tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6978822512832821432024-03-13T06:10:35.327-07:00Milkweed Mercantile SeminarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697882251283282143.post-56514214164616753192015-05-15T09:53:00.000-07:002015-08-26T11:24:00.213-07:00Construction Work Exchanger Needed at Milkweed Mercantile Eco Inn at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage <b>Milkweed Mercantile</b> <b>Construction Work Exchange</b><br />
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POSITION CLOSED FOR 2015. KEEP US IN MIND FOR 2016!<br />
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Here's
your opportunity to spend the summer at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage while
learning about sustainablility and honing your cooking/building/life
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Become an integral part of the<a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/" target="_blank"> Milkweed Mercantile</a>, a strawbale, solar & wind-powered Eco Inn and Organic Café located at <a href="http://www.dancingrabbit.org/" target="_blank">Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage</a>.
You will have a huge impact upon the lives of our guests, plus have the
opportunity to learn more about sustainable living and, of course,
yourself. Guests often tell us that we have changed their lives. </div>
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<b><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">THE POSITION</span></span></b><br />
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<li>We are looking for someone with <b>basic construction skills, a solid
work ethic, and a willingness to communicate and work through
challenges. </b>Can you swing a hammer? Are you easy-going and hard working? We'll teach you the rest!<b><br /></b></li>
<li>Our goal is to match the tasks needing to be done with the passions
and skills of the wexers. We want you to be happy, and we want to
Mercantile to run smoothly. Sometimes, though, the work just has to be
done. For example, we have yet to meet the person who would rather wash
dishes than anything else on earth. As a result, we ALL take turns with
the dishes. However, should you find that you abhor construction or
despise pie making, we will do everything in our power to fill your time
with more good stuff than "bad."</li>
<li>The job entails working <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">35 hours a week</b>; your schedule will involve <i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">early mornings and/or late evenings</span>. </i>As our business opens early and doesn't close until late, weird hours are not optional.<i> </i>Additionally, we often get up early in the summer to do outdoor tasks (building, gardening) when it is cooler.<i><br /></i></li>
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hours will primarily focus on<b> the weekends, and may involve split
shifts. </b><i>Your days off will most likely be Tuesday and Wednesday.</i></li>
<li><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We
all wear a number of hats here at the Mercantile - you will most likely
not work full-time in one area, but instead split your time between two
or three (for example kitchen and construction, gardening and canning).
We all work together and help each other; if a Mercantile staffer is in
a jam, we all contribute to taking care of whatever needs to be done!</span></span></li>
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ideal candidate will be responsible, flexible, hard-working,
easy-going, open to communication, somewhat extroverted, friendly and a
good listener. </span></span><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We
encourage you to be open to new people and experiences. You will gain
experience in interacting positively with people who might not have the
same world view as you while at the same time be living among "kindred
spirits.</span></span></li>
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here you will have the opportunity to live as Rabbits do, and
participate in (or observe, as appropriate) all aspects of our lives,
including dance parties, pot lucks, music, conversations, seminars,
yoga, nature walks, swimming in the pond, and much, much more.</span></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Kurt working with reclaimed lumber during construction of the Mercantile.</i></span></td></tr>
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<b>A FEW DETAILS </b>ABOUT<b> </b>WHAT THE JOB ENTAILS</div>
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- This season we are completing a small "honeymoon" bungalow for
guests. Kurt, a carpenter, cabinet maker and general contractor will be
working with you and teaching how to do the tasks required. Plumbing for
the hot tub and outdoor shower, and electrical are included in the
building. Unlike the strawbale Mercantile, the cottage is built of more
conventional (but green) materials; exterior is covered with "shingles" made from scraps procured at a local pallet mill, and all of the other wood is reclaimed. The door on the hot tub enclosure is made of oak from a tree that grew just a little too close to our house. The skills gleaned from this project
will enable you to build just about anything. </span></span><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b>Construction w</b></span></span>ork Exchangers can expect to spend approximately 50% of
their work hours doing/learning about construction while working on the bungalow and assisting Kurt
with upkeep and maintenance of the strawbale Mercantile building. </b></span></span></li>
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as we try to keep up with demand of jams, pickles and chutneys in the
Mrs. Milkweed's Kitchen line (our best-selling Bourbon Pickled Jalapenos shown below). You'll become an expert at canning
techniques plus learn how to make jam, pickles and more.</span></span></li>
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- You must be 21 or over to work in the bar. We need help with keeping
our inventory, re-stocking the cooler and shelves, creating food/beer
pairings, keeping the bar area spotless, interacting with guests, more!</span></span></li>
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- think Oktoberfest (beer, brats, music and fun) all to benefit
shelter, rescue and low-cost spay/neuter organizations in the area. We
need help with social media, contacting sponsors, publicity, planning,
and everything else to make this second annual event a success. </span></span></li>
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Thursday is Pizza Night! The crust on our pizzas is made from scratch
and are topped with homemade mozzarella and fresh herbs. Yum!</b></i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Eagerness to assume responsibility </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Interest in sustainability, local and organic dining, and what is happening here at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Comfort interacting with the public, including children</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Willingness to communicate and work through interpersonal conflict; minimal drama.</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Food </b>- All of your meals
are covered. You will participate in the Mercantile staff food
cooperative, which means you will be part of a rotating team of cooks.
Food will be largely local and whole-foods based. Soda and alcohol are
not included but may be purchased.</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Your fees for use of the Community Building</b> (primarily for social space and library). Mercantile interns may use the Mercantile showers, wifi and composting toilets.
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<b>Transportation</b>: If you come to Dancing Rabbit by train or bus,
we’ll pick you up at the nearest station (Quincy, IL; La Plata, MO;
Ottumwa, IA) at no cost to you. Other travel to Dancing Rabbit and
travel during your stay is at your expense.
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gratuities</b> – A share of pooled tips.
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Work</b> – approximately 35 hours a week, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">plus</b> cook shifts with our eating cooperative (usually one lunch and dinner each week)
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Additional responsibilities</b>
– Community rotational duties which are shared by all members of the
community. Included are Common House clean, humanure, Common House
firewood.</li>
<li><b>Communication</b> - if there is an issue, we all do our best to take ownership and communicate!</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gear -</b> Tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, etc, appropriate clothing (details to be sent after you are accepted for the position).
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<b>Transportation</b>: If you come to Dancing Rabbit by train or bus,
we’ll pick you up at the nearest station (Quincy, IL; La Plata, MO;
Ottumwa, IA) at no cost to you. Other travel to Dancing Rabbit and
travel during your stay is at your expense.</li>
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The Milkweed Mercantile is a privately owned business created by Dancing
Rabbit members Alline and Kurt. Designed as a bridge between the
ecovillage and the wider community, the Mercantile provides delicious
local and seasonal meals, comfortable rooms at reasonable rates, a
family-friendly pub, and a variety of seminars. The Mercantile serves as
a
living demonstration of the comfort and beauty of sustainability, and is
quickly becoming a social hub of the community.<br />
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To apply or to ask questions please email alline at
milkweedmercantile dot com. PLEASE put "<b>work exchange</b>" in the subject line
to keep your email from ending up in the spam file. </div>
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<b>About the Milkweed Mercantile staff:</b></div>
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<b>Kurt Kessner and Alline Anderson</b> arrived at Dancing Rabbit in June 1999.
After building a house they launched the next part of their Dancing
Rabbit Dream – the Milkweed Mercantile. Inspired to build the Mercantile
as a way to support themselves and to help Dancing Rabbit grow,
construction began in 2007. The Inn opened in April 2010.</div>
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<b>Alline</b>, with a background in customer service and retail (but whose
all-time favorite job remains camp counselor) manages the day to day
operations of the Mercantile. Inspired by fabulous ingredients, she
takes great joy in feeding, hosting and nurturing others. She never met a
baked good that<span style="color: red;"> </span>she didn’t like, and
is enjoying learning more about foraged foods. In her spare time she
reads fanatically, hangs out with Kurt, and is thinking about entering a
12-step program for Dr. Pepper.</div>
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<b>Kurt </b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">is
the easy-going designer/carpenter/contractor responsible for the
physical manifestation of the Milkweed Mercantile. Trained as a
carpenter as well<span style="color: red;"> </span>as a marriage and
family counselor, he is happiest when he is building something or
teaching someone else how to build something. He also enjoys a great
beer, great food and great conversation. He is delighted to spend time
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<b>Nik Garvoille</b>
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out how talented he is, we offered him a ten-day Artist in Residence
position. Nik also does all of our graphic design. In 2014 Nik will
transition from being a wexer to actually getting paid. He is our main
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at the Mercantile, you can find her out at the Critter Collective with
her partner Ben, daughter Althea, goats, two million ducks, several
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b>Katherine Hanson, </b></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the other half of the</span><b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b> "Pizza Bellas</b></span></b><b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b><b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b>,</b></span></b>" </b></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">arrived
to participate in one of Dancing Rabbit's visitor sessions and never
left! After wexing for a year, she became the Mercantile's first paid
staffer. She constructs a mean pizza, is part of the Critter Collective,
and if you need a party thrown, Katherine is the co for the job</span><b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b>!</b></span></b></div>
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Hi friends!<br />
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Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage and Midwest Permaculture are teaming up to present a <a href="http://midwestpermaculture.com/pdc-dancing-rabbit-ecovillage/" target="_blank">Permaculture Design Course here at DR this summer.</a> We are super excited about it!<br />
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<a href="http://www.milkweedmercantile.com/" target="_blank">The Milkweed Mercantile</a> will be providing all meals, the cost of which is included in course tuition. Which means that not only will you be learning insightful and thoughtful ways of creating the kind of world you'd like to live in, you'll eat really, really well!<br />
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Camping is also included in the course tuition. However, if you'd like to stay in (our version of) the lap of eco-luxury, <b><i>we are drastically reducing the Mercantile room rates for the eight nights of the course.</i></b><br />
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Room rates include<br />
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<li>all linens</li>
<li>super-comfortable beds in spacious rooms</li>
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guest lounge</li>
<li>free wifi</li>
<li>a commercial composting toilet</li>
<li>a full bar, cafe
and store </li>
<li>a screened-in wraparound porch</li>
<li>access to our hot
tub</li>
<li>an on-site massage therapist</li>
<li>opportunity to experience life in a strawbale, off-grid building </li>
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<a href="http://www.milkweedmercantile.com/#!staff/c1wea" target="_blank">The Mercantile is run by Alline and Kurt</a> who have been members of Dancing Rabbit since1999. They built the strawbale, solar & wind-powered inn as a demonstration and living example of many aspects of life here at Dancing Rabbit. They are delighted to share their experiences and insights with all guests and look forward to making new connections. <br />
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After you have registered for the course please contact us at stay@milkweedmercantile.com to make your room reservations!<br />
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Below are the details. <a href="http://www.milkweedmercantile.com/#!rooms/c1zfm" target="_blank">Click here to see photos of the Milkweed Mercantile Eco Inn rooms.</a><br />
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<b>Special room rates for the <a href="http://midwestpermaculture.com/pdc-dancing-rabbit-ecovillage/" target="_blank">Permaculture Design Course being held August 29 – September 6, 2015</a></b><br />
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<li><b>Aldo Leopold Room</b> (upstairs, king bed, accommodates two people, regular price $120 per night) $65 per night.</li>
<li><b>Rachel Carson Family Room </b>(upstairs, queen bed and twin bed, accommodates up to three people, regular price for two - $110, regular price for three - $135) $60 per night for two people, $75 per night for three people</li>
<li><b>David Brower Room </b>(upstairs, queen room, accommodates two people, regular price $115 per night) $60 per night</li>
<li><b>Wallace Stegner Room</b> (downstairs, <b>ACCESSIBLE,</b> very small room, two twin beds, opens directly onto the porch) $50 per night for two guests, $45 per night for one.</li>
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you will receive a full refund less a $25 cancellation fee.<br />
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Are you interested in keeping goats but don’t know where to start? We have the perfect solution. Join our Intensive Goat-care weekend! Held at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage under the watchful eye Mae Ferber, one of the founders of the Critter Collective, it will provide you with enough information (and confidence!) to begin your goat-filled life.<br />
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You’ll spend the weekend immersed in hands-on experience with Dancing’s Rabbit’s own goat herd and knowledgeable instruction by Mae Ferber. Super comfortable accommodations and meals provided by the Milkweed Mercantile. After your work day is complete you can soak off your cares under the stars in the Mercantile’s hot tub.<br />
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Your Boot Camp weekend begins on Friday afternoon with a tour of Dancing Rabbit and the opportunity to meet both the goats and the “Critters” (the humans in the Critter Collective). After the tour we’ll all have dinner in the Mercantile, where our goat-keeping discussions begin. <br />
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Arrive by 4:00 p.m.<br />
4:40 – 6:00 Tour of DR <br />
6:30 Dinner at Mercantile <br />
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Early – chores<br />
8:30 a.m. Breakfast<br />
Goat instruction at Critterville<br />
12:00 p.m. Lunch @ Mercantile<br />
1:30 – 3:30 Cheese-making at the Mercantile<br />
3:30 – 6:15 chores and Happy Hour (if time allows)<br />
6:30 Dinner<br />
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Early chores<br />
8:30 a.m. Breakfast<br />
Last goat instruction at Critterville<br />
Boxed lunch to go<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;">please email alline@milkweedmercantile.com </span></span></b></div>
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About the instructor: Mae Ferber<br />
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*Accommodations: A room at the Mercantile – spend two nights in our version of eco-luxury;
a spacious, sparkly-clean strawbale inn, powered by sun and wind. Rate
includes breakfast ($85 - $120 per night, double occupancy).<br />
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Thanks to<a href="http://karenhanrahan.zenfolio.com/blog/2014/11/photographer-for-hire" target="_blank"> Karen Hanrahan</a> for the use of her photos!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697882251283282143.post-88006336533722735312015-02-21T18:24:00.000-08:002015-02-23T11:41:35.250-08:00Fearless Canning 2015 - Food Preservation for Beginners<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <i><b> A Mercantile Canning Workshop - gorgeous heirloom tomatoes and </b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><b>homegrown garlic becoming salsa!</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maybe you got a great deal on a lug of peaches or a flat
of juicy ripe strawberries at your farmer's market, or perhaps your
first garden is producing TONS of tomatoes and peppers - now what? Join
us for a food preservation intensive where you’ll get hands-on
experience in an atmosphere where questions are encouraged and
confidence gained. With a focus on both safety and flavor, we’ll go
step by step from beginning to delicious end.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><b>Alline
sent each seminar attendee home with basic canning supplies, a canning
book, and freshly canned goodies! The whole experience greatly exceeded
my expectations. </b>We had such fun canning and staying at the EcoInn!
