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We are a regenerative organic farm and permaculture learning facility outside of Lebanon Missouri. For our community, we grow nutrient dense vegetables and fruits, medicinal herbs, cut flowers, seedlings, and we raise free range organic fed chickens for market eggs. We also craft apothecary goods with wild and cultivated plants. We offer farm tours, hands-on homesteading workshops, community events and deep-dive training courses and apprenticeships on site. Visiting us, you would get to meet our goats, dogs, cats, guinea fowl and pigs also. We look forward to feed your mind, body and soul!
SHOP FRESH AND PRESERVED VEGGIES & FRUITS, BAKED GOODS, EGGS AND APOTHECARY ITEMS AT OUR FARM STAND, STARTING MARCH 2025! |
Produce CSA 2025 (May-October)
Fresh & Regenerative
What is our CSA Produce Share:
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a system by which customers enjoy weekly pickups of fresh produce throughout the growing season after paying a discounted member price before the season begins. Customers secure a weekly box of farm goodies for a number of weeks, also called a share, and save money, while the farmer is able to plan the growing and harvest processes better for freshness.
We launched our program in 2023 and in 2024 we served 33 families with weekly shares for 21 weeks between May and October.
In 2025 we are offering 12 shares, picked up once every 2 weeks, between the end of May to end of October, with produce from our farm and other local chemicals-free, regenerative, farms (including farmers we trained, are training, and/or have signed, or signing, our chemicals-free and regenerative farm practices accord). At this point, we are also limiting the number of shares we provide to up to 40 (they will be reserved fast!).
How our Produce Share CSA Works:
Our CSA shares include an assortment of vegetables picked up by the customers every two weeks. Pickups will happen at our farm, located between Camdenton and Lebanon, or at one of the local farmers' markets we attend, right after they are harvested. Pickups on the farm are on Saturdays, from 9 am to 4 pm. Pickups at the Camdenton Farmers Market are also on Saturdays from 8 am to noon. Other possible locations in Lebanon may be announced in early 2025. The exact pick-up schedule will be announced to the share holders in April - the first day for pick will be either Saturday, May the 17th or the 24th, 2025.
This year we offer only whole shares picked up every 2 weeks - they provide a good amount of produce for 2 to 4 people, depending on their love of fresh vegetables. Our farm stand is open every Saturday from April to the end of October (or longer) and share holders can choose to get additional produce at a 10% CSA member discount - the 10% discount applies to shopping with us at the Farmers' Markets also.
Our CSA offers Choice:
Our CSA model offers the freedom to choose what veggies you want to take home. This is available on the farm only! CSA members that pick up at other locations will have a premade box with an assortment - please understand we cannot make exceptions. Our harvests consist of up to twenty (20) different vegetables, according to what is in season. Share members will get 12 of these items. Items will include pre-portioned bunches for veggies such as radishes, carrots, beets, kale and chard, and pre-portioned quantities between around 1 to 2 pounds for potatoes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, beans and the likes, and more pounds when we have squashes, melons, watermelons and pumpkins. We'll be generous regardless and choosing multiples of the same item will be fine. A typical weekly whole share will include veggies to eat raw in salads, and veggies to cook, and will weigh an average of anywhere between 12 and 20 pounds. We grow mostly heirloom varieties, with regenerative, beyond organic practices, focused on nutrient density.
What we grow for the CSA shares:
Radishes, Carrots, Beets, Potatoes, Peas, Spinach, Lettuces, Cabbages, Kales, Broccoli, Micro-greens, Chard, Culinary Herbs (Parsley, Cilantro, Dill, Basil, Oregano and more), Green Onions, Garlic, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers, Zucchinis, Squashes, Onions, Beans and Flowers. We also partner with farmers that grow with the same people and earth respecting values as ours, and we may periodically have other produce available for the box such as asparagus, berries and melons.
Tentative Pick-up Schedule:
Saturdays: May 24, June 7, June 21, July 5, July 19, August 2, August 16, August 30, September 13, September 27, October 11, October 25.
