Join two local Jewish Farmers, Anna and Noah, to explore the question: How do we connect with the seeds of our ancestors? Noah and Anna will share about their experiences growing the ancient Quishuim (cucumber melon) as a part of the Jewish Seed Project, and through text study, reflection, and hands-on interaction with plants and fruits, they will facilitate an open space for exploring this question. Come ready to taste new fruits, new ideas and new connections.

Anna Pierce-Slive was deeply changed by working the earth over 12 years ago and hasn't stopped since. She has gotten her hands dirty as the Garden Manager at the Esalen Institute’s Farm & Garden, was an apprentice and then assistant teacher at the University of California's Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems and was most recently the farm manager at Haley House’s Thornton Street Farm in Boston for many years. Anna is the co-owner and co-founder of Revival Road Farm with her partner Siedric White. Revival Road Farm is a diversified, reparative agricultural enterprise that strives to re-awaken soil health, connection of people with earth and revive joy and celebration on the land.

Noah Weinberg is an educator, song leader, and farmer and serves as the Jewish Farmer Educator at Gann Academy. Noah grew up outside Chicago in a family of Jewish educators and came to Boston to attend Tufts University. Noah has refined his craft as a Jewish earth-based educator with a range of leading innovative Jewish organizations including Eden Village Camp, Adamah, and Kibbutz Lotan. Noah also serves as a member of the spiritual leadership team of Temple Beth Zion (TBZ) in Brookline, MA, bringing people together in songful prayer. Noah lives in Jamaica Plain where he can often be found wandering among the trees in the Arnold Arboretum.