Today we were to be together in Grand Rapids. We spent significant time in February planning everything we would do today - from the venu...

The news these past weeks has been that oil prices are negative as demand worldwide plummets from humans everywhere staying at home and c...

While we are at home, things are happening out in the world. Some of the most hopeful are the reduction of pollution and return of wildli...

It occurs to me that many of you who read this blog have taken part in protests. Perhaps that's why the story and updates of the Four Nec...

People are asking, more and more, if there are any updates about our trial date given the pandemic. To be honest, it is somewhere in the ...

All of the Four Necessity Valve Turners, and most of the support team, tend a garden or a farm in one way or another. Whether you live in...

On this day, it is a wonder to think that we are living through this time where people are choosing to put health over profit. Long the m...

Do you find yourself with more time to read these days? Here's a rundown of articles (mostly featured on our facebook page during the las...

As untrusting as I am of March weather, in my part of the Midwest we are seeing what looks like May weather. I'm scratching my head a lit...

Back in the fall, Geez Magazine featured a piece by Brenna Cussen Anglada on the Four Necessity Valve Turners in their Fall Climate Justi...

"There’s hope in the world when lots of people are working to protect our relationship with the earth and to try to live in right relatio...

Hi friends, it's been a little while. We are so grateful for your support and care over the last year. On February 4th, we were again tog...

Friday was a global climate strike. Did you take action? There's still time, all this week and into the future. Many of us did, each acco...

These last few months have found me tending my garden, putting lots of miles on my running shoes, and spending many hours at the Winona C...

I spent the last week with 15 high school and 7 college students at the Loras College Peace Institute, learning together about the myriad...

In Wisconsin, I am in the full swing of summer on a farm. Things that I find myself doing include washing clothes by hand, taking care of...

Since only one of the Valve Turners has a Facebook account, most of you have been interacting with me through all of the content on the F...

My life on the farm has been active and gratifying these summer months, as we install a permanent fencing paddock network for our rotatio...

I'm Maria, the human delivering these website updates to your inbox. When I'm not tinkering with the website, I'm usually growing organic...