The canning seminar gave me the knowledge and confidence I needed to can
on my own at home. </i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>~Bobbie, seminar participant</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We are offering <b>three different Saturday sessions</b> - which one works best for you?</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">May 30, 2015</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">June 20, 2015</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 15, 2015 </span></span></span></li>
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In our day together we’ll put up something sweet (jam or
preserves), savory (salsa and tomato sauce) and tart (pickles) PLUS
take time to understand the science behind preserving food safely and
flavorfully. Depending upon what is in season, we may make some
zucchini relish (surprisingly wonderful!), applesauce or pear sauce,
chow chow (fabulous for the name alone) or chutney.<br />
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We’ll discuss and demonstrate:<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Harvesting and procuring the best produce</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Organic or not – what’s the difference?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alternative sweeteners – are they possible?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All about pectin</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Great recipes for a variety of fruits and vegetables</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Knife handling</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Choosing the right jar for the job</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sterilizing jars for safety</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hot water bath tips (we’ve learned the hard way so that you won’t have to!)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The right tools, which make all the difference</span></span></li>
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We’ll share our favorite recipes and techniques, and everyone will go
home with samples, recipes and loads of ideas and inspiration PLUS a few
key tools of the trade. You’ll never go back to “store-bought” jam,
salsa, tomato sauce and pickles once you’ve made your own!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Summer in a jar!</b></i></span></span></div>
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The workshop will be held in the certified commercial
kitchen at the Milkweed Mercantile, a solar-and-wind-powered business
at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, and taught by Alline Anderson, Proprietor of the Milkweed Mercantile.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ALL materials and supplies are provided. Each seminar participant will receive:<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Four full hours of instruction (with an hour for lunch)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A delicious lunch</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Supplies to take home: Canning Handbook and your own jar lifters ($24 value, included in class fee)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Recipes and ideas</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Samples of canned food made during the class to take home and share</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>$75 per person</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Lunch is included.</span><br />
Places are limited; we encourage you to register as soon as possible.</span></span><br />
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<b>TO REGISTER: </b>Please send an email to
alline@milkweedmercantile.com and let us know which class you'd like to
attend. You may then give us a call (660-883-5522) with a credit card
number, or mail a check to:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Milkweed Mercantile<br />
3 Dancing Rabbit Lane<br />
Rutledge, MO 63563 </span></span><br />
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If you mail a check, please be sure to indicate which class you'll be attending.<br />
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A place in a class is not guaranteed until we receive payment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We invite you to stay Friday before the workshop or Saturday afterwards! <br />
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<b>The Fine Print:</b><br />
Payment for the seminar and your accommodations is due upon registration. We accept VISA, MasterCard, cash and personal checks. <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/eco-inn/policies.php" target="_blank">Read our Deposit/Cancellation/Refund Policy here.</a> For questions, please call 660-883-5522. If we don't answer, please leave a message. We'll call you right back!<br />
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<b>Please leave your pets at home </b><br />
Pets (except for seeing-eye dogs and other service dogs) are not allowed
at any Milkweed Mercantile Seminars. While we do have a pet-friendly
guest room, pets are not allowed to be unattended in any of our rooms,
and while attending a seminar you will be unable to care for your pet.
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.<br />
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<b>Travel to the Milkweed Mercantile </b><br />
Our seminar prices do not include travel to and from the Milkweed Mercantile. <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/about/location.php" target="_blank">For directions, train, airport and rental car information, click here. </a><br />
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<b>Seminars Canceled or Changed by the Milkweed Mercantile </b><br />
On very rare occasions, we must cancel or change seminars. If this
occurs, our responsibility is limited to a refund of any trip fees
you've already paid. The Milkweed Mercantile is not responsible for
airline tickets, other tickets or payments, or any similar fee penalties
that you may incur as a result of any trip cancellations or changes. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697882251283282143.post-16435098635596128062015-01-23T13:42:00.000-08:002015-01-23T13:42:12.819-08:00Milkweed Mercantile at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage Seeks Kitchen Helper and Building Assistant<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Milkweed Mercantile</b><b> Internship</b></span><br />
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<i><b>Kitchen Helper and Building Assistant</b></i><br />
<b>March 31 – October 31,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2015</b><br />
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Become an integral part of the<a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/" target="_blank"> Milkweed Mercantile</a>, a strawbale, solar & wind-powered Eco Inn and Organic Café located at <a href="http://www.dancingrabbit.org/" target="_blank">Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage</a>.
You will have a huge impact upon the lives of our guests, plus have the
opportunity to learn more about sustainable living and, of course,
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The Milkweed Mercantile is a privately owned business created by Dancing
Rabbit members Alline and Kurt. Designed as a bridge between the
ecovillage and the wider community, the Mercantile provides delicious
local and seasonal meals, comfortable rooms at reasonable rates, and sustainability seminars. The Mercantile serves as a
living demonstration of the comfort and beauty of sustainability, and is
quickly becoming the social hub of the community.<br />
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To apply or to ask questions please email alline at
milkweedmercantile.dot com. PLEASE put "<b>internship</b>" in the subject line
to keep your email from ending up in the spam file. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Mini cupcakes decorated with wild violets.</b></i></td></tr>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We need a minimum three-month commitment between April and October. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The
Milkweed Mercantile Eco Inn serves meals to seminar/workshop
participants, pizza every Thursday, lunch on Saturday
when Dancing Rabbit gives public tours, and brunch on Sunday. We also
provide a steady stream of baked goods to keep everyone happy.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The design of our kitchen is open, which means that guests <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">will</i> engage you in conversation (see photos). If you are a confirmed introvert this position may not be for you.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Successful
applicants do not have to have specific cook or construction experience
already, as we will train you! However, a good attitude and openness to learning is a MUST. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1">Our
goal: the smooth running of the Mercantile while conveying the
eco-ethic of Dancing Rabbit and its members AND making sure our
guests are comfortable, well-fed, and treated respectfully.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">No
housing is provided – most work exchangers/interns camp. However,
you will have access to all Mercantile amenities – wifi, showers,
toilets, hang<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>-</b></span>out space. Your meals will be eaten with the Mercantile staff eating cooperative. You will have the opportunity to <b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">participate in all aspects of life at Dancing Rabbit</span></b>,
including social events, potlucks, swimming in the ponds, learning
new communication skills, rotational chores, and much, much more. <span class="style1">Plus, you’ll eat really, really well.</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>One of the Mercantile's Canning Workshops</i></b></td></tr>
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<span class="style1" style="font-size: small;"><b>JOB RESPONSIBILITIES</b></span><br />
<span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Your time will be divided between the construction site and the kitchen, depending upon where you are most needed.</span></span><br />
<span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span class="style1"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kitchen </span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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will assist preparing delicious meals for guests – on time, with fresh local organic ingredients, in keeping
with Mercantile standards and in accordance to dietary needs of
guests.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Assist in preparing baked goods – biscuits, muffins, cinnamon
rolls, cookies, cakes, pies – to be served at the Mercantile.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Assist in preparing and preserving jams, jellies and pickled vegetables that will be sold at the Mercantile. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Maintain a clean, neat, sanitary and orderly kitchen.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Washing dishes, pots and pans. </span></span></li>
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<b>Construction </b><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Help Kurt with whatever task is next in the construction of the "Honeymoon Bungalow."</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Be open to learning basic construction skills, with hand tools and power tools. Included may be insulating the walls and ceiling, sheet rock installation and mudding, painting, plumbing, electrical work, finish trim work, much, much more.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>The Bungalow is located behind the Mercantile. It is a one-room cottage, with attached hot tub and outdoor shower on the left). The exterior is finished - this spring/summer we hope to finish the interior!</i></b></span></td></tr>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">The job entails working <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">35 hours a week</b>; your schedule will involve <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">early mornings and/or late evenings</b>. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>Your
hours will primarily focus on the weekends, and may involve split
shifts. Your days off will most likely be Tuesday and Wednesday.</b></li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pd0YN9hS1h0/UNyEFjlsrtI/AAAAAAAACME/fCMrhvs96EY/s1600/Ryan+Mlynarczyk+pizza.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pd0YN9hS1h0/UNyEFjlsrtI/AAAAAAAACME/fCMrhvs96EY/s400/Ryan+Mlynarczyk+pizza.jpg" height="400" width="266" /> </a></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Every
Thursday is Pizza Night! The crust on our pizzas is made from scratch
and are topped with homemade mozzarella and fresh herbs. Yum!</b></i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span class="style1"><b>EXPERIENCE & SKILLS NEEDED</b></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Some restaurant/café cooking or baking experience, and comfort in a commercial kitchen AND/OR some construction experience.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">If you are a vegan or vegetarian, you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">must</i></b> be willing to cook and serve meat.</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Interest in sustainability, local and organic dining, and what is happening here at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Self-starting initiative and exquisite attention to detail.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Comfort interacting with the public, including children.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Willingness to communicate and work through interpersonal conflict.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">You must be at least 21 (for serving alcohol) </li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ADDITIONAL DUTIES/LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES MAY INCLUDE: </b></div>
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menu planning and food prep; menu planning and food prep for
special diets (i.e. celiac/gluten free, lactose intolerant, etc.) and
events; vegan cooking and baking techniques; preserving foods by
canning and fermenting; working with yeast doughs and baked goods;
making butter, sour cream, ice cream; meat grilling and barbeque;
much more…</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Working with local farmers, gardeners, beekeepers and other food producers</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Foraging for wild seasonal ingredients</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Helping in the garden </li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WHAT WE PAY FOR/COVER: </b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Food </b>- All of your meals
are covered. You will participate in the Mercantile staff food
cooperative, which means you will be part of a rotating team of cooks.
Food will be largely local and whole-foods based. Soda and alcohol are
not included but may be purchased.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Accommodations</b> - Tenting platform provided, you provide the tent (and sleeping bag, sleeping pad, etc.).</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Your fees for use of the Community Building</b> (primarily for social space and library). Mercantile interns may use the Mercantile showers, wifi and composting toilets.<br />
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<b>Transportation</b>: If you come to Dancing Rabbit by train or bus,
we’ll pick you up at the nearest station (Quincy, IL; La Plata, MO;
Ottumwa, IA) at no cost to you. Other travel to Dancing Rabbit and
travel during your stay is at your expense.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gratuities</b> – A share of pooled tips.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Stipend </b>– After completion of the first month interns will receive a stipend of $50 per month.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Work</b> – approximately 35 hours a week, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">plus</b> cook shifts with our eating cooperative (usually one lunch and dinner each week)<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Additional responsibilities</b>
– Community rotational duties which are shared by all members of the
community. Included are Common House clean, humanure, Common House
firewood.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gear -</b> Tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, etc, appropriate clothing (details to be sent after you are accepted for the position).<br />
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<b>Transportation</b>: If you come to Dancing Rabbit by train or bus,
we’ll pick you up at the nearest station (Quincy, IL; La Plata, MO;
Ottumwa, IA) at no cost to you. Other travel to Dancing Rabbit and
travel during your stay is at your expense.<br />
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<b>About the Milkweed Mercantile staff:</b></div>
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Kurt Kessner and Alline Anderson arrived at Dancing Rabbit in June 1999.
