Hot Missoury, The Violet Lockets, and Creek Stink played at The Harvest House in Springfield this past Saturday. Harvest House Creation Space is now just over one year old and has hosted a number of events from house shows to sewing workshops. About ten East Winders drove through a heavy…
The 67th annual (previously biannual) Federation of Egalitarian Communities (FEC) assembly was hosted by East Wind this year. In 1977, the very first FEC Assembly was held on East Wind’s land and forty years later both institutions stand as a testament to the durability of income-sharing and communal living. In…
This article is an amalgamation of interviews with current dairy managers Liuda and Ish as well as the author’s own experience milking cows three times a week for the past year at East Wind. In the past ten years the ever changing cultural landscape of East Wind has been shifting…
Responsibly managing one thousand acres of land is a big task that requires a community sized effort to do well. Winter is the key time for big forestry and ranch maintenance projects. Last week a controlled burn was executed on two areas, about one acre in total. The day was…