2025 Share Market Fair Prices
Paid in full by December 1st, 2024 - 20% off
- $575 - 12 shares - picked up every other week between end of May and end of October - (20% off the full price of our single shares during the growing season)
Paid in full by January 15th, 2024 - 15% off - if any shares available
- $615 - 12 shares - picked up every other week between end of May and end of October - (15% off the full price of our single shares during the growing season)
Paid in full by March 1st, 2025 - 10% off - if any shares available
- $650 - 12 shares - picked up every other week between end of May and end of October - (10% off the full price of our single shares during the growing season)
Paid in full by May 1st, 2025 - if any shares available
- $720 - 12 shares - picked up every other week between end of May and end of October
All CSA Share members will also have 10% off for the entire 2025 for anything we sell on and off the farm, including additional produce, apothecary items and other farm goods from March through December.
We are committed to making our CSA as accessible as possible. We will accept SNAP/EBT and will honor the prices of the time any person using these forms of payment reach out to us. We also welcome most bartering and work-for-share arrangements.
Please understand we cannot provide refunds!
Thank you for shopping with us!
PERMACULTURE COURSE
Education Reimagined
LEVEL UP PERMACULTURE™ IS OUR TRADE MARKED APPROACH TO BRING PERMACULTURE EDUCATION TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE!
FIRST THING IS FIRST: WHAT IS PERMACULTURE?
Permaculture is a holistic-system design approach for creating and managing regenerative and sustainable human living and social spaces, as well as institutions, to have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems. Permaculture design creates spaces and socio-economic interactions that meet evolving human needs, while also maintaining the continuous health of our life sustaining ecosystems. With permaculture we can design small gardens, 1 or more acres homesteads, large scale farms, school gardens, community centers, entire neighborhoods, and even more complex agro ecological productive systems - any of these spaces would contribute to a better and more resilient life for all involved and touched by its effects. The design approach is scalable and it can be applied to business, community, and other human arrangements. In fact a complete permaculture design of a space, usually includes a business, community or even personal or family life plan. Permaculture was first presented together by an Australian scientist and systems' thinker, Bill Mollison, who combined earth and agricultural sciences with indigenous wisdoms he gathered from around the world, and patterns observed in nature. Permaculture Design courses have been taught around the world since the 1980's and have evolved to become a blueprint for resiliently thriving on planet earth. We, the team from Sun And Bloom, have been teaching, consulting and living permaculture for over a decade and believe that it should be an education all citizens of the world have. We are here to make it happen.
LEVEL UP PERMACULTURE™
OUR NEW 2024 ONLINE PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE THAT IS UNIQUE IN THE REGENERATIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING REALM. HERE IS HOW:
- You can choose your level of participation and upgrade anytime from Free to Donation Based, Full Content or Design Certification. All 20 main course presentations are 2 hours long.
- You can choose to design and launch your permaculture business, design your land, join another participant's project, just grow your wisdom, expand your network and community, or all of the above.
- You can choose to get broad exposure in the community as a regenerative systems thinker and designer via our reach.
- You can choose to be paid for your creativity and hard work - best project designs will be voted by the course community for cash prizes!
LEVEL UP PERMACULTURE™ SCHEDULE
See the Detailed schedule with the course themes and topics in the 2nd picture of this product page.
LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT
LEVEL UP PERMACULTURE™ COURSE LEVEL:
FREE (register before 3/5/25)
Goals:
- To give you an awareness and better understanding of Permaculture and Permaculture Design.
What you Get at the FREE LEVEL:
- 48 hours access to each of the 20, 2 hour, Webinar Sessions + the course public final presentations.
- Weekly reminders with links to the Webinar Sessions viewing locations on multiple social platforms.
- Optional access to other free resources, live courses, webinars and related community communications.
- Opportunity to upgrade to a higher course level anytime before June 21st, 2025.
LEVEL UP PERMACULTURE™ COURSE LEVEL:
DONATION BASED (starts at $37) ($77 AFTER 3/5/25)
Goals:
- All from the Free Course Level + opportunities to reflect on and study further the topics presented in each Live Session.