After building a house they launched the next part of their Dancing
Rabbit Dream – the Milkweed Mercantile. Inspired to build the Mercantile
as a way to support themselves and to help Dancing Rabbit grow,
construction began in 2007. The Inn opened in April 2010.</div>
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Alline, with a background in customer service and retail (but whose
all-time favorite job remains camp counselor) manages the day to day
operations of the Mercantile. Inspired by fabulous ingredients, she
takes great joy in feeding, hosting and nurturing others. She never met a
baked good that<span style="color: red;"> </span>she didn’t like, and
is enjoying learning more about foraged foods. In her spare time she
reads fanatically, hangs out with Kurt, and is thinking about entering a
12-step program for Dr. Pepper.<br />
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Kurt <span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">is
the easy-going designer/carpenter/contractor responsible for the
physical manifestation of the Milkweed Mercantile. Trained, as a
carpenter as well<span style="color: red;"> </span>as a marriage and
family counselor, he is happiest when he is building something or
teaching someone else how to build something. He also enjoys a great
beer, great food and great conversation. He is delighted to spend time
at the Mercantile, where all three are in plentiful supply.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Please explore <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/">http://milkweedmercantile.com</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>before applying. </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">TO APPLY</span> </b></span>or to ask questions please email alline at
milkweedmercantile.dot com. PLEASE put "internship" in the subject line
to keep your email from ending up in the spam file.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Saturday Lunch service at the Mercantile</b></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Friends hanging out at the bar (at last count - 26 kinds of beer)</i></b></td></tr>
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<i><b>The Mercantile provides meals for seminars held at Dancing Rabbit. </b></i><br />
<i><b>Above: buffet lunch awaits participants (open kitchen in background). </b></i><br />
<i><b>Below: seminar participants relaxing after lunch.</b></i></td></tr>
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<b><i>The Milkweed Mercantile and Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage receive a lot of media attention. </i></b><br />
<b><i>Here, Mizzou journalism students documenting Alline cooking.</i></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>A birthday party for folks from the wider community.</i></b></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697882251283282143.post-48929538259544972142015-01-23T13:03:00.000-08:002015-02-08T08:59:11.125-08:00Organic Cafe Internship at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage - The Milkweed Mercantile is Looking for YOU!<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Milkweed Mercantile</b><b> Organic Cafe Internship</b></span><br />
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<i><b>Culinary Assistant and Baker</b></i><br />
<b>any 2-3 months between March 31 – October 31,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2015</b></div>
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Become an integral part of the<a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/" target="_blank"> Milkweed Mercantile</a>, a strawbale, solar & wind-powered Eco Inn and Organic Café located at <a href="http://www.dancingrabbit.org/" target="_blank">Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage</a>.
You will have a huge impact upon the lives of our guests, plus have the
opportunity to learn more about sustainable living and, of course,
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The Milkweed Mercantile is a privately owned business created by Dancing
Rabbit members Alline and Kurt. Designed as a bridge between the
ecovillage and the wider community, the Mercantile provides delicious
local and seasonal meals, comfortable rooms at reasonable rates, and sustainability seminars. The Mercantile serves as a
living demonstration of the comfort and beauty of sustainability, and is
quickly becoming the social hub of the community.<br />
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To apply or to ask questions please email alline at
milkweedmercantile.dot com. PLEASE put "<b>internship</b>" in the subject line
to keep your email from ending up in the spam file. </div>
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Milkweed Mercantile Eco Inn serves meals to seminar/workshop
participants, pizza every Thursday, lunch on Saturday
when Dancing Rabbit gives public tours, and brunch on Sunday. We also
provide a steady stream of baked goods to keep everyone happy.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The design of our kitchen is open, which means that guests <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">will</i> engage you in conversation (see photos). If you are a confirmed introvert this position may not be for you.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Successful
applicants do not have to have specific cooking experience
already, as we will train you to prepare and serve meals in
our style. HOWEVER you must be comfortable in a commercial kitchen
and be<span style="font-size: small;"> ready to eventually </span>take on full responsibility of breakfast service.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1">Our
goal: the smooth running of the Mercantile while conveying the
eco-ethic of Dancing Rabbit and its members AND making sure our
guests are comfortable, well-fed, and treated respectfully.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">No
housing is provided – most work exchangers/interns camp. However,
you will have access to all Mercantile amenities – wifi, showers,
toilets, hang<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>-</b></span>out space. Your meals will be eaten with the Mercantile staff eating cooperative. You will have the opportunity to <b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">participate in all aspects of life at Dancing Rabbit</span></b>,
including social events, potlucks, swimming in the ponds, learning
new communication skills, rotational chores, and much, much more. <span class="style1">Plus, you’ll eat really, really well.</span></li>
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will assist in planning and preparing delicious meals for guests – on time, with fresh local organic ingredients, in keeping
with Mercantile standards and in accordance to dietary needs of
guests.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Assist in preparing baked goods – biscuits, muffins, cinnamon
rolls, cookies, cakes, pies – to be served at the Mercantile.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Assist in preparing and preserving jams, jellies and pickled vegetables that will be sold at the Mercantile. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Maintain a clean, neat, sanitary and orderly kitchen.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Keep an accurate kitchen inventory and ensure that all necessary ingredients are in stock.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">The job entails working <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">35 hours a week</b>; your schedule will involve <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">early mornings and/or late evenings</b>. </li>
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hours will primarily focus on the weekends, and may involve split
shifts. Your days off will most likely be Tuesday and Wednesday.</b></li>
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Thursday is Pizza Night! The crust on our pizzas is made from scratch
and are topped with homemade mozzarella and fresh herbs. Yum!</b></i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Eagerness to assume responsibility </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Interest in sustainability, local and organic dining, and what is happening here at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">You must be at least 21 (for serving alcohol) </li>
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menu planning and food prep; menu planning and food prep for
special diets (i.e. celiac/gluten free, lactose intolerant, etc.) and
events; vegan cooking and baking techniques; preserving foods by
canning and fermenting; working with yeast doughs and baked goods;
making butter, sour cream, ice cream; meat grilling and barbeque;
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Keeping the kitchen spotless</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Food </b>- All of your meals
are covered. You will participate in the Mercantile staff food
cooperative, which means you will be part of a rotating team of cooks.
Food will be largely local and whole-foods based. Soda and alcohol are
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Accommodations</b> - Tenting platform provided, you provide the tent (and sleeping bag, sleeping pad, etc.).</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Your fees for use of the Community Building</b> (primarily for social space and library). Mercantile interns may use the Mercantile showers, wifi and composting toilets.</div>
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<b>Transportation</b>: If you come to Dancing Rabbit by train or bus,
we’ll pick you up at the nearest station (Quincy, IL; La Plata, MO;
Ottumwa, IA) at no cost to you. Other travel to Dancing Rabbit and
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gratuities</b> – A share of pooled tips.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Stipend </b>– After completion of the first month interns will receive a stipend of $50 per month.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Work</b> – approximately 35 hours a week, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">plus</b> cook shifts with our eating cooperative (usually one lunch and dinner each week)</div>
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– Community rotational duties which are shared by all members of the
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firewood.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gear -</b> Tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, etc, appropriate clothing (details to be sent after you are accepted for the position).</div>
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<b>Transportation</b>: If you come to Dancing Rabbit by train or bus,
we’ll pick you up at the nearest station (Quincy, IL; La Plata, MO;
Ottumwa, IA) at no cost to you. Other travel to Dancing Rabbit and
travel during your stay is at your expense.</div>
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<b>About the Milkweed Mercantile staff:</b></div>
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Kurt Kessner and Alline Anderson arrived at Dancing Rabbit in June 1999.
After building a house they launched the next part of their Dancing
Rabbit Dream – the Milkweed Mercantile. Inspired to build the Mercantile
as a way to support themselves and to help Dancing Rabbit grow,
construction began in 2007. The Inn opened in April 2010.</div>
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Alline, with a background in customer service and retail (but whose
all-time favorite job remains camp counselor) manages the day to day
operations of the Mercantile. Inspired by fabulous ingredients, she
takes great joy in feeding, hosting and nurturing others. She never met a
baked good that<span style="color: red;"> </span>she didn’t like, and
is enjoying learning more about foraged foods. In her spare time she
reads fanatically, hangs out with Kurt, and is thinking about entering a
12-step program for Dr. Pepper.</div>
Kurt <span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">is
the easy-going designer/carpenter/contractor responsible for the
physical manifestation of the Milkweed Mercantile. Trained, as a
carpenter as well<span style="color: red;"> </span>as a marriage and
family counselor, he is happiest when he is building something or
teaching someone else how to build something. He also enjoys a great
beer, great food and great conversation. He is delighted to spend time
at the Mercantile, where all three are in plentiful supply.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Please explore <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/">http://milkweedmercantile.com</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>before applying. </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">TO APPLY</span> </b></span>or to ask questions please email alline at
milkweedmercantile.dot com. PLEASE put "internship" in the subject line
to keep your email from ending up in the spam file.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Saturday Lunch service at the Mercantile</b></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Friends hanging out at the bar (at last count - 26 kinds of beer)</i></b></td></tr>
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<i><b>The Mercantile provides meals for seminars held at Dancing Rabbit. </b></i><br />
<i><b>Above: buffet lunch awaits participants (open kitchen in background). </b></i><br />
<i><b>Below: seminar participants relaxing after lunch.</b></i></td></tr>
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<b><i>The Milkweed Mercantile and Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage receive a lot of media attention. </i></b><br />
<b><i>Here, Mizzou journalism students documenting Alline cooking.</i></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>A birthday party for folks from the wider community.</i></b></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697882251283282143.post-51644450312037587122014-05-03T11:52:00.002-07:002016-02-16T09:23:17.865-08:00Milkweed Mercantile Tent and Breakfast: Camping at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>For reservations, please call 660-883-5522</b></span><br />
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<b>The Milkweed Mercantile is offering an exciting new option: Camping at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage! </b><br />
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now, camping has not been available for folks interested in a short
visit* to Dancing Rabbit (unless they are part of an educational group
program). Our village simply does not yet have the infrastructure to
enable you to cook, wash dishes, shower, and poop without heavily
impacting the lives and resources of those who already live here.</div>
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we’re delighted to have found a compromise between traditional camping
and a full bed & breakfast stay. By camping in our campground
and using the Milkweed Mercantile for meals showers and toilets you will
pay almost <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">50% less </i>than a stay in a room will cost. We’ll even include an organic chocolate for you to put on your own pillow.</div>
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True, you will not be able to cook your own meals. But there are several upsides of dining at the Mercantile:</div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">With ample notice, the Mercantile will also work with other food requirements (celiacs, etc.)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">You will eat great meals produced from locally sourced<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>produce (and meat, if you eat it)</li>
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These camping packages are only available 2<sup>nd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> weekends of each month. A free tour of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage is offered on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 1:00 p.m.. See below for dates.</div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">age 13-15... additional $15 per night</li>
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<b>Included: </b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Rental of tent platform in campground</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Dinner on the evening of your arrival - 3-course organic, local dinner, served in the climate-controlled, straw-bale Mercantile dining room. Dine with other guests and members of Dancing Rabbit.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Breakfast on Saturday morning- Organic, local, made-to-order breakfast</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Use of Mercantile toilet </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Use of Mercantile shower</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Tour of Dancing Rabbit at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday (2nd and 4th Saturdays ONLY)</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #990000;">You supply your own <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tent</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sleeping gear</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">towels</b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Please be prepared for rain and wind. </b></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #990000;">ABSOLUTELY no cooking allowed in campground</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #990000;">Coolers are OK, but ice is not available at DR. (Ice may be purchased at Zimmerman’s store in Rutledge).</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #990000;">Guests may <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> use the Mercantile kitchen (the fridge is also not available for guest use).</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #990000;">No laundry facilities available</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #990000;">Two night maximum, listed dates only</span></li>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="color: black;">*If you are interested in a visit of 1-3 week visits, please read about </span><a href="http://www.dancingrabbit.org/visit-dancing-rabbit-ecovillage/visitor-program/" target="_blank">Dancing Rabbit’s Visitor Program here</a>.</b></span></div>
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For reservations or questions, please call 660-883-5522 or email stay@milkweedmercantile.com<br />
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<b>Cancellation: </b>One half of total due at time of reservation; balance due upon check-in. Full refund (less $20 accounting fee) returned with a full 7 days notice. Less than 7 days notice for a cancellation will result in loss of deposit. <br />
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Some of the tent platforms in the Campground at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. Photos were taken May 1st - the leaves were just beginning to come out. Typically in the summer it is fairly shady in the campground.</div>
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One of the tent platforms. Sizes are approximately 8' x 10'.</div>
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Path from the campground to the Mercantile (past the Old Pond).</div>
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We’ve received many requests from guests for opportunities
to interact with and get to know members of Dancing Rabbit, and to learn more
about what we’re doing here. Rabbits enjoy this too – the enthusiasm and energy
that guests bring help us remember why we’re doing what we’re doing!</div>
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The challenging part is to find a way to do this without
overwhelming Rabbits, who have very little spare time and often already feel
that they live in a fish bowl.
