2024 Educational Agricultural EVENTS

Free, unless staying overnight
Email: meadowlarkhearth@gmail.com to RSVP or for more info or weather concerns
Support with a donation for overnights and meals etc. regarding Ancestral Skills Event

Gardening classes

Location: once per month alternating locations:

  • Lied Public Library in Scottsbluff 
  • Meadowlark Hearth, 120024 Everett Drive, Scottsbluff, NE 69361

DATE: once per month WEDNESDAYS
TIME 5:00-6:30 PM

Locations and Topics:

  • April 3rd Lied public Library: Help and ideas Planning spring-summer garden
  • May 14th Tour Meadowlark Hearth and ask questions, get garden ideas
  • June 5th Lied Public Library: Planning a fall garden
  • July 10th Tour Meadowlark Hearth and ask more questions

HIKING in the Wildcat Hills with Nathan

Meet at Meadowlark Hearth farm: email for directions or call 308-631-5877
DATE: 2nd Saturday of each month May thru August
TIME: 3: pm to 7 pm

ANCESTRAL SKILLS

August 28-31 (camping overnight Campers and teachers plan to arrive Tuesday afternoon August 27)
August 31st OPEN AFTERNOON: 2-5 will be a chance to show the public what was done over the previous 3 days during Ancestral Skills week
Come see what is happening, that’s free: 9-5 each day
(For camping and meals, $100 donation, contact us for more info rsvp)

SEED FESTIVAL

Come learn how to grow, harvest, thresh, clean seed
DATE: Sept 1st @ Meadowlark Hearth Farm, RSVP

NUTRITION CLASSES by Dr. Trina Aguirre

April 2nd. 4-5 pm in the Harms Center, Plex. Will be signs at the main entrance.
In autumn: Oct 8th , Nov 12th, and Jan 7th 2025, Email for fall info

Ancestral Skills Weekend Gathering

OCTOBER 27-29
Meadowlark Hearth Farm, Scottsbluff Nebraska
120024 Everett Drive, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, 69361

Contact meadowlarkhearth@gmail.com or call 308-631-5877 to sign up.

This is our first year with this gathering.

We invite you to join and bring your skills and learn new ones. Possible skills will include Fire making, Flint knapping, Cordage making and materials, Hide work, Willow structures, knife safety and skills and techniques for snares, etc.  Wild plant and seed gathering and processing threshing and winnowing.

Music: Bring your instruments, Threshing dances, learning the planetary scales.

Organic seed traditional small hand cleaning techniques and food growing.

Sponsored by the Living Environment Foundation, livingenvironmentfoundationne.org, and Meadowlark Hearth Farm, meadowlarkhearth.org.

2023 Classes & Events

From the 2022 Seed Festival

CLASSES meet at the farm: email us to register

Hiking in Wildcat Hills with Nathan Corymb, master naturalist, April 22,
May 13, June 10, July 22, August 12 meet at farm at 3 pm, hike lasts until 7 pm, Learning to know our wild lands that surround us. Bring water, snacks & clothing for a vigorous 4 hour hike.

Saving Seed classes @ the farm 2-3:30: biennials-Sunday, April 16, botany of vegetables, Sunday July16 See the vegetables in full bloom including carrots!

Planning your garden: Sunday Mar 26, 3 pm gather in our living room to think about your garden plans with help thinking about quantities and qualities of plants

Gardening Classes 3rd Sunday of month, April-October 3:30-5 pm @ MH farm, plus consulting when needed with Meadowlark Hearth crew, Email us for the topics we are covering. $10/per class or $50 for 8 classes

EVENTS at Meadowlark Hearth Farm

Talks with conversation by Dr Trina Aguirre, RN PhD, 3: pm @ MH farm:
  May 7: Food Driven Health
  June 3: Organic Food, why it Matters
  July 8: Eating for Health at the Cellular Level
  Aug 26: The Path of your Food Journey

May Plant Sales: each Friday of May 4:30pm-6:30 pm

Seed Festival on farm Sept 3 
Harvesting, threshing and cleaning techniques by hand
And dancing on the seed. Something for everyone, bring family and friends
(come camp before and after to enjoy Meadowlark Hearth area)

Ancestral Skills Weekend
Camping on LEF riparian wilderness area and learning new skills at Meadowlark Hearth Farm, email with questions and interest
Oct 27-Oct 29 reservations required 

All people coming to farm for classes or events must sign a safety waiver.
SPACE LIMITED REGISTER ASAP: let us know your interest!

Email meadowlarkhearth@gmail.com or call 308-631-5877

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2023 Seed Internships

Seed Internships @ Meadowlark Hearth Farmvia Meadowlark Hearth Living Environment Foundation 501c3 Location of internship: Meadowlark Hearth Farm DBA Richard Everett Farm LLC, 120024 Everett Drive Scottsbluff, Ne 69361 bcorymb@gmail.com 308-631-5877 cell, meadowlarkhearth@gmail.comSeed Website: www.meadowlarkhearth.org For educational workshops and activities at the farm Website: www.livingenvironmentfoundationne.org Positions Open:Biodynamic VEGETABLE SEED Internship With Whole Farm Approach2023 Spring … Read more

2022 Meadowlark Hearth Seed Festival, Sept 4

2022 Seedfest video & photo album
See the events of the 2022 Seed Festival in this album of videos and photos 

From Beth Corymb Everett: Our largest attended seed festival so far: approximately 42 attendees including a van load of friends from Omaha 7 hours away who camped at the farm and Verna Kragnes-Rich Hall van load from North Dakota plus a few locals from NE and CO! Click the link or image above to see a little of our efforts! Thank you Wally for sharing the vids and photos.

At the 2022 Seed Festival, we made up a new dance with lemnicates to dance on the seed and look and experience metamorphosis etc. Thank you to the Living Environment Foundation and friends who made the time to attend and help thresh the MH vegetable seed!

We hope you might consider coming next year!

9th Annual SEED FESTIVAL Sept. 5th

9th Annual Seedfest

YOUR INVITATION TO A SEED PARTY!GARDENING IS THE MOST COSMOPOLITAN ACTIVITY LINKING OURSELVES WITH THE MANY CULTURES THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES! CAMPING AVAILABLE RSVP for that arrangement HANDS ON EXPERIENCE, FAMILY FRIENDLY LEARN ABOUT THE EIGHT PLANT FAMILIES FOR ALL NORTHERN GARDENS 8:30 pm-4 pm MSTEmphasizing the cultural heritage of vegetable varieties, designed for experienced growers … Read more

2020 Seed Workshops & Schedule

REAL FOOD Integrated Seed and Veg Production Series Ongoing Classes in Fermented Vegetables, sourdough bread baking, gardening, and seed growing: Email us to request the schedule at meadolarkhearth@gmail.com 2020 workshop series* dedicated to farmers and gardeners seeking more information and practice on Seed Production and as well as seeking real food cultivation of recipes for … Read more