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How will you keep your kids busy this summer vacation?
Bovine Grace - Squash Blossom Farm to host 2nd Annual Cow Puja Sunday
Mon, Sep 24th, 2012
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Chances are, you won’t find a happier home for cattle than at Squash Blossom Farm. Those who believe in rebirth may view reincarnation as a calf at the farm east of Douglas to be an existence to aspire to.
“Cows play so many roles on the farm,” said Squash Blossom farmer Susan Waughtal, explaining why she sings to her cows every morning during milking and thanks them in the evening. “In addition to being our companions, they mow the lawn, fertilize the garden, they give us milk.”
On Sunday, Squash Blossom Farm will hold their second annual Cow Puja, an event in which the farm’s five cattle will be adorned with garlands of flowers, colorfully painted and decorated, blessed and prayed over, and spoiled with platters of food and molasses “cow cookies.”
Donations for the cookies will be accepted to benefit Heifer International, an organization that provides livestock to people in developing nations.
Last summer, the event began when interns at the farm proposed the idea of having a puja to give thanks to the animals, something they had seen many times in their travels in India.
“They milked the cows every day and grew fond of them, they said ‘why don’t we have a puja to honor them’,” Waughtal recalls.
The cows, humans, and other animals, will together enjoy an afternoon of music, art, and good food.
The Nodding Wild Onions will play a set featuring Phil Wheeler’s rendition of “Cow-leluiah” set to the tune of a Leonard Cohen song by a similar name. Squash Blossom co-farmer Roger Nelson will perform with his band, The Volunteer Tomatoes. River Falls singer-songwriter Sue West will play a set on the eve of the release of her new album.
Johnny Mango will cater the event using many ingredients grown in the gardens of Squash Blossom Farm.
Waughtal, an artist with many public pieces on display around Rochester, maintains a studio and shop on the farm. On Sunday, many other area artists will also offer their creations to puja attendees. Among the offerings will be wares made by artisans around the world and imported through fair-trade practices by Kim Hammer, owner of SUTRA global by design.
Simply getting out into the country and raising awareness of a local food system is another reason that Waughtal encourages people to come out to the farm that she and Roger have lived on since 2008.
“We’re so lucky to be on this farm. Not a lot of people get out to farms like the one your grandparents lived on,” Waughtal said. “It’s a good educational piece to know where your food comes from, though unfortunately most food doesn’t come from a place like this.”
For more information, please visit: www.squashblossomfarm.org
Heifer International: www.heifer.org
Squash Blossom Farm is located at 7499 60th Avenue NW outside of Douglas, MN.
“Cows play so many roles on the farm,” said Squash Blossom farmer Susan Waughtal, explaining why she sings to her cows every morning during milking and thanks them in the evening. “In addition to being our companions, they mow the lawn, fertilize the garden, they give us milk.”
On Sunday, Squash Blossom Farm will hold their second annual Cow Puja, an event in which the farm’s five cattle will be adorned with garlands of flowers, colorfully painted and decorated, blessed and prayed over, and spoiled with platters of food and molasses “cow cookies.”
Donations for the cookies will be accepted to benefit Heifer International, an organization that provides livestock to people in developing nations.
Last summer, the event began when interns at the farm proposed the idea of having a puja to give thanks to the animals, something they had seen many times in their travels in India.
“They milked the cows every day and grew fond of them, they said ‘why don’t we have a puja to honor them’,” Waughtal recalls.
The cows, humans, and other animals, will together enjoy an afternoon of music, art, and good food.
The Nodding Wild Onions will play a set featuring Phil Wheeler’s rendition of “Cow-leluiah” set to the tune of a Leonard Cohen song by a similar name. Squash Blossom co-farmer Roger Nelson will perform with his band, The Volunteer Tomatoes. River Falls singer-songwriter Sue West will play a set on the eve of the release of her new album.
Johnny Mango will cater the event using many ingredients grown in the gardens of Squash Blossom Farm.
Waughtal, an artist with many public pieces on display around Rochester, maintains a studio and shop on the farm. On Sunday, many other area artists will also offer their creations to puja attendees. Among the offerings will be wares made by artisans around the world and imported through fair-trade practices by Kim Hammer, owner of SUTRA global by design.
Simply getting out into the country and raising awareness of a local food system is another reason that Waughtal encourages people to come out to the farm that she and Roger have lived on since 2008.
“We’re so lucky to be on this farm. Not a lot of people get out to farms like the one your grandparents lived on,” Waughtal said. “It’s a good educational piece to know where your food comes from, though unfortunately most food doesn’t come from a place like this.”
For more information, please visit: www.squashblossomfarm.org
Heifer International: www.heifer.org
Squash Blossom Farm is located at 7499 60th Avenue NW outside of Douglas, MN.
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