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8oUWJWKD4Ps/U1c2hfE8a2I/AAAAAAAAC44/OgqNwHgvoWI/s1600/untitled-114.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8oUWJWKD4Ps/U1c2hfE8a2I/AAAAAAAAC44/OgqNwHgvoWI/s1600/untitled-114.jpg" height="200" width="187" /></a>Our solution? We’ve created a learning/social experience
which brings together members of Dancing Rabbit, Milkweed
Mercantile guests, a great meal, excellent conversation and
some hands-on activity. The members who are participating have chosen a topic
about which they are most passionate, and are excited to share it with you!<br />
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<b>The Details: </b></div>
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Each Milkweed Seminar focuses on a different aspect of
sustainability and/or life here at DR. All Milkweed Seminars begin with dinner
at the Milkweed Mercantile on Friday
evening with a member of Dancing Rabbit. You and your “instructor” will have
the opportunity to talk and connect in a relaxed atmosphere over great (we
hope) food. Most of the Eco-experiences also include a 1½ hour session on
Saturday morning which provides additional information and/or hands-on
opportunities.</div>
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Reserve your personal seminar when you make your room reservation at the Mercantile.Call (660)883-5522 for reservations. <a href="http://www.milkweedmercantile.com/" target="_blank">Click here for more information on the Milkweed Mercantile.</a></div>
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PLEASE NOTE: <i>Milkweed Seminars are currently only available
on Friday evenings/Saturday mornings. All Saturday sessions will end in time
for the 1:00 tour of Dancing Rabbit. Availability is dependent upon (and
limited to) the schedules of participating Rabbits. A minimum of two weeks
notice is preferred.</i></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>So. What aspect of sustainability would <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">you</i> like to explore?</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BASICS OF COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION (aka NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With Meadoe Carleton</b></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friday dinner, and
Saturday 9:30 – 11: 00 a.m.</i></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sYIwoHhiAvw/U1cwRBi1WSI/AAAAAAAAC3g/tafLz48KZ5s/s1600/meadoe.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sYIwoHhiAvw/U1cwRBi1WSI/AAAAAAAAC3g/tafLz48KZ5s/s1600/meadoe.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">To
live closely in community, as we do here at Dancing Rabbit, most of us have had
to learn more effective ways to communicate.<b><i> </i></b></span>We have found
that the dynamic communication techniques of Nonviolent Communication offer
practical and powerful skills which emphasize personal responsibility for our
actions and the choices we make when we respond to others. You'll learn simple
tools to defuse arguments and create compassionate connections with your
family, friends, and other acquaintances, as well as how to contribute to
relationships based in cooperation and collaboration, and can transform
potential conflicts into peaceful dialogues.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">$68 includes Friday
dinner for you and your instructor, plus 1 ½ hours of discussion </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and/or </i></i></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">instruction on
Saturday morning.</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></i></i></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LIVING OFF GRID/RENEWABLE ENERGY</b></span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With Ted Sterling</b></span><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friday dinner, and
Saturday 9:30 – 11: 00 a.m.</i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iGVxTv-yuZQ/U1cwXwmL34I/AAAAAAAAC34/B67nQEmZFa8/s1600/ted+3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iGVxTv-yuZQ/U1cwXwmL34I/AAAAAAAAC34/B67nQEmZFa8/s1600/ted+3.jpg" height="200" width="145" /></a> </i>Depending upon your interests, you may explore:
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Conservation
is step one; evaluating and minimizing consumption.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Meeting
your energy needs by living in a way that is appropriate to place and using
what is most abundant.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Low/no
power options: Passive solar. Gravity-fed water. Solar ovens. Root
cellars.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Power
production: solar, wind, hydro, biomass, etc. Ecological costs of <br />
power production and consumption.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Battery/storage
Systems. Distribution, off-grid tech. Portable power.<br />
Scale: Choosing system voltage and parameters to meet planned needs.<br />
Grid-tie vs. off-grid.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Off-grid
water- collection, storage, management.</li>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">$68 includes Friday
dinner for you and your instructor, plus 1 ½ hours of discussion </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and/or </i></i>instruction on
Saturday morning.</i>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RAISING CHICKENS, DUCKS AND GOATS</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With Mae Ferber</b></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friday dinner, and EARLY
Saturday a.m.</i></div>
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Some of the most popular creatures at Dancing Rabbit aren’t people
at all – they’re the chickens, ducks and goats being raised by the Critter
Collective. Over dinner with Mae you can expect to learn about small scale
layer flock management (think chickens and ducks) and/or small ruminant
management (think goats and sheep). Depth and detail is up to you, depending
upon your level of interest.
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Then, Saturday morning, join Mae as she makes her morning rounds; milking,
feeding everyone, gathering eggs and making sure all is right in the animal
world.</div>
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Possible Poultry topics: </div>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">chickens
in the city</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">starting
off with day old chicks</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">predator
proof housing</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">alternative
feeding ideas</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">heritage
breeds
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Possible Ruminant topics:</div>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">predator
control</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">fencing</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">pasture
and brush management</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">breeding/milking</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">seasonal
differences in care<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">$68 includes Friday
dinner for you and your instructor, plus 1 ½ hours of discussion </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and/or </i></i>instruction on
Saturday morning</i></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NATURAL BUILDING PRACTICUM</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With Hassan Hall</b></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friday dinner, and
Saturday 9:30 – 11: 00 a.m.</i></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aIzWpBpoqYU/U1cwKu-poMI/AAAAAAAAC3Y/rD0SDU319Qg/s1600/hassan.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aIzWpBpoqYU/U1cwKu-poMI/AAAAAAAAC3Y/rD0SDU319Qg/s1600/hassan.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a> Natural buildings are both user-friendly and beautiful! Join
one of our builders for some conversation and a little hands-on experience. Over
dinner you'll discuss both theory and practice of different phases of
construction. On Saturday morning, you’ll take a deeper look at some of the
building techniques used here at Dancing Rabbit, and, weather permitting,
you’ll get some time getting your hands dirty. We cannot guarantee that the
technique you’re most interested in will be available (cob, strawbale, natural
plaster, earth bags) but we <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">can</i>
guarantee some good conversation, a chance to have questions answered and the
opportunity to work up a good sweat!</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">$68 includes Friday
dinner for you and your instructor, plus 1 ½ hours of discussion </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and/or </i></i>instruction on
Saturday morning</i></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BRINGING "SUSTAINABILITY" HOME WITH YOU: LIFESTYLE CHOICES AND CHANGES </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With Sharon Bagatelle
or Dennis Hoffarth</b></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friday dinner and
Saturday 9:30 – 11: 00 a.m.</i></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZBMVRwHKrcg/U1cwI8zG2zI/AAAAAAAAC3M/gRk-t3zKRLU/s1600/dennis+&+sharon+use+this+one.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZBMVRwHKrcg/U1cwI8zG2zI/AAAAAAAAC3M/gRk-t3zKRLU/s1600/dennis+&+sharon+use+this+one.jpg" /></a> Transform your home and yard into a fun and practical part
of a more ecological world!<br />
This workshop focuses on how to meet your own food, water and energy needs at
the very local level -- your own home and/or neighborhood. We’ll look at some
of the “big ideas” in sustainable living -- what does “sustainable” mean,
reducing resource consumption, reusing resources, using renewable and local
resources – and apply them to real life changes in lifestyle. You can choose to
explore one of the areas – food, water, or energy – and we’ll guide you through
potential actions you can take at home, with lots of supportive resources.
Depending on the chosen topic, the workshop may also include short hands-on
demonstrations or projects.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">$68 includes Friday
dinner for you and your instructor, plus 1 ½ hours of discussion </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and/or </i></i>instruction on
Saturday morning,</i></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE WORKSHOP</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With Sharon Bagatelle
or Dennis Hoffarth</b></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friday dinner and
Saturday 9:30 – 11: 00 a.m.</i></div>
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The workshop will cover:<br />
1) What is Permaculture?<br />
2) Some Permaculture design principles <br />
3) Applying the principles: creating integrated home systems to meet shelter,
energy, food, and water<br />
needs as locally, sustainably, and economically as possible <br />
4) A “wild design” – using an example from a participant’s home, we’ll do a
quick visionary retrofit <br />
design.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">$68 includes Friday
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">COOKING WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With Dan Durica</b></span><br />
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Saturday 9:30 – 11: 00 a.m.</i></div>
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alternative cooking methods used by many members of
Dancing Rabbit. Included are solar ovens, pressure cookers, hotboxes,
wood stoves and electric induction cooktops. Other topics covered are grilling with wood, eating raw and
eating local. Surprisingly easy, and always delicious!</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GREEN AND ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With Tony “Bear”
Barrett</b></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friday dinner, and
Saturday 9:30 – 11: 00 a.m.</i></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OCjcg2Rlx2c/U1cwHRCO0HI/AAAAAAAAC24/OWJb5Fm3wKU/s1600/bear+&+fam.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OCjcg2Rlx2c/U1cwHRCO0HI/AAAAAAAAC24/OWJb5Fm3wKU/s1600/bear+&+fam.jpg" height="200" width="188" /></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>Dancing Rabbit is the home to many alternative buildings,
and we’ve learned a lot over the years. Are you curious about what exactly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i> “green” construction? How about the
difference between “alternative” and conventional construction? Join one of
DR’s builders to discuss and examine these and other construction ideas.
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most conventional buildings are put together</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Principles
of quality design (passive solar, super-insulation, thermal mass, etc.)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Basics
of building science (thermal bridging, movement of moisture, etc.)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">The
balance between air-tightness and ventilation</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Considering
the ecological footprint of materials</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Overview
of certification programs (passivehaus, LEED,Living Building Challange)</li>
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of buildings (specific to how they relate to this discussion).</li>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE BEAUTY OF HERBAL REMEDIES</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With Sara Peters</b></span></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friday dinner, and
Saturday 9:30 – 11: 00 a.m.</i><br />
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for home use. Contents of workshop will vary depending upon your interests, Sara’s
skills and knowledge, and the availability of herbs and other materials.<br />
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background in working with herbal medicines.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Introduction
to wellness and healing through herbs, including cautions.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Culture
of herbs - wild harvesting, growing and harvesting your own, essential
oils, purchasing from reputable sources</li>
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herbal remedies and their uses</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Processing
herbs and making herbal preparations - including making teas, tinctures,
healing oils and salves</li>
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herbal preparation project to take home</li>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With Alline Anderson</b></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friday dinner, and
Saturday 9:30 – 11: 00 a.m.</i></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O6MwLA4Uutg/U1cwHs162gI/AAAAAAAAC28/xC6R43PMco4/s1600/Alline+october+2013.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O6MwLA4Uutg/U1cwHs162gI/AAAAAAAAC28/xC6R43PMco4/s1600/Alline+october+2013.jpg" height="200" width="160" /></a> Are you a business owner looking to make your business more
sustainable, green and socially responsible? Perhaps you’re looking to start a
business and would like to bounce your ideas off someone? Alline is the
co-owner of and visionary behind the Milkweed Mercantile.
