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September/October 2024

Dear Friends of the Farm, 

Greetings to all.

This letter is to update  you on the last few weeks at Genesis Farm as we approach the autumn Equinox. For those living above the equator, it marks the change of season, transitioning form summer to fall.  For our friends living below the equator it heralds the beginning of spring.

On September 21, at 2PM, we will be planting wildflower seeds in our Memorial Garden.  We are very grateful to once again open this memorial  planting to those who wish to participate.  During the covid pandemic and lockdown, we were not able to invite anyone here to participate. Our small group of volunteers did the planting in your name. We were honored to do so.

Since the weather keeps changing so unpredictably, and often so drastically, it is essential for you to register ahead of time if you wish to join us.  We would need to alert you immediately should a serious storm come up. To register, please email your name, your phone number, and the exact number of people who would be coming with you to threeriversmm@gmail.com.

While this particular region on the North American continent has been mostly spared from the larger fallout of climate collapse, we hold in our hearts all those who have, and continue to suffer from heat waves, storms, flooding, landslides, wildfires, earthquakes tornadoes and cruel forced migrations. It continues to be unbearable that the genocide occurring in the middle east continues unabated.. Such cruelty, denial and duplicity is not a norm of human nature. It is the result of belief systems that humans created several thousand years ago. Taken as literal history they have become a dysfunctional and suicidal cosmology.

On another note, during August, we piloted a new program exploring the "fundamental elements of a new cosmology”. It was created because it was requested by local young adults within this bioregion. It was designed as "an introduction or a refresher", on the basics of Earth Literacy. The basics of Earth Literacy as offered here are rooted in the works of cultural historian,Thomas Berry, mathematical cosmologist, Brian Swimme, Albert Einstein and the scientific evolutionary story of the Universe. We have offered two sessions and more are desired. The end of summer and the season of autumn makes space for new possibilities.

The retrieval of memory, embodied in the Universe itself, is integral to our mission. Memory is in danger of being erased and replaced by robots and artificial intelligence at a scale hardly imagined when Genesis Farm first came into existence in 1980. 

We are a tiny core of committed people and volunteers who are working toward the restoration of the lands, infrastructure, archives, and history of Genesis Farm.  

We are deeply grateful for your support.

For Earth,

Miriam MacGillis
Founder and Interim Coordinator