Spring Wind

Spring Wind Farm

We farm just outside of Northfield, Minnesota, where our vegetables and animals thrive in the sun, wind, and rain. Sustainable, chemical-free practices are central to our values as farmers. Vegetables are at the core of our operation, but we love the diversity of life on a farm, so we also raise chickens, pigs, and honeybees. We value education, emphasizing experiential learning for all ages. Our produce is available through our CSA or at the Riverwalk Farmers Market in downtown Northfield. We are learning and growing, and we welcome new ideas, members, and friends… we love visitors, so come by anytime!

The Thought of Something Else

1.
A spring wind blowing
the smell of the ground
through the intersections of traffic,
the mind turns, seeks a new
nativity—another place,
simpler, less weighted
by what has already been.

Another place!
it's enough to grieve me—
that old dream of going,
of becoming a better man
just by getting up and going
to a better place.

2.
The mystery. The old
unaccountable unfolding.
The iron trees in the park
suddenly remember forests.
It becomes possible to think of going

3.
—a place where thought
can take its shape
as quietly in the mind
as water in a pitcher,
or a man can be
safely without thought
—see the day begin
and lean back,
a simple wakefulness filling
perfectly
the spaces among the leaves.

-Wendell Berry