What you get at the DONATION BASED LEVEL:
- Everything from the Free Course Level.
- Unlimited LifeTime Access to the Private Facebook Group for this Course (includes higher levels participants).
- Unlimited LifeTime Access to the Recordings of the 20 Webinar Sessions and public final presentations.
- Unlimited LifeTime Access to 1 additional educational resource for each Live Webinar Session (20 resources).
- Opportunity to see all the presentations of the Certification Course Level participants and vote for the best.
LEVEL UP PERMACULTURE™ COURSE LEVEL:
FULL CONTENT ($247) ($297 AFTER 3/5/25)
Goals:
- All from the Donation Based Course Level + the resources for a deep dive study of Permaculture and Permaculture Design.
What you get at the FULL CONTENT LEVEL:
- Everything from the Donation Based Course Level.
- Unlimited LifeTime Access to one additional 1 hour Recorded Live Q&A for each Live Sessions (20 additional hours)
- Unlimited LifeTime Access to one additional 1 hour Recorded Design Group Mentorship every 2 weeks (10 additional hours)
- Unlimited LifeTime Access to a full course worth of resources for each topic covered, including multiple from each of the following categories: list of links, videos, audios, articles, free courses, research based guide and fact sheets, book chapters and full books - you will receive access to a new folder with these resources after each session!
LEVEL UP PERMACULTURE™ COURSE LEVEL:
DESIGN CERTIFICATION ($497) ($597 AFTER 9/4/2024) (SPOTS ARE LIMITED)
Goals:
- All from the Full Content Course Level + our professional and community support for you to complete a certification + the opportunity to win a cash prize for your project presentation!
What you get at the DESIGN CERTIFICATION LEVEL:
- Everything from the Full Content Course Level
- Chat, Audio and Video Access to 20 1hour Live Q&A for each session (20 additional hours) (recordings included)
- Chat, Audio and Video Access to 10 1hour Live Design Group Mentorship every 2 weeks (10 additional hours) (recordings included)
- Access to private Course Platform to pose questions at anytime during the course and get answers from the course instructors via weekly 1 hour Live Q&A and anytime on the Course Platform by the Certification Course Level Community (unlimited Design Certification Course Level Community support during the course)
- 1 hour per month of additional 1-on-1 mentorship and consulting from the course instructors between March and August 2025 period to help you complete your project design and presentation (3 additional hours) (they do not compound, you must use the 30 minutes each month)
- Opportunity to present your project design publicly to our entire network or just the paying course participants community, and get it voted by the paying course participant community to win a cash prize. The cash prize is 10% of the total revenue gathered from the Design Certification Course Level participants' registration fee of $597. You can also opt out of participating in winning the cash prize. To get certified you will have to present your project to the paying Course Level community, including the Donation Based, Full Content and Design Certification levels, but can choose to also share it publicly - in case you are not able to do it during the week of presentations, in August 2025, you will have to do it during one of the next round of Certification Presentations in 2026 or beyond. See other details below.
- Priority registration and 15% off any of our future online or in person courses.
- 79 hours of education and interaction! 36 hours of Presentations, 20 hours Live Q&A after each Presentation, , 14 hours of Design Group Mentorship, 6 hours of 1 on 1 mentorship, 1 hour presenting to the community, 2 hours of community acknowledgements & celebrations.
LEVEL UP PERMACULTURE™ COURSE LOGISTICS, DISCLAIMERS, RULES:
- WHEN YOU REGISTER FOR THE COURSE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ALL OF ITS LOGISTICS, DISCLAIMERS AND RULES!
- We invite you to make this course an opportunity to improve your life and the life of those you cared about, while also making the world a better world. We invite you to bring your best attitude, intentions and positive communication to this course - in fact we will share a lot of resources on what that can look like and its benefits. There are infinite possibilities for growth with the wisdom shared in the course content and with the course community.
