Episode #5 | Rachel Field
Brave Heart
Heartberry Hollow Farm Stays & Retreats, Subsistence Farmer,
Forester, Episcopal Priest
At first glance, being a priest and a farmer may not seem like a life on the edge. Until you hear how our Episode 5 guest, Rachel Field does it! Rachel walks us through what it’s like to inhabit two roles that, for millennia, were primarily controlled by men. Hear where compassion and courage can call us, and where deep empathy and connection with nature can lead.
If you practice a traditional religion, you’ll be encouraged in your practice. If you find your spirituality in nature, you’ll be encouraged in your path. If you look to connection with your fellow humans across time and generations, you’ll be encouraged in your pursuits. Rachel helps open us to new understandings and tools to look for wisdom.
Most of all, we take on realities so largely invisible to most of us in this country, but so shockingly vivid in other crisis-torn parts of our world - our very real dependence on food, and what can happen to our souls when we reconnect most honestly with that physical dimension of life. Find rest, connection, compassion and a bigger world, in Episode 5.
Resources
Yale Divinity and Forestry - https://healfoodalliance.org/key-takeaways-from-the-latest-usda-census-of-agriculture/#:~:text=Although%20Black%20land%20ownership%20increased%20in%20the,without%20a%20formal%20property%20title%20or%20will)
EarthWise Farm and Forestry - https://www.earthwisefarmandforest.com/
Lisa McCrory - https://www.earthwisefarmandforest.com/lisa-mccrory-consulting
Spirit Dinners, links to Rachel's other practices - https://www.facebook.com/HeartberryHollow/
Abenaki Territory (VT) - https://abenakination.com/missisquoi-history
Robin Wall Kimmerer - https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/
St. Mary's Episcopal Church Northfield VT - https://stmarysnorthfield.org/
Michaelmas - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Michaelmas
LEED environmental certification - https://www.usgbc.org/leed
Episcopal divestment from fossil fuels - https://www.episcopalchurch.org/publicaffairs/episcopal-churchs-corporate-body-fully-divests-from-fossil-fuel investments/#:~:text=Episcopal%20Church's%20corporate%20body%20fully%20divests%20from%20fossil%20fuel%20investments,-December%2011%2C%202024&text=Fulfilling%20a%20directive%20from%20The,divested%20from%20fossil%20fuel%20investments.
Chronicles of Narnia; Christian symbolism of Aslan -
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/themes/christian-allegory
Spell of the Sensuous; by David Abram - https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-spell-of-the-sensuous-perception-and-language-in-a-more-than-human-world-david-abram/6730793?ean=9780679776390&next=t
The Smell of Rain on Dust; by Martín Prechtel - https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-smell-of-rain-on-dust-grief-and-praise-martin-prechtel/580429?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=dsa_nonbrand&utm_content={adgroupname}&utm_term=aud-1187518993648:dsa-19959388920&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=12440232635&gbraid=0AAAAACfld40qfG_Sb18XncQqeZEzCfPJn&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1JjDBhDjARIsABlM2StRzJlI6f3lAm3fNnpwmtaelfE1AOWrxHy94PjGT_sW8I1eSs15hnEaAhdlEALw_wcB
Negative isotopes near the ocean, effect of mental health - https://www.healthline.com/health/negative-ions
The sound of grazing animals is calling to the human nervous system - https://socialwork.nyu.edu/news/2024/cow-cuddling-shows-promise-for-therapy.html '
Indigenous influence on regenerative farming - https://nfu.org/2020/10/12/the-indigenous-origins-of-regenerative-agriculture/