Her 30 years of retail and customer service experience, ranging from department
stores to Clif Bar to the Sierra Club, combined with her 15 years of exploring
green living at Dancing Rabbit, gives her a unique perspective on earning a
living in a way that supports rather than harms our planet.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">$68 includes Friday
dinner for you and your instructor, plus 1 ½ hours of discussion </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and/or </i>instruction on
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">(aka the secrets that make baking EASY!)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With Alline Anderson</b></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friday dinner, and
Saturday 9:30 – 11: 00 a.m.</i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9c9TOOLsW4/U1g3JN8_o6I/AAAAAAAAC5Y/EwbgXzK4HpY/s1600/biscuits.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9c9TOOLsW4/U1g3JN8_o6I/AAAAAAAAC5Y/EwbgXzK4HpY/s1600/biscuits.jpg" /></a></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Are your biscuits flatter than the proverbial pancake? Are your cookies like rocks, your cakes like doorstops? Is your kitchen legacy "let's call for take-out, kids"? It may be time to join Alline, owner of the Mercantile and baking fanatic, for an hour and a half that will change your life. Learn the secrets that only come by years of trial and error (and lots of really bad baking!) in a friendly, hands-on, encouraging atmosphere. Best yet - you get to eat what you've learned, and you'll go home with some of Alline's best recipes.</span><br />
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dinner for you and your instructor, plus 1 ½ hours of discussion </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and/or </i>instruction on
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">TO REGISTER FOR ANY SEMINAR: </span></b>When you make your room reservation please let us know which seminar you would like to take part in. You can reach us at (660) 883-5522.</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Milkweed Mercantile</b><b> Organic Cafe Internship</b></span><br />
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<i><b>Culinary Assistant and Baker</b></i><br />
<b>April 8 – October 31,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2014</b></div>
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Become an integral part of the<a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/" target="_blank"> Milkweed Mercantile</a>, a strawbale, solar & wind-powered Eco Inn and Organic Café located at <a href="http://www.dancingrabbit.org/" target="_blank">Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage</a>.
You will have a huge impact upon the lives of our guests, plus have the
opportunity to learn more about sustainable living and, of course,
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The Milkweed Mercantile is a privately owned business created by Dancing
Rabbit members Alline and Kurt. Designed as a bridge between the
ecovillage and the wider community, the Mercantile provides delicious
local and seasonal meals, comfortable rooms at reasonable rates, and sustainability seminars. The Mercantile serves as a
living demonstration of the comfort and beauty of sustainability, and is
quickly becoming the social hub of the community.<br />
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To apply or to ask questions please email alline at
milkweedmercantile.dot com. PLEASE put "<b>internship</b>" in the subject line
to keep your email from ending up in the spam file. </div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The
Milkweed Mercantile Eco Inn serves meals to seminar/workshop
participants, pizza every Thursday, lunch on Saturday
when Dancing Rabbit gives public tours, and brunch on Sunday. We also
provide a steady stream of baked goods to keep everyone happy.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The design of our kitchen is open, which means that guests <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">will</i> engage you in conversation (see photos). If you are a confirmed introvert this position may not be for you.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The
menu and recipes have been created by (Mercantile owner) Alline –
your creativity is welcome but all changes must be pre-approved.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Successful
applicants do not have to have specific cook experience
already, as we will train you to prepare and serve meals in
our style. HOWEVER you must be comfortable in a commercial kitchen
and be ready to <span style="font-size: x-small;">eventually </span>take on full responsibility of breakfast service.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1">Our
goal: the smooth running of the Mercantile while conveying the
eco-ethic of Dancing Rabbit and its members AND making sure our
guests are comfortable, well-fed, and treated respectfully.<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">No
housing is provided – most work exchangers/interns camp. However,
you will have access to all Mercantile amenities – wifi, showers,
toilets, hang<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>-</b></span>out space. Your meals will be eaten with the Mercantile staff eating cooperative. You will have the opportunity to <b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">participate in all aspects of life at Dancing Rabbit</span></b>,
including social events, potlucks, swimming in the ponds, learning
new communication skills, rotational chores, and much, much more. <span class="style1">Plus, you’ll eat really, really well.</span></li>
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will assist in planning and preparing delicious meals for guests – on time, with fresh local organic ingredients, in keeping
with Mercantile standards and in accordance to dietary needs of
guests.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Assist in preparing baked goods – biscuits, muffins, cinnamon
rolls, cookies, cakes, pies – to be served at the Mercantile.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Assist in preparing and preserving jams, jellies and pickled vegetables that will be sold at the Mercantile. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Maintain a clean, neat, sanitary and orderly kitchen - EVERYONE washes dishes.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Keep an accurate kitchen inventory and ensure that all necessary ingredients are in stock.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">The job entails working <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">35 hours a week</b>; your schedule will involve <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">early mornings and/or late evenings</b>. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></li>
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hours will primarily focus on the weekends, and may involve split
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Every
Thursday is Pizza Night! The crust on our pizzas is made from scratch
and are topped with homemade mozzarella and fresh herbs. Yum!</b></i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Some restaurant/café cooking or baking experience, and comfort in a commercial kitchen.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Comfort with “specialty” diets – vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, etc. If you are a vegan or vegetarian, you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">must</i></b> be willing to cook and serve meat.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Professional kitchen skills, including knife skills and kitchen sanitation knowledge</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Eagerness to assume responsibility </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Interest in sustainability, local and organic dining, and what is happening here at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Self-starting initiative and exquisite attention to detail </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Comfort interacting with the public, including children</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Willingness to communicate and work through interpersonal conflict</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">You must be at least 21 (for serving alcohol) </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Three month (minimum) availability</li>
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menu planning and food prep; menu planning and food prep for
special diets (i.e. celiac/gluten free, lactose intolerant, etc.) and
events; vegan cooking and baking techniques; preserving foods by
canning and fermenting; working with yeast doughs and baked goods;
making butter, sour cream, ice cream; meat grilling and barbeque;
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Food </b>- All of your meals
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Your fees for use of the Community Building</b> (primarily for social space and library). Mercantile interns may use the Mercantile showers, wifi and composting toilets. </div>
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<b>Transportation</b>: If you come to Dancing Rabbit by train or bus,
we’ll pick you up at the nearest station (Quincy, IL; La Plata, MO;
Ottumwa, IA) at no cost to you. Other travel to Dancing Rabbit and
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Stipend </b>– After completion of the first month interns will receive a stipend of $50 per month.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Work</b> – approximately 35 hours a week, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">plus</b> cook shifts with our eating cooperative (usually one lunch and dinner each week)</div>
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we’ll pick you up at the nearest station (Quincy, IL; La Plata, MO;
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<b>About the Milkweed Mercantile staff:</b></div>
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Kurt Kessner and Alline Anderson arrived at Dancing Rabbit in June 1999.
After building a house they launched the next part of their Dancing
Rabbit Dream – the Milkweed Mercantile. Inspired to build the Mercantile
as a way to support themselves and to help Dancing Rabbit grow,
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Alline, with a background in customer service and retail (but whose
all-time favorite job remains camp counselor) manages the day to day
operations of the Mercantile. Inspired by fabulous ingredients, she
takes great joy in feeding, hosting and nurturing others. She never met a
baked good that<span style="color: red;"> </span>she didn’t like, and
is enjoying learning more about foraged foods. In her spare time she
reads fanatically, hangs out with Kurt, and is thinking about entering a
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Kurt <b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">is
the easy-going designer/carpenter/contractor responsible for the
physical manifestation of the Milkweed Mercantile. Trained, as a
carpenter as well<span style="color: red;"> </span>as a marriage and
family counselor, he is happiest when he is building something or
teaching someone else how to build something. He also enjoys a great
beer, great food and great conversation. He is delighted to spend time
at the Mercantile, where all three are in plentiful supply.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Please explore <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/">http://milkweedmercantile.com</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>before applying. Additional photos may be viewed here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/milkweed/sets/72157603900100835/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/milkweed/sets/72157603900100835/</a> </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">TO APPLY</span> </b></span>or to ask questions please email alline at
milkweedmercantile.dot com. PLEASE put "internship" in the subject line
to keep your email from ending up in the spam file. <br />
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<i><b>The Mercantile provides meals for seminars held at Dancing Rabbit. </b></i><br />
<i><b>Above: buffet lunch awaits participants (open kitchen in background). </b></i><br />
<i><b>Below: seminar participants relaxing after lunch.</b></i></td></tr>
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<b><i>The Milkweed Mercantile and Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage receive a lot of media attention. </i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Read about our 2015 Canning Workshops - <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.blogspot.com/2015/02/fearless-canning-2015-food-preservation.html" target="_blank">Click here!</a></i></span></span><br />
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Places are limited; we encourage you to register as soon as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Maybe you got a great deal on a lug of peaches or a flat of juicy ripe strawberries at your farmer's market, or perhaps your first garden is producing TONS of tomatoes and peppers - now what? Join us for a food preservation intensive where you’ll get hands-on experience in an atmosphere where questions are encouraged and confidence gained. With a focus on both safety and flavor, we’ll go step by step from beginning to delicious end.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In our day together we’ll put up something sweet (jam or preserves), savory (salsa and tomato sauce) and tart (pickles) PLUS take time to understand the science behind preserving food safely and flavorfully. Depending upon what is in season, we may make some zucchini relish (surprisingly wonderful!), applesauce or pear sauce, chow chow (fabulous for the name alone) or chutney.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Alternative sweeteners – are they possible?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">All about pectin</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Great recipes for a variety of fruits and vegetables</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Choosing the right jar for the job</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The workshop will be held in the certified commercial kitchen at the Milkweed Mercantile, a solar-and-wind-powered business at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, and taught by Alline Anderson, Proprietor and Ambassador of Jam at the Milkweed Mercantile.</span></span></span><br />
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<b>TO REGISTER: </b>Please send an email to alline@milkweedmercantile.com and let us know which class you'd like to attend. You may then give us a call (660-883-5522) with a credit card number, or mail a check to:<br />
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If you mail a check, please be sure to indicate which class you'll be attending.<br />
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<b>The Fine Print:</b><br />
Payment for the seminar and your accommodations is due upon registration. We accept VISA, MasterCard, cash and personal checks. <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/eco-inn/policies.php" target="_blank">Read our Deposit/Cancellation/Refund Policy here.</a> For questions, please call 660-883-5522. If we don't answer, please leave a message. We'll call you right back!<br />
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<b>Please leave your pets at home </b><br />
Pets (except for seeing-eye dogs and other service dogs) are not allowed at any Milkweed Mercantile Seminars. While we do have a pet-friendly guest room, pets are not allowed to be unattended in any of our rooms, and while attending a seminar you will be unable to care for your pet. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.<br />
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<b>Travel to the Milkweed Mercantile </b><br />
Our seminar prices do not include travel to and from the Milkweed Mercantile. <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/about/location.php" target="_blank">For directions, train, airport and rental car information, click here. </a><br />
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<b>Seminars Canceled or Changed by the Milkweed Mercantile </b><br />