- The Course will have a designated public Facebook Page open to all, where all the Live Webinar Sessions, other announcements and resources, as well as the final public project presentations will be shared - this is a space solely used for this purpose and no other - comments will be open and monitored for course related communication that is humane, courteous, respectful and positive (unfortunately, users with any other communication will be blocked from commenting) (additional details will be posted on the page)
- The Course paying participants will have access to a designated private Facebook Group, where all the recordings of the Live Webinar Sessions and PDF presentations will live as well as other course announcements, resources and conversations - this is a space solely used for this purpose and no other - comments will be open and monitored for course related communication that is humane, courteous, respectful and positive (unfortunately, users with any other communication will be blocked from commenting) (additional details will be posted on the group)
- Anyone can upgrade to the next level up anytime. All the past promised recordings and resources will be available to them after upgrading. However, if you upgrade to the Design Certificate any time after any of the Live Webinar Sessions, you will loose access to getting Live or priority Written answers to questions related to Live Webinar Sessions topics you missed, as well as the 1-on-1 mentorship.
- For Certification: you must complete a master conceptual design, accompanied by a rationale and details report, and perform a presentation in front of your peers or the public (you can choose to present only to your peers and not opt in for the voting). You will also have to provide feedback to at least one other project proposals or final project presentations. Please note that we are not looking for perfection, we do have a certification 100 points standard on what the design, report and presentation must contain, and that information will be available as early as October 1st 2024. You must achieve a minimum of 80 out of 100 points for the certification. Teams can also form and produce one project design, report and presentation and all can get certified - they all need to be registered to the Design Certificate Course Level.
- For the cash prize: you must do everything for the certification. You must announce your intention to go for the cash price as early as October 1st 2024 and as late as December 31st 2024. You also must use a specific free app for the design and one specific free app for the presentation, and you will need a google account to use them. If you already have a Permaculture Design Certification, you will have to share that with the paying course community when you announce your intention to run for the cash prize. Teams can also form from the Design Certification Course Level to enter to be voted for the cash prize, the cash prize will remain the same, 10% off the revenue gathered from the registration fee of the Design Certification Level Participants of $497 each, and team members will have to decide which individual will receive the prize to split it how the team sees fit. All Design Certification Course Level participants will know what the revenue gathered is by the number of participants in the private Course Platform. The voting community will be comprised of the Donation Based, Full Content and Design Certificate course community, will have 1 vote per participant and will vote for one project only on February 22nd, 2025 between 7 am and 2 pm CST. All votes will be live on the Facebook Group.
- Due to the course format, we do not offer refunds at any time, unless the unlikely event that course is cancelled.
JOIN THE LEARNING CONDUCIVE TO A RESILIENTLY THRIVING ON PLANET EARTH!
Healing Salve - Cooling
Our Brand New Salve
A handcrafted salve to help alleviate hot and burning skin conditions like hives, rashes, eczema and burns. Ideal also for lymphatic massage and fluid movement within the body. This cool salve contains olive oil, beeswax, wild harvested Violet leaf and Plantain.
Price: $15 + shipping (can be picked up on our farm also)
Size: 2 oz
Sourcing:
Herbs/plants: Sun And Bloom Farms - Missouri
Beeswax: Sun And Bloom Farms - Missouri (cared for naturally with treatment free methods)
Olive oil: Temecula Olive Oil Company - our Southern California friends
Healing Salve - Blessed Bee
Our Original Salve
A luscious combination of olive oil, beeswax, Plantain, Comfrey, Calendula, Yarrow and St. John’s Wort. This is our favorite tool for daily face and body skin care. Olive oil hydrates skin while beeswax gives a protective barrier to moisture loss and prevents dryness. The blend of herbs rebuilds skin cells, disinfects, and heals scars, abrasions, and scabs. Also effective on eczema, calluses, extreme dryness/peeling, sunburns and acne. It’s a beautiful powerhouse!
Price: $15 + shipping (can be picked up on our farm also)
Size: 2 oz
Sourcing:
Herbs/plants: Sun And Bloom Farms - Missouri
Beeswax: Sun And Bloom Farms - Missouri (cared for naturally with treatment free methods)
Olive oil: Temecula Olive Oil Company - our Southern California friends