Hawthorne Valley Association Inc

The visiting students program has intern and counselor positions for young adults to work with students from urban and suburban schools, grades 3 through 12, who come to farm during the school year to work with animals alongside the farmers.

Research and other: this program is comprised of the following sub programs:- center for social research: strives to promote social health by supporting freedom and choice in cultural life, equality and democracy in political life, and associative cooperation in economic life;- farmscape ecology: a participatory research and outreach program that fosters compassion for the ecological and cultural landscape of columbia county, new york;- long table harvest: gleans produce from area farms for distribution to food pantries;- light forms: an art center offering public presentations, exhibitions, installations, workshops, and performances, an artist-in-residence program, publications, and a small gift shop-alkion publications: publishes and distributes books grounded in the path of inner development outlined by rudolf steiner-net positive: a program that a) contributes more to the natural world and its inhabitants than it extracts, b) harmonizes social, economic, and environmental needs, and c) formalizes and embeds these commitments in every aspect of the association. The association's efforts will address carbon reduction, ecosystem stewardship, and climate risk mitigation at an organizational level and will also help cultivate the profound internal resilience required to navigate a dizzying confluence of social and climatic challenges with optimism and strength.

Store, farm, and dairy operations: the association operates an organic/natural foods and grocery store that is open to the public along with a biodynamic farm and dairy operation at its location in ghent, ny. Turose, a gift and school supply store, is also operated by the organization at their main campus in ghent, ny.