On very rare occasions, we must cancel or change seminars. If this occurs, our responsibility is limited to a refund of any trip fees you've already paid. The Milkweed Mercantile is not responsible for airline tickets, other tickets or payments, or any similar fee penalties that you may incur as a result of any trip cancellations or changes. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697882251283282143.post-87080357472727396912013-10-27T15:52:00.000-07:002014-03-29T20:03:21.710-07:002014 Artist in Residence Program - The Milkweed Mercantile at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #990000;"><b>DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MONDAY, MARCH 31st! Get your application in NOW!</b></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Milkweed Mercantile is delighted to announce our <b>second annual Artist In Residence Program</b> at <a href="http://www.dancingrabbit.org/" target="_blank">Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.</a> This residency offers visual artists the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline while being surrounded by the inspiring landscape, people and mission of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. Visual artists will create art, participate in the life of the village, and share his/her skills with members of the community. Selected artists stay in the Milkweed Mercantile Eco Inn for a ten-day period from May through October. No stipend is provided.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In 2013 the Milkweed Mercantile Artist in Residence program hosted four artists. The artists and the members of our community all had a great time. One of them had this to say:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>"I knew from the moment I arrived for my residency that I would not be short of material to take imagery of. I wasn't quite sure how my project would evolve.. As days progressed I discovered that Dancing Rabbit is an inside job. The more I learned from the members who live and breathe intentional community the more I could then give it my own perspective as a photographer. I would not be the first to say that it's the people of DR that make it what it is today! I loved having the opportunity to get intimate access and to practice hands-on how passionately I feel about my art and photography. " </i></b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><i> 2013 Milkweed Mercantile Artist in Residence</i> <a href="http://clairestigliani.com/" target="_blank">Claire Stigliani</a> <i>in a watercolor class she held for 5 & 6-year olds.</i></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Artists selected to participate in the Mercantile’s Artist In Residence Program are asked to donate an original piece of work from, and representative of, their residency at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. The piece will become a component of the Milkweed Mercantile’s </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inspired by Dancing Rabbit: The Artist in Residence Collection</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. The art will serve to promote and celebrate aspects of Dancing Rabbit and sustainable living. <b>Donated artwork must be finished within the 10-day residency.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, begun in 1997, is a community demonstrating ecological sustainability. It is located on 280 acres in the rolling hills of Northeastern Missouri.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the world's foremost experiments in real-world ecological living, Dancing Rabbit’s 70+ residents have reduced their ecological impact by over 90% in areas such as transportation, energy and water use. Creative, cooperative economic models and an entrepreneurial base support the economic sustainability of the village. Education and research are integral to Dancing Rabbit’s goals. It actively shares its ideas and discoveries through visitor programs, publications and other media and has a mission of outreach and education. More info is available at dancingrabbit.org </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alline Anderson and Kurt Kessner met in 1993 on a Sierra Club backpacking trip, and were married in 1997. They moved from Berkeley to Missouri in 1999 and became members of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. In 2007 they began construction of the strawbale, solar and wind-powered Milkweed Mercantile Eco Inn. The Mercantile was designed to serve as a bridge between Dancing Rabbit and the wider community, and to assist in Dancing Rabbit’s outreach and education efforts. In that same year <a href="http://www.eileenfisher.com/EileenFisherCompany/CompanyGeneralContentPages/SocialConciousness/Wograntees_2007.jsp" target="_blank">Alline was awarded an Eileen Fisher Business Grant for Woman Entrepreneurs</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A team in all aspects of their lives, Alline and Kurt collaborated on the design and building of their strawbale home and the Mercantile. They continue to work together and dream up new ways to support the growth of Dancing Rabbit while enjoying life in the growing, thriving village. Kurt enjoys building, bartending and hanging out with friends; Alline is passionate about books, quilting, baking and dogs. And while they both love to travel, what they delight in most is welcoming guests to the Milkweed Mercantile.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please submit to alline@milkweedmercantile.com with ARTIST IN RESIDENCE in the subject line. Not using this subject may result in your application being deleted as spam.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">APPLICATION </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Email Alline at alline@milkweedmercantile.com to request an application. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. APPLICATION FEE </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A non-refundable application fee of $35 is required before your application will be considered. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Payment may be made via PayPal to shop@milkweedmercantile.com</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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Below are brief descriptions of each Artist and his/her residency. In a future post I will show reveal the piece of art that each donated to the growing Milkweed Mercantile collection "Visions of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage."<br />
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NOTE: For information on applying for our <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.blogspot.com/2013/10/2014-artist-in-residence-program.html" target="_blank">2014 Artist in Residence Program click here. </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Claire Stigliani</b></span><br />
We started our Artist in Residence Program with a bang. <a href="http://clairestigliani.com/" target="_blank">Claire Stigliani</a> spent ten days with us in May. She taught two painting classes for kids, and several drawing classes for adults. We loved having her with us - the time just flew! Claire's patience and encouragement were like a balm to those of us who were nervous about plunging into art, and her humor and skill helped us all move forward and feel much more confident. Besides, we had a blast!<br />
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<a href="http://www.nikgarvoille.com/" target="_blank">Nik Garvoille</a> filled our second Residency. Arriving at the Mercantile as a Culinary Work Exchanger, I was flabbergasted (and thrilled) to find out just how much of a renaissance man Nik really is. In addition to crafting the world's best pies and the some of quirkiest Facebook posts I've had the pleasure to giggle at, he is an incredibly talented artist.<br />
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Nik chose natural pigments as his medium for his Residency - he crafted a beautiful palette of paints made from food (beets and alfalfa) and natural materials (including honey locust pods and a variety of leaves, grasses, flowers and roots) found on the land here at Dancing Rabbit. <br />
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<b>Jameson S. Hubbard</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.jshubbard.com/" target="_blank">Jameson S. Hubbard</a>, a great big serious-sounding name for an unassuming, uber-friendly print-maker, was our third Artist in Residence. He taught us mono-printing and block-printing. Arriving with a stack of blank wood blocks and a box full of carving tools, he set us to work. Most of us had no idea how fun and addictive the carving and printing would be until we began. For ten days the Mercantile was filled with folks carving away, creating piles and piles of shavings. Fortunately for us, Jameson is as good a sweeper-upper as he is a creator of that which needs to be swept. In between assisting Rabbits with our own creations he worked on his contribution to the Mercantile collection - a piece featuring images from the Critter Collective here at DR. Ducks, a strawbale house under construction and a miniature donkey can be seen in the work in progress, below.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Rabbits helping carve Jameson's wood block. </i></b></div><br />
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Closing out our 2013 season will be photographer <a href="http://karenhanrahan.zenfolio.com/" target="_blank">Karen Hanrahan</a>. <br />
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Karen calls Bloomington, Illinois home. We look forward to our time with Karen in October. I'll be sure to post photos of her residency!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Milkweed Mercantile Artist in Residency Program will return in 2014. Please check back (or subscribe to this blog) for more information. I hope to have it posted by December - fingers crossed!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697882251283282143.post-59376500407289654662013-04-01T11:24:00.000-07:002015-03-14T14:38:30.267-07:00Putting up the Harvest - Canning Fruit and Vegetables 2013 <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"> 2015 Canning Seminar dates are set! </span></b></span></div>
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<a href="http://milkweedmercantile.blogspot.com/2015/02/fearless-canning-2015-food-preservation.html" target="_blank"><i><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Click here for information on our upcoming classes!</span></span></b></i></a></div>
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<i><b> A Mercantile Canning Seminar - gorgeous heirloom tomatoes and homegrown garlic becoming salsa!</b></i></div>
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Maybe you got a great deal on a lug of peaches or a flat of juicy ripe
strawberries at your farmer's market, or perhaps your first garden is
producing TONS of tomatoes and peppers - now what? Join us for a food
preservation intensive where you’ll get hands-on experience in an
atmosphere where questions are encouraged and confidence gained. With a
focus on both safety and flavor, we’ll go step by step from beginning to
delicious end.<br />
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We are offering four different Sunday sessions - which one works best for you?<br />
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All seminars run from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.<br />
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<i><b>What we finish with!</b></i></div>
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In our day together we’ll put up something sweet (jam or preserves),
savory (salsa and tomato sauce) and tart (pickles) PLUS take time to
understand the science behind preserving food safely and flavorfully.
Depending upon what is in season, we may make some zucchini relish
(surprisingly wonderful!), applesauce or pear sauce, chow chow (fabulous
for the name alone) or chutney.<br />
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We’ll discuss and demonstrate:<br />
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<li> Organic or not – what’s the difference?</li>
<li> Alternative sweeteners – are they possible?</li>
<li> All about pectin</li>
<li> Great recipes for a variety of fruits and vegetables</li>
<li> Knife handling</li>
<li> Choosing the right jar for the job</li>
<li> Sterilizing jars for safety</li>
<li> Hot water bath tips (we’ve learned the hard way so that you won’t have to!)</li>
<li> The right tools, which make all the difference</li>
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We’ll share our favorite recipes and techniques, and everyone will go
home with samples, recipes and loads of ideas and inspiration PLUS a few
key tools of the trade. You’ll never go back to “store-bought” jam,
salsa, tomato sauce and pickles once you’ve made your own!<br />
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<i><b>Summer in a jar!</b></i></div>
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The seminar will be held in the Milkweed Mercantile, a
solar-and-wind-powered business at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, and taught
by Alline Anderson, Proprietor and Ambassador of Jam at the Milkweed
Mercantile.<br />
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Each seminar participant will receive:<br />
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<li>Five full hours of instruction (with an hour for lunch)</li>
<li>A delicious lunch</li>
<li>Supplies to take home: Canning Handbook and your own jar lifters ($24 value, included in class fee)</li>
<li>Recipes and ideas</li>
<li>Samples of canned food made during the class to take home and share</li>
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<b>TO REGISTER: </b>Please send an email to
alline@milkweedmercantile.com and let us know which class you'd like to
attend. You may then give us a call (660-883-5522) with a credit card
number, or mail a check to:<br />
Milkweed Mercantile<br />
3 Dancing Rabbit Lane<br />
Rutledge, MO 63563 <br />
If you mail a check, please be sure to indicate which class you'll be attending.<br />
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A place in a class is not guaranteed until we receive payment.<br />
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<b>The Fine Print:</b><br />
Payment for the seminar and your accommodations is due upon registration. We accept VISA, MasterCard, cash and personal checks. <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/eco-inn/policies.php" target="_blank">Read our Deposit/Cancellation/Refund Policy here.</a> For questions, please call 660-883-5522. If we don't answer, please leave a message. We'll call you right back!<br />
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<b>Please leave your pets at home </b><br />
Pets (except for seeing-eye dogs and other service dogs) are not allowed
at any Milkweed Mercantile Seminars. While we do have a pet-friendly
guest room, pets are not allowed to be unattended in any of our rooms,
and while attending a seminar you will be unable to care for your pet.
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.<br />
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<b>Travel to the Milkweed Mercantile </b><br />
Our seminar prices do not include travel to and from the Milkweed Mercantile. <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/about/location.php" target="_blank">For directions, train, airport and rental car information, click here. </a><br />
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<b>Your Responsibilities </b><br />
Respecting the customs of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage and the neighboring
communities, including Rutledge;
avoiding breaking any applicable laws, and refraining from
antisocial conduct during the trip; following environmental guidelines
in accordance with the Milkweed Mercantile and Dancing Rabbit
Ecovillage;
always respecting the rights and privacy of residents of Dancing
Rabbit Ecovillage.<br />
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<b>Emergency Care </b><br />
We are extremely conscientious when it comes to safety. However, in the
case of accident or illness, the Milkweed Mercantile will attempt to
provide appropriate first aid and contact the local hospital if
necessary. Costs of ambulance and/or of medical care beyond basic first
aid are the financial responsibility of the ill or injured person. Our
closest hospital/emergency room is located approximately 20 minutes away
in Memphis, MO. We encourage everyone to work carefully and safely.
Please bring proof of health insurance, if you have it.<br />
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<b>Seminars Canceled or Changed by the Milkweed Mercantile </b><br />
On very rare occasions, we must cancel or change seminars. If this
occurs, our responsibility is limited to a refund of any trip fees
you've already paid. The Milkweed Mercantile is not responsible for
airline tickets, other tickets or payments, or any similar fee penalties
that you may incur as a result of any trip cancellations or changes.
