Hobie and Ransom milk the cows together.
From the East Wind Facebook page and YouTube.
Animals
This Year at Rainforest Commons
by Morning
New kitchen!
Taking in the goats after a long day of shepherding on the river
This is Panda.
We rehomed the goats this year. It’s very sad.
We visited The Common Unity Project in British Columbia and gave a conference called the Power With Conference. We facilitated using open space programming and offered workshops in Nonviolent Communication, theater of the oppressed, and family constellations. JJ also gave ear acupuncture, and many other folks from TCUP and the nearby town of Hazelton led workshops. We baked bread in their lovely cob oven, and had a wonderful time.
The view at TCUP
JJ and Morning at TCUP
JJ at home with our lovely cat, Mouse
Tea and JJ in the new kitchen at Rainforest Commons
Tea and Morning advocating at the Orca Task Force to take the dams off the Snake River, so the Orca can have some salmon to eat
Ducks at Rainforest Commons
Goosies.
Moonspoon, one of our geese
Puppy!
Puppy had puppies. They, and she are all doing well and have all been fixed.
When the pups were very small
This little guy is all grown up!
Delilah in the Bogachiel River.
Spooning
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Milking Cows in a Community Scale Dairy
Milking cows at East Wind Community in the summer of 2018. This dairy provides all the milk and many of the dairy products for a 70+ person community. You can learn and gain experience in dairy management, dairy processing and other practical skills by checking out East Wind. http://eastwind.org/
Bonfires, Mushrooms, Cats, and Cults
Autumn at the communes.
From the Commune Life Instagram account
Farm Adventures with East Brook
In which East Brook Farm visits Shelterbelt Farm–this video is from a year ago and East Brook had cows then.
East Brook: Bird Funeral
In which Nik, Mel, and Maximus cremate a Cedar Waxwing:
