Articles About Agraria

• Annual Black Farming Conference to return

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 26, 2024

  

  The annual Black Farming Conference returns this year on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28 — this time in a new location.

• Growing local at Finca Taína

  By YS News StaffSeptember 6, 2024

  

  Local resident Amanda Duprey Hernandez has begun farming a new plot at the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice thanks to grants from two nonprofits, Hall Hunger Initiative and the Yellow Springs Community Foundation.

• Agraria breaks ground on Mary’s Way

  By Lauren ShowsApril 23, 2024

  

  The Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice announced this week that the local nonprofit is moving ahead with Mary’s Way — a project more than four years in the making.

• After Council, life goes on for Marianne MacQueen

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 31, 2024

  

  Since Village Council reconvened in 2024 without Marianne MacQueen, the lifelong Yellow Springs resident has spent her January days looking back and looking ahead — even beyond her new aquamarine workplace.

• 2023 In Review | Top Stories

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 1, 2024

  

  A fire erupted at Hawthorne Apartments, displacing 11 families and single tenants. Village Manager Salmerón resigned. Construction on a 90-home subdivision has begun. All told, 2023 was a big year for Yellow Springs.

• Agraria reopens, moves forward

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 21, 2023

  

  In the six months since operations were suspended at the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice, the 138-acre educational farm has been quieter than it had been previously — but not silent.

• Agraria Update | Executive Director Jennings, Board Treasurer Sidwell resign

  By YS News StaffMay 3, 2023

  

  On Monday, April 24, the Board of Trustees of the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice released a media statement updating the public on the status of the nonprofit’s temporary closure.

• Yellow Springs nonprofit Agraria announces furloughs, hiatus

  By YS News StaffFebruary 23, 2023

  Yellow Springs nonprofit and educational farm Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice has announced a hiatus of its operations and programs effective Thursday, Feb. 16., and all employees — about 30 — have been put on a three-month furlough.

• Miami Township to pursue MTFR levy

  By Reilly DixonJune 21, 2022

  

  At the Miami Township Trustees’ regular meeting on Monday, June 6, Trustee Chair Chris Mucher said the financial needs of the township’s fire department and emergency medical services have risen significantly in recent years.

• Dogwood Festival to celebrate spring, community

  By Lauren ShowsMay 27, 2022

  

  The center’s first Dogwood Festival is slated for Saturday, May 28, 2–10 p.m., at the Agraria Farm. The event, which organizers plan to make annual, will feature activities throughout the afternoon and into the evening, including tours, a scavenger hunt, lawn games, music, a bonfire, a barn dance and more.