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<i><b>Culinary Assistant and Baker</b></i><br />
<b>April 15 – October 31,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2013</b></div>
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Become an integral part of the Milkweed Mercantile, a strawbale, solar & wind-powered Eco Inn and Organic Café located at <a href="http://www.dancingrabbit.org/" target="_blank">Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage</a>. You will have a huge impact upon the lives of our guests, plus have the opportunity to learn more about sustainable living and, of course, yourself. </div>
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The Milkweed Mercantile is a privately owned business created by Dancing Rabbit members Alline and Kurt. Designed as a bridge between the ecovillage and the wider community, the Mercantile provides delicious local and seasonal meals, comfortable rooms at reasonable rates, and seminars on all aspects of sustainability. The Mercantile serves as a living demonstration of the comfort and beauty of sustainability, and is quickly becoming the social hub of the community.<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Milkweed Mercantile Eco Inn serves meals to seminar/workshop participants, pizza (all homemade) every Thursday, lunch on Saturday when Dancing Rabbit gives public tours, and brunch on Sunday. We also provide a steady stream of baked goods to keep everyone happy.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The design of our kitchen is open, which means that guests <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">will</i> engage you in conversation (see photos)</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The menu and recipes have been created by (Mercantile owner) Alline – your creativity is welcome but all changes must be pre-approved.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Successful applicants do not have to have specific breakfast cook experience already, as we will train you to prepare and serve breakfasts in our style. HOWEVER you must be comfortable in a commercial kitchen and be ready to <span style="font-size: small;">eventually </span>take on full responsibility of breakfast service.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1">Our goal: the smooth running of the Mercantile while conveying the eco-ethic of Dancing Rabbit and its members AND making sure our guests are comfortable, well-fed, and treated respectfully.<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">No housing is provided – most work exchangers/interns camp. However, you will have access to all Mercantile amenities – wifi, showers, toilets, hang<span style="font-size: large;"><b>-</b></span>out space. Your meals will be eaten with the Mercantile staff eating cooperative. You will have the opportunity to <b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">participate in all aspects of life at Dancing Rabbit</span></b>, including social events, potlucks, swimming in the ponds, learning new communication skills, rotational chores, and much, much more. <span class="style1">Plus, you’ll eat really, really well.</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">You will assist Alline in planning and preparing delicious breakfasts for guests – on time, with fresh local organic ingredients, in keeping with Mercantile standards and in accordance to dietary needs of guests.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="style1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Assist Alline in preparing baked goods – biscuits, muffins, cinnamon rolls, cookies, cakes, pies – to be served at the Mercantile.</span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">The job entails working <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">35 hours a week</b>; your schedule will involve <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">early mornings and/or late evenings</b>. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Every Thursday is Pizza Night! The crust on our pizzas is made from scratch and are topped with homemade mozzarella and fresh herbs. Yum!</b></i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Comfort with “specialty” diets – vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, etc. If you are a vegan or vegetarian, you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">must</i></b> be willing to cook and serve meat.</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Interest in sustainability, local and organic dining, and what is happening here at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Willingness to communicate and work through interpersonal conflict</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">You must be at least 21 (for serving alcohol) </li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Your fees for use of the Community Building</b> (primarily for social space and library). Mercantile interns may use the Mercantile showers, wifi and composting toilets. </div>
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<b>Transportation</b>: If you come to Dancing Rabbit by train or bus, we’ll pick you up at the nearest station (Quincy, IL; La Plata, MO; Ottumwa, IA) at no cost to you. Other travel to Dancing Rabbit and travel during your stay is at your expense.</div>
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<b>Transportation</b>: If you come to Dancing Rabbit by train or bus, we’ll pick you up at the nearest station (Quincy, IL; La Plata, MO; Ottumwa, IA) at no cost to you. Other travel to Dancing Rabbit and travel during your stay is at your expense.</div>
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<b>About the Milkweed Mercantile staff:</b></div>
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Kurt Kessner and Alline Anderson arrived at Dancing Rabbit in June 1999. After building a house they launched the next part of their Dancing Rabbit Dream – the Milkweed Mercantile. Inspired to build the Mercantile as a way to support themselves and to help Dancing Rabbit grow, construction began in 2007. The Inn opened in April 2010.<br />
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Alline, with a background in customer service and retail (but whose all-time favorite job remains camp counselor) manages the day to day operations of the Mercantile. Inspired by fabulous ingredients, she takes great joy in feeding, hosting and nurturing others. She never met a baked good that<span style="color: red;"> </span>she didn’t like, and is enjoying learning more about foraged foods. In her spare time she reads fanatically, hangs out with Kurt, and is thinking about entering a 12-step program for Dr. Pepper.</div>
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Kurt <b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">is the easy-going designer/carpenter/contractor responsible for the physical manifestation of the Milkweed Mercantile. Trained, as a carpenter as well<span style="color: red;"> </span>as a marriage and family counselor, he is happiest when he is building something or teaching someone else how to build something. He also enjoys a great beer, great food and great conversation. He is delighted to spend time at the Mercantile, where all three are in plentiful supply.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Please explore <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/">http://milkweedmercantile.com</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>before applying. Additional photos may be viewed here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/milkweed/sets/72157603900100835/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/milkweed/sets/72157603900100835/</a> </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">TO APPLY</span> </b></span>or to ask questions please email alline at
milkweedmercantile.dot com. PLEASE put "internship" in the subject line
to keep your email from ending up in the spam file. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Saturday Lunch service at the Mercantile</b></i></td></tr>
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<i><b>The Mercantile provides meals for seminars held at Dancing Rabbit. </b></i><br />
<i><b>Above: buffet lunch awaits participants (open kitchen in background). </b></i><br />
<i><b>Below: seminar participants relaxing after lunch.</b></i></td></tr>
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<b><i>The Milkweed Mercantile and Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage receive a lot of media attention. </i></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Artist-In-Residence Program at <a href="http://www.dancingrabbit.org/" target="_blank">Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage</a> offers visual
artists the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline while being
surrounded by the inspiring landscape, people and mission of Dancing
Rabbit Ecovillage. Visual artists will create art, participate in the
life of the village, and share his/her skills with members of the
community. Selected artists stay in the Milkweed Mercantile Eco Inn for a
ten-day period from May through October. No stipend is provided.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Residency is sponsored by the Milkweed Mercantile, a private business
located at Dancing Rabbit (“DR”), which is owned and operated by
long-time members of Dancing Rabbit.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Purpose of the Artist-In-Residence Program</span><br />
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Purpose of the Artist-In-Residence Program is to provide artistic
opportunities to promote deeper understanding of and dialogue about
Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. The finished artwork will characterize
Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage for present and future generations, and offer
visitors and the general public an opportunity to see our village
through the eyes of the contributing artists.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Selection is based on:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Residencies
are open to all visual artists. The Milkweed Mercantile at Dancing
Rabbit Ecovillage does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race,
religion, or national origin, although preference will be given to
artists who are from or have spent time in the Midwest. We are seeking
applications from individual artists only; we are not yet able to
accommodate collaborative teams.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Accepted artists must be able to speak and understand English.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Applicants will be notified of the jurors’ results March 15, 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Provided with the Residency:</span><br />
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A place to work</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">280 acres on which to roam and be inspired</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Quiet atmosphere, with star-filled nights and abundant wildlife.</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A friendly, supportive, enthusiastic community in which to live and work.</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Additionally,
your art will be featured in the Milkweed Mercantile Eco Inn, which
serves as a social center for Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage and hundreds of
guests each year; and on the Milkweed Mercantile website.</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We do not provide alcohol, sodas, or other snacks (such as chips). These are available for purchase.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You provide</span><br />
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must provide their own supplies. If they are too large or cumbersome to
transport you may have them delivered via USPS, UPS, or FedEx.</span></li>
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are responsible for your own transportation. We encourage you to use
public transportation. There are train stations in LaPlata, MO; Quincy,
IL; Ottumwa, IA. We will happily pick you up at any of these stations.</span></li>
</ul>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NKI5gC272OY/ULv90VOpoKI/AAAAAAAACJ8/-ybDdeMbcFs/s1600/7+Cool+off+in+one+of+our+ponds+Photo+-+Stephen+Shapiro.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="205" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NKI5gC272OY/ULv90VOpoKI/AAAAAAAACJ8/-ybDdeMbcFs/s400/7+Cool+off+in+one+of+our+ponds+Photo+-+Stephen+Shapiro.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The swimming pond, where many find respite on hot summer days.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Artwork Donations</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Artists
selected to participate in the Mercantile’s Artist-In- Residence
Program are asked to donate an original piece of work from, and
representative of, their residency at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. The
piece will become a component of the Milkweed Mercantile’s </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inspired by Dancing Rabbit: The Artist in Residence Collection</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.
The art will serve to promote and celebrate aspects of Dancing Rabbit
and sustainable living. Donated artwork must be finished within the
10-day residency.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sharing Your Gift with the Dancing Rabbit Community</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Selected
artists are asked to spend time with the Dancing Rabbit community by
providing some sort of workshop/class/seminar for a minimum of 8 hours
during your stay. This can be drawing or painting classes, participatory
art projects for groups or individuals, or some other creative
solution. We’re open to all kinds of ideas!</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_z5LlLbgiHU/ULv9onokfcI/AAAAAAAACJ0/B-eEoE-w8d0/s1600/sat.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_z5LlLbgiHU/ULv9onokfcI/AAAAAAAACJ0/B-eEoE-w8d0/s400/sat.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Saturday lunch at the Mercantile</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Public Presentation</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Each selected artist
will present one 45-minute public program during his/her residency.
This interaction can be tailored to an individual’s medium, interest,
and experience. Programs can be demonstrations, talks, exploratory
walks, or performances. Artists must provide their own supplies and
equipment for these presentations. In addition, artists are requested to
give public presentations in their communities about their residency
experiences.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">About Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dancing
Rabbit Ecovillage, begun in 1997, is a community demonstrating
ecological sustainability. It is located on 280 acres in the rolling
hills of Northeastern Missouri.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One
of the world's foremost experiments in real-world ecological living,
Dancing Rabbit’s 70+ residents have reduced their ecological impact by
over 90% in areas such as transportation, energy and water use.
Creative, cooperative economic models and an entrepreneurial base
support the economic sustainability of the village. Education and
research are integral to Dancing Rabbit’s goals. It actively shares its
ideas and discoveries through visitor programs, publications and other
media and has a mission of outreach and education. More info is
available at dancingrabbit.org </span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">About The Milkweed Mercantile</span><br />
<span id="internal-source-marker_0.49283471628324316" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Milkweed Mercantile is quite possibly the only strawbale solar &
wind-powered B&B in the United States. In addition to the three B&B rooms, the
Mercantile features an organic cafe, a Healing Center (for massage, chiropractic and energy work), a store, and a seminar program.
Since opening its doors in 2010, the Mercantile has hosted hundreds of
guests, many of whom say that a visit with us has changed their lives. While this all sounds very serious, we also have a lot of fun! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The mission of the Mercantile is to provide meaningful work and the demonstration of a life that is sustainable in all ways.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our goals are to:</span><br />
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create right livelihood for ourselves and income opportunities for others at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Provide a comfortable place for visitors and potential new members to stay</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Demonstrate the viability and aesthetic beauty of natural and alternative building</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Share what we’ve learned about real solutions for a sustainable life</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop and articulate a business model that prioritizes planet and people over profit, and learn the value of ‘enough.’</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Educate and train the next generation</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">About Alline and Kurt, Owners of the Milkweed Mercantile</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alline
Anderson and Kurt Kessner met in 1993 on a Sierra Club backpacking
trip, and were married in 1997. They moved from Berkeley to Missouri in
1999 and became members of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. In 2007 they began
construction of the strawbale, solar and wind-powered Milkweed
Mercantile Eco Inn. The Mercantile was designed to serve as a bridge
between Dancing Rabbit and the wider community, and to assist in Dancing
Rabbit’s outreach and education efforts. In that same year Alline was
awarded an Eileen Fisher Business Grant for Woman Entrepreneurs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A
team in all aspects of their lives, Alline and Kurt collaborated on the
design and building of their strawbale home and the Mercantile. They
continue to work together and dream up new ways to support the growth of
Dancing Rabbit while enjoying life in the growing, thriving village.
Kurt enjoys building, bartending and hanging out with friends; Alline is
passionate about books, quilting, baking and dogs. And while they both
love to travel, what they delight in most is welcoming guests to the
Milkweed Mercantile.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jhLTdsb_WaU/ULv9I1AwbaI/AAAAAAAACJs/iPPcqjeVriw/s1600/_MG_1083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jhLTdsb_WaU/ULv9I1AwbaI/AAAAAAAACJs/iPPcqjeVriw/s400/_MG_1083.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The David Brower Hellraiser Room</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Your accommodations at the Milkweed Mercantile</span><br />
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Artists
stay in the David Brower Hellraiser Room. The room is downstairs with
easy access to a (shared) shower and toilet. It has a separate entrance
onto the screened-porch and is furnished with a queen bed, desk, lamps,
and small closet. Linens (bedding and towels) are included.
Accommodations are provided </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">only</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> within the dates of the awarded residency.</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The room is for one person only.</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Visiting
artists eat in the Milkweed Mercantile café with the Milkweed
Mercantile food cooperative and occasionally with Mercantile guests.
Food is as local and organic as possible. We happily accommodate vegans,
vegetarians and/or omnivores. We are also able to handle some food
allergies – please inquire if you have what could be perceived as an
unusual request.</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pets are not allowed.</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Mercantile is fully accessible; there is a ramp, an accessible shower
and toilet. However, Dancing Rabbit is still in its pioneering stages;
the roads are gravel. Additionally the many pathways are muddy when wet,
and are rutted and uneven.</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_z5LlLbgiHU/ULv9onokfcI/AAAAAAAACJ0/B-eEoE-w8d0/s1600/sat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How to Apply</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please submit all components electronically.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Do not send paper copies of anything.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please
submit to alline@milkweedmercantile.com with ARTIST IN RESIDENCE in the
subject line. Not using this subject may result in your application
being deleted as spam.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Entries
are accepted for the 2013 Program until midnight on February 15, 2013.
