Tag: Happy Farm
Choosing Another Path
By Zoé Moulin
I am living in Plum Village as a long-term lay friend for almost two years. My idea with Choosing Another Path was...
Learning to Love Myself in Plum Village
Click here to read Mick’s reflection on serving the Happy Farm and Plum Village for several years.
Q: How have you transformed at Plum Village?
Considering...
Engaging with Environmentalism
Q: How did you know that the monastic path is for you?
Sister Luc Nghiem (LN): I heard about Plum Village in a newspaper...
Serving Happy Farm and Plum Village
December 6, 2018 in New Hamlet
Q: Why did you stay for three years in Plum
Village? Did you know in the beginning you’d stay that...
Making the “Happy Farmers” Movie
A Director’s Confession
During the summer of 2016, I came to Plum Village Happy Farm during the Wake Up retreat for the third time, and...
Lower Hamlet Happy Farm
The Lower Hamlet Happy Farm brings ecological farming and the Plum Village mindfulness practice together. A team of five long-term friends works on this...
Happy Farmers Change The World
By Mick McEvoy
“Happy Farmers will change the world.” So reads Thay’s calligraphy.
Farming employs over 1.3 billion people throughout the world or close to 40...
From Crisis to Transformation
In the spring of 2015, I received a sign of magic. I came across Thich Nhat Hanh’s writings and while listening to one of...
Spending a Year in Plum Village
Christine from Wake Up Chicago chats with Nigel Armstrong, a concert violinist, about the year he spent as a Happy Farmer in Upper Hamlet...
Inspiration, Appreciation and Nourishment
by Michiel de Koning
A "Bedtime" Story
Plum Village, March 2015 – Waking up at two o'clock at night. Why is my alarm beeping? Putting on...
The Growth of Happy Farm
Fresh red, yellow, and purple tomatoes, beautiful salad greens, and pumpkins are just some of the delicious vegetables delivered to residents and retreatants at...
Happy Farm in Lower Hamlet
The Happy Farm Lower Hamlet is a small organic vegetable farm located on one of the monastic sisters' ground in Plum Village. It brings...
Deeper Connection with Myself
Phil, who joined the Plum Village Happy Farm last year, reflects on the 2013-2014 Winter Retreat in Plum Village.
Letting Go of Expectations Relieve Suffering
In the...
Permaculture in the Heart
Wake Up Permaculture retreat in Plum Village
"We give thanks to the earth, for the food she brings" – twenty young voices sing as they...
Happy Farm
An Interview with Stuart Watson
How did you get involved in the Happy Farm?
I had been growing organic vegetables in Upper Hamlet for a few...