Feb. 19, 2024
What is Green Burial?
Shedd Farley and Dustin Duve from Natural Path Sanctuary along with Melissa Theisen from Gunderson Funeral & Cremation Care will be here to discuss green burial options. Learn about Natural Path Sanctuary, Verona, a nature preserve burial ground also known as a green cemetery. The first cemetery in Dane County that exclusively follows natural/green burial practices offering natural and traditional alternative to modern-day burials.
1/16/24
Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) Winter Burial Workshop
How does the amazing NPS staff prepare for winter burials?
During the winter season, when the snow blankets the Sanctuary and the cold winds blow, how do we ensure a safe winter burial?
Come join us as we demonstrate the process during a mock winter burial by the NPS staff. We will show you how a body is shrouded*, transported to the burial site and lowered into the ground. We will talk about some of the challenges the weather poses and the measures taken to make a winter burial as smooth as possible to provide a peaceful resting place for your loved ones even during the coldest Wisconsin winters.
Please RSVP to programs@farleycenter.org
*shroud demonstration by Funeral Director Brenda Prorok of Ryan Funeral Home
10-16-23
Please join Farley Center Farm Manager Seth Riley and Cemeterian Dustin Duve and other volunteers for a day working outside on the farm and in the Natural Path Sanctuary. Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) is the lead volunteer organization for the day.
There will be a variety of outdoor tasks so dress for the weather and bring work gloves and water bottles.
Meet at the Center at 12:55 a.m. at the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA) near the red packing shed.
Farley Center Supervisors:
Farley Center Farm Manager Seth Riley
Natural Path Sanctuary Cemeterian Dustin Duve
Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) Volunteer Group Leader:
Barry Tebon/Telephone and Data Systems (TDS)
If you have any questions, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.
October 18, 2023
SouthWest Wisconsin Area Progressives, (SWWAP) and 350 Wisconsin and the Farley Center invites you to a FREE screening of The Ants & The Grasshopper, a full-length documentary shedding light on an amazing woman’s quest to save the world.
Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real.
Traveling from Malawi to California to the White House, she meets climate skeptics and despairing farmers. Her journey takes her across all the divisions shaping the US, from the rural-urban divide, to schisms of race, class and gender, to the thinking that allows Americans to believe we live on a different planet from everyone else. It will take all her skill and experience to persuade us that we’re all in this together.
This documentary, ten years in the making, weaves together the most urgent themes of our times: climate change, gender and racial inequality, the gaps between the rich and the poor, and the ideas that groups around the world have generated in order to save the planet.
WHAT: The Ants & The Grasshopper, followed by discussion and Q&A with members of the Agriculture Policy and Practices Team
WHEN: Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 7pm
WHERE: Mount Horeb Community Center, 107 N. Grove Street
Mount Horeb, WI 53572 See less See less
Aug. 22, 2023
Aug.17, 2023
Come learn about Natural Path Sanctuary, the first cemetery in Dane County to exclusively follow natural & green burial practices.
Melissa Theisen is joined by Shedd Farley and Dustin Duve to discuss natural and traditional alternatives to modern-day burials
Aug. 28, 2023
Come learn about Natural Path Sanctuary, the first cemetery in Dane County to exclusively follow natural & green burial practices.
Melissa Theisen is joined by Shedd Farley and Dustin Duve to discuss natural and traditional alternatives to modern-day burials
Aug. 7, 2023
Come learn about Natural Path Sanctuary, the first cemetery in Dane County to exclusively follow natural & green burial practices.
Melissa Theisen is joined by Shedd Farley and Dustin Duve to discuss natural and traditional alternatives to modern-day burials
Aug. 9, 2023
Join Advance Planning Specialist, Melissa Theisen, as she guides you through the basics of funeral planning to provide you and your family with peace of mind
7-17-23
Please join Director Shedd Farley and the F.H. Students for Sustainable Agriculture for a day of outdoor work at the Farley Center from 4:00-6:00.
Meet at the Center at 3:55 a.m. at the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA) near the red packing shed.
Please dress for outdoor weather and bring work gloves and water bottles.
SITE SUPERVISOR(S)
Farley Center
Director Shedd Farley
www.farleycenter.org
F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture
Education Director Margo Butler
https://fhking.wixsite.com/fhking/handouts
If you have any questions, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.