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
Notifications will be made to finalists by March15, 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Applicant Checklist</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">APPLICATION </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Email Alline at alline@milkweedmercantile.com to request an application. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. CURRENT RESUME/CV</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please include detailed information on your
previous experience with the media you wish to use at Dancing Rabbit. Include information on time spent in the Midwest, if any. Keep
formatting simple. Email your resume/cv to:
alline@milkweedmercantile.com with ARTIST IN RESIDENCE in the subject
line.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. WORK SAMPLES</span><br />
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Upload 10 images of your work created in the last two years.</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plus</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> a corresponding image list to explain work samples,</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plus</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> image details for each image file (title of work, date executed, media and dimensions).</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Add any brief narrative necessary to inform the jury about each individual work.</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Email
your work samples to: alline@milkweedmercantile.com with ARTIST IN
RESIDENCE in the subject line. Be sure to include your name!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE:
Artists must submit application materials and art samples exactly as
indicated. Insufficient, or excess materials (i.e.: please submit 10,
and only 10), are causes for application rejection, as is an artist's
proposed use of a work already in progress as a residency project.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. APPLICATION FEE</span><br />
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pay the $35.00 (US Dollars) application fee via PayPal to shop@milkweedmercantile.com</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please insert “ARTIST IN RESIDENCE in the Paypal subject line.</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No applications will be processed until the application fee has been received.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Calendar</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Entries are accepted for the 2013 Program with through midnight, February 15, 2013. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Notifications will be made to finalists by March15, 2013.</span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PHOTOS</span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Photos of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/milkweed/sets/72157603900100835/" target="_blank">life at the Milkweed Mercantile</a>. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Photos of the <a href="http://www.milkweedmercantile.com/eco-inn/brower.php" target="_blank">David Brower Hell Raiser Room</a>, the shower, toilet and guest lounge.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE: In order to reach new audiences, the Artist in Residence Program is intended for artists who have not yet spent a significant amount of time at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. Former Work Exchangers, Interns, Residents and Members are not eligible. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697882251283282143.post-91868889867838784992012-03-05T09:40:00.000-08:002012-03-14T13:39:15.725-07:00St. Patrick's Day - Your Dinner is Waiting!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>St. Patrick's Day</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saturday, March 17th, 2012</b></span></div>
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On the menu at the Milkweed Mercantile<br />
<ul>
<li><b>Corned beef</b></li>
<li><b>Cabbage</b></li>
<li><b>Red potatoes</b></li>
<li><b>Carrots</b></li>
</ul>
and for dessert:<b> </b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>Baileys Marbled Cheesecake</b>.</li>
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$14 per person (does not include alcohol, tax or gratuity)<br />
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Available at the bar:<br />
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<li>Murphy's Irish Red </li>
<li>Jameson Irish Whiskey</li>
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Seating is limited - reservations highly recommended. Call 660-883-5522 to let us know you're coming. We look forward to seeing you. Erin go bragh!<br />
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<i>"Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink, I
feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers
in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink
this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be
shattered. I think, "It is better to drink this beer and let their
dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver." </i>~ Babe Ruth<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Rutledge, MO 63563, USA40.3136488 -92.088234540.301541300000004 -92.1079755 40.3257563 -92.0684935tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697882251283282143.post-12080603740549312622012-03-04T10:19:00.002-08:002012-03-04T10:19:38.075-08:00Celebrating the The Day of the Dude<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 the Milkweed Mercantile is Celebrating the Day of the Dude.<br />
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We'll be showing <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/" target="_blank">The Big Lebowski</a> and serving White Russians. Maybe hamburgers. No bowling though.<br />
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And nihilists pay double.<br />
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The Dude abides.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697882251283282143.post-52639785434634412952012-02-15T19:08:00.000-08:002012-02-15T19:08:23.129-08:00A Day of Shamanic Breathwork - coming in AprilHi everyone. A good friend is hosting an event here at Dancing Rabbit in the beautiful new Casa de Cultura. Lunch is available at the Milkweed Mercantile, as is lodging. Come spend the weekend, relax, and maybe even change your life!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>QUANTUM LEAP: Transforming Ourselves in 2012</b><br /><b>A day of Shamanic Breathwork™ Journeying </b></span></div>
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;"><b>with Laura Wolf</b><br /><b>Co-Founder of Shaman’s Heart Sanctuary</b></span><br /><br />
<b>April 21, 2012</b> in at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Northeast Missouri<br />
Register by April 1st for Early Bird Discount<br />
<br /> The Shamanic Breathwork™ Process uses the healing power of the breath, music, energetic bodywork, art, ritual and group sharing to help you:<br />
<ul>
<li>Release stress, stuck energy, old patterns and limiting thoughts</li>
<li>Activate your creativity and access your deep inner wisdom</li>
<li>Step more fully into your PASSION, POWER and PURPOSE</li>
</ul>
If you are ready for a QUANTUM LEAP in 2012 join us for this life-changing process.<br /><br />
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Laura Wolf, Shakti Priestess and Master Facilitator of the Shamanic Breathwork™ Process, trained and taught with Linda Star Wolf, founder of Shamanic Breathwork™, at Venus Rising Association for Transformation in North Carolina. Co-Founder of Shaman’s Heart Sanctuary in Kansas City, Laura Wolf teaches personal transformation and empowerment at her workshops around the country. <b> </b><br />
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<b>Location:</b> La Casa de Cultura at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Rutledge, MO 63563<br /><b>Hours:</b> 8:45 am – 6 pm – arrive early to fill out forms.<br />
<b>Donation: </b>$100. <i>Pre-Registration Required!</i><br /><b>Early Bird discount:</b> $75 if you register by April 1st.<br />
<b>Lunch : </b><a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/cafe/" target="_blank">Lunch is available for $10 at Milkweed Mercantile</a>. Vegans, vegetarians and omnivores are happily accommodated.<br />
<b>Lodging:</b> <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/eco-inn/" target="_blank">Lodging (including handicap accessible) is also available at Milkweed Mercantile</a>. Contact Alline
Anderson to reserve lunch or lodging at 660-883-5522 <br />
<br /><b>Payment: </b>Make check payable to Shaman’s Heart Sanctuary. Mail to Judy Sharp, 251 E. McClintic Pl., Memphis, MO 63555 to reserve your spot. Phone: 660-342-1454.<br /><br />
<b>Bring: </b>Your open heart & mind, sleeping bag or comforter, additional blanket to cover up with, pillow, water bottle, journal and sacred objects for the community altar.<br /><br />
Nearby Cities: Quincy, IL – 1.25 hours / Columbia, MO – 2.5 hours / St. Louis, MO – 3.5 hours Fairfield, IA – 1.5 hours / Des Moines, IA – 3 hours<br />
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Shaman’s Heart Sanctuary is a non-profit spiritual community of <a href="http://shamanicbreathwork.org/" target="_blank">Venus Rising Association for Transformation</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">NOTE: This event is a private event and is not sponsored by the Milkweed Mercantile or Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage but <i>is being</i> held here. We hope you'll join us!</span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697882251283282143.post-15345637773033875362012-02-08T19:00:00.000-08:002012-02-08T19:01:06.225-08:00Some Enchanted Evening - Valentine's Dinner at the Milkweed Mercantile<br />
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Come spend a romantic Valentine's evening with dinner at the Milkweed Mercantile.<br />
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On the menu:<br />
<ul>
<li>Locally-sourced appetizer (most likely this will involve some of Dan's homemade cheese)</li>
<li>Boeuf Bourguignon or Tofu Bourguignon (a rich red-wine-based French beef or tofu stew with mushrooms, carrots, tiny onions...)</li>
<li>Garlic Mashed Potatoes</li>
<li>Vegetable (whatever looks fresh and delicious!)</li>
<li>Sprouted-grain rolls</li>
<li>Choice of dessert </li>
</ul>
A variety of wines from local and/or socially responsible wineries will be available.<br />
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<b>Dessert</b> (included with dinner or available separately)<br />
<ul>
<li>Trio of homemade chocolate truffles</li>
<li>Trio of homemade raw/vegan truffles</li>
<li>Double Chocolate Cheesecake with nut crust</li>
<li>Coeur a la Creme with Blueberry Sauce</li>
</ul>
Served with champagne and/or coffee and tea. Note: all desserts are wheat/gluten free.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Coeur a la Creme </b></td></tr>
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<b>Valentine's Day Inn Special</b> - Spend Valentine's Night at the Milkweed Mercantile<br />
We still have two rooms available. Tuesday night only we're offering the Lover's Special: $50 per couple (regularly priced $85-$115)<br />
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Choose from the <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/eco-inn/carson.php" target="_blank">Rachel Carson</a> (queen size bed) or <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/eco-inn/stegner.php" target="_blank">Wallace Stegner </a>(queen size bed) room.<br />
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Please make your reservations for dinner and/or a room by Sunday, February 12th. If you have any questions, please email or call 660-883-5522.<br />
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Love, Alline, Kurt, Mandy & JordanUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697882251283282143.post-51207335563978941222011-12-01T04:37:00.001-08:002013-03-27T16:22:20.363-07:00Putting up the Harvest - Canning Fruit and Vegetables 2013$75 per person<br />
Lunch is included<br />
Places are limited; we encourage you to register as soon as possible.<br />
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Maybe you got a great deal on a lug of peaches or a flat of juicy ripe
strawberries at your farmer's market, or perhaps your first garden is
producing TONS of tomatoes and peppers - now what? Join us for a food
preservation intensive where you’ll get hands-on experience in an
atmosphere where questions are encouraged and confidence gained. With a
focus on both safety and flavor, we’ll go step by step from beginning to
delicious end.<br />
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We are offering four different Sunday sessions - which one works best for you?<br />
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<li>July 7, 2013</li>
<li>August 4, 2013</li>
<li>September 8, 2013</li>
<li>September 29, 2013 </li>
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All seminars run from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.<br />
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<b><i>What we start with...</i></b></div>
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<i><b>What we finish with!</b></i></div>
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In our day together we’ll put up something sweet (jam or preserves), savory (salsa and tomato sauce) and tart (pickles) PLUS take time to understand the science behind preserving food safely and flavorfully. Depending upon what is in season, we may make some zucchini relish (surprisingly wonderful!), applesauce or pear sauce, chow chow (fabulous for the name alone) or chutney.<br />
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We’ll discuss and demonstrate:<br />
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<li> Harvesting and procuring the best produce</li>
<li> Organic or not – what’s the difference?</li>
<li> Alternative sweeteners – are they possible?</li>
<li> All about pectin</li>
<li> Great recipes for a variety of fruits and vegetables</li>
<li> Knife handling</li>
<li> Choosing the right jar for the job</li>
<li> Sterilizing jars for safety</li>
<li> Hot water bath tips (we’ve learned the hard way so that you won’t have to!)</li>
<li> The right tools, which make all the difference</li>
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We’ll share our favorite recipes and techniques, and everyone will go home with samples, recipes and loads of ideas and inspiration PLUS a few key tools of the trade. You’ll never go back to “store-bought” jam, salsa, tomato sauce and pickles once you’ve made your own!<br />
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<i><b>Summer in a jar!</b></i></div>
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The seminar will be held in the Milkweed Mercantile, a solar-and-wind-powered business at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, and taught by Alline Anderson, Proprietor and Ambassador of Jam at the Milkweed Mercantile.<br />
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Each seminar participant will receive:<br />
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<li>Five full hours of instruction (with an hour for lunch)</li>
<li>A delicious lunch</li>
<li>Supplies to take home: Canning Handbook and your own jar lifters ($24 value, included in class fee)</li>
<li>Recipes and ideas</li>
<li>Samples of canned food made during the class to take home and share</li>
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<b>TO REGISTER: </b>Please send an email to
alline@milkweedmercantile.com and let us know which class you'd like to
attend. You may then give us a call (660-883-5522) with a credit card
number, or mail a check to:<br />
Milkweed Mercantile<br />
3 Dancing Rabbit Lane<br />
Rutledge, MO 63563 <br />
If you mail a check, please be sure to indicate which class you'll be attending.<br />
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A place in a class is not guaranteed until we receive payment.<br />
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<b>The Fine Print:</b><br />
Payment for the seminar and your accommodations is due upon registration. We accept VISA, MasterCard, cash and personal checks. <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/eco-inn/policies.php" target="_blank">Read our Deposit/Cancellation/Refund Policy here.</a> For questions, please call 660-883-5522. If we don't answer, please leave a message. We'll call you right back!<br />
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<b>Please leave your pets at home </b><br />
Pets (except for seeing-eye dogs and other service dogs) are not allowed at any Milkweed Mercantile Seminars. While we do have a pet-friendly guest room, pets are not allowed to be unattended in any of our rooms, and while attending a seminar you will be unable to care for your pet. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.<br />
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<b>Travel to the Milkweed Mercantile </b><br />
Our seminar prices do not include travel to and from the Milkweed Mercantile. <a href="http://milkweedmercantile.com/about/location.php" target="_blank">For directions, train, airport and rental car information, click here. </a><br />
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<b>Your Responsibilities </b><br />
Respecting the customs of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage and the neighboring communities, including Rutledge;
avoiding breaking any applicable laws, and refraining from antisocial conduct during the trip; following environmental guidelines in accordance with the Milkweed Mercantile and Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage;
always respecting the rights and privacy of residents of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.<br />
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<b>Emergency Care </b><br />
We are extremely conscientious when it comes to safety. However, in the case of accident or illness, the Milkweed Mercantile will attempt to provide appropriate first aid and contact the local hospital if necessary. Costs of ambulance and/or of medical care beyond basic first aid are the financial responsibility of the ill or injured person. Our closest hospital/emergency room is located approximately 20 minutes away in Memphis, MO. We encourage everyone to work carefully and safely. Please bring proof of health insurance, if you have it.<br />
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<b>Seminars Canceled or Changed by the Milkweed Mercantile </b><br />
On very rare occasions, we must cancel or change seminars. If this occurs, our responsibility is limited to a refund of any trip fees you've already paid. The Milkweed Mercantile is not responsible for airline tickets, other tickets or payments, or any similar fee penalties that you may incur as a result of any trip cancellations or changes.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0