Summer Update: DianeThese 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...
Summer Update: BrennaI spent the last week with 15 high school and 7 college students at the Loras College Peace Institute, learning together about the myriad...
Summer Update: AllysonIn 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...
Summer Update: LydiaSince 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...
Summer Update: DanielMy life on the farm has been active and gratifying these summer months, as we install a permanent fencing paddock network for our rotatio...
Summer Update: MariaI'm Maria, the human delivering these website updates to your inbox. When I'm not tinkering with the website, I'm usually growing organic...
Update: Contested Omnibus HearingOn May 8th, the Four Necessity Valve Turners appeared in Itasca County Court in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to give testimony to support the...
Necessity Defense at Tomorrow's HearingEarlier this week we received word that the "contested omnibus hearing" scheduled for tomorrow, May 8th, at 2 pm, was scheduled as such b...
Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries features Allyson!Allyson Polman, one of the Four Necessity Valve Turners, recently had the opportunity to visit California and speak several times. One of...
Brenna Speaks on Viroqua RadioInterested to hear more from the Valve Turners? You can tune into Viroqua, Wisconsin radio to hear the story of Brenna Cussen-Anglada, on...
Proposed New ChargeMichelle, Brenna, Allyson, and Daniel each have one additional felony charge proposed to be added to their current misdemeanor and felony...
Victory for Necessity Defense!The 2016 Valve Turners cases are largely wrapped up, but Ken Ward, a dedicated climate activist, is still appealing his case. The most re...
Permaculture and ActivismLast week Allyson, Daniel, and Diane talked to an audience in Minneapolis about how permaculture principles rooted their activism as Four...
Valve Turner's View: Action taken 'in the face of extinction'Michele Naar-Obed, one of the Four Necessity Valve Turners, recently wrote an Op Ed published in the Duluth News Tribune. The full text i...
Omnibus Hearing Court ReportToday, the Four Necessity Valve Turners had their omnibus hearing in Grand Rapids. This was a very short appearance where Allyson, Brenna...
Four Necessity in Minneapolis, Part IIAre you or someone you know in Minneapolis next week? Following their court hearing in Grand Rapids one week from today, the Four Necessi...
Donation & Fundraising UpdateLet's begin this post with a big "THANK YOU" to everyone who has given money to support the Four Necessity Valve Turners to date. We've r...
Four Necessity in Minneapolis, Part ITwo weeks from today, on Wednesday, March 27th, the Four Necessity Valve Turners will be speaking at the First Universalist Church (3400 ...
Dinner with the Four Necessity Valve TurnersJoin a panel conversation with all Four Necessity Valve Turners (Michele Naar-Obed, Brenna Cussen-Anglada, Daniel Yildirim, and Allyson P...
Valve Turners & Plowshares Activists in Des MoinesAre you in or around Des Moines, and curious to hear more about the Four Necessity Valve Turners and the tradition of non-violent civil d...