Laughing Dog Farm’s Permaculture Journey with Danny Botkin.

Join us at the Greenfield Public Library on Wednesday, April 8 at 6:00 pm for “Laughing Dog Farm’s Permaculture Journey” with Danny Botkin.

Farmer, teacher, and (retired) social worker, Danny Botkin, will show slides, tell stories, and
share insights from 30+ years growing food by hand, raising dairy goats, while stewarding the
land and mentoring youth on a sunny hilltop, once part of of a notorious, Franklin County
Commune. Botkin’s presentation will include the mercurial history of Laughing Dog Farm, a small, diversified, permaculture-inspired homestead, dedicated today, as much to healing and
inspiration, as to “heirloom” cultivation and nutrient-dense produce.

Danny’s talk will include several practical ideas, (and secrets!) to give the landless and/or
uninitiated grower a leg up, whether in a suburban backyard, an urban lot or even on a
Windowsill!

“Laughing Dog’s” presentation concludes with the uplifting tale of their recent, five year loss of
health, home and homestead, only to return (with the help of family, friends and community)
reclaim, and rebuild all three!