in mid-October. Photo by Dennie Eagleson Originally published in the BIPOC Farming Network monthly newsletter. By Omope Carter DaboikuAs Winter approached, my Grandpa Ellis always...
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A Rhythmic Stillness
The Agraria barn prows the delicate waves of a mid-November snowstorm. (All photos by Audrey Hackett) By Audrey HackettThe snow started thoughtfully. Just a few flakes wandering the vast latitudes....
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Fungi Friday: Foray Reflections
By Maureen Fellinger“Do you have your pepper spray?” is a question I often receive from my husband. He bought me pepper spray a few years ago when I began my adventures in mushroom foraging, as I...
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Pollinator Way, Part I: Preparing the Ground
Agraria land team members Kelly Hager and Alicia Chereton cleared space for a new pollinator patch on Agraria. (All photos by Audrey Hackett) This is the first of a series of occasional blog posts on...
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In Search of Details
A lace of ice on Jacoby Creek the morning of December 1. By Audrey HackettSometimes it’s good to take the long view. But sometimes — often — it’s good to take the short view. The view in front of your...
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#GivingTuesday, and Giving Hope
A conceptual illustration of the George Washington Carver Farm, a focus of Agraria’s #GivingTuesday campaign. (Illustration by Alisa Isaac) By Audrey HackettThe results are in! Nonprofits worldwide...
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“The Community of Everything”: Planting Trees on the George Washington Carver...
Agraria Land Team member David Brown planted an elderberry shrub, among other trees and woody plants, this week. (Photos by Audrey Hackett) By Audrey HackettThey made it look easy. Land Team members...
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Fungi Friday: The Winter Sun
A wintry view from the Cherry Lane path at Agraria. By Maureen FellingerAnother gray day. For me, the winter blues start rolling in early, right after Halloween. When the sun disappears sooner and the...
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Winter Solstice: Encountering the Darkness
Setting sun at Agraria, the Eve before Winter Solstice 2022. (Photo by Audrey Hackett) By Audrey HackettLet us now praise the darkness.Some call this the shortest day of the year. I call it the...
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Last Days of the Year: Finding Time
A snag makes a natural sundial on Jacoby Creek. (All photos by Audrey Hackett) By Audrey HackettWalking Agraria one sunny morning this week, as the deep cold lifted, I found time everywhere.I found...
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Winter Wellness
A glowing warmth from inside the Agraria barn. (Photo by Maureen Fellinger) By Suzanne Perry SlavensFrom the time of the snow-melt…I listened to the earth-talkthe root-wranglethe arguments of...
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Ready, set…
By Omope Carter-DaboikuAs Winter tightens its grip and ice crystals cover the ground, we farmers dream of lush fields of green. We’ve analyzed last year’s production, laid out our crop plan, and...
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Glimmer of the Future: Construction Completed on Jacoby Branch Restoration
Amelia Harris of TNC and Suzanne Hoehne of Biohabitants discussed features of the re-meandered Jacoby Branch at a project walkthrough on Jan. 6. (All photos by Audrey Hackett) By Audrey HackettThe...
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‘Why I’m Doing This Work’: Amanda Hernandez on Learning from Cuban Farmers
Agraria Farm Manager Amanda Hernandez recently spent a week in Cuba as a participant in an international agroecology conference. The island is “beautiful,” she said, with open fields, mountains, and...
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‘Morning Crows’: A Poem by Alberta Dempsey
A crow in flight just north of Ellis Pond outside Yellow Springs. (Photo by Audrey Hackett) morning crowsthe murder of crows used to sit outside my window and cry like new born children. i did not...
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Fungi Friday: Collective Effervescence
Branching mycelial cords among mature Apioperdon pyriforme, commonly known as pear-shaped puffball. (Photo by Maureen Fellinger) By Maureen FellingerNearly my whole life, I assumed that something was...
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Luminous Presence
Shining waves of snow. (Photo by Dennie Eagleson) By Audrey HackettWalking the land on winter afternoons, I’m often alone. But never lonely. Land without human activity isn’t absence. It’s actually...
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