Windflower Farm

Do you love working outdoors? Interested in learning the ins and outs of sustainable flower farming in our High Desert climate? Windflower farm in beautiful Bend, Oregon is seeking an enthusiastic, reliable, hardworking helper to join our flower team. Tasks include sowing, transplanting, weeding, flower harvesting and arranging, and potential to help man our Farmer’s Market booth. Prior experience in farming, horticulture, floristry, or landscaping is helpful. 24-32 hours/week during the growing season with a private, on-farm living situation available. Pay is commensurate with experience. Self-Care board for 1 or 2 horses is negotiable. References required. Please email cover letter and resume.

Windflower Farm has full care pasture board available for 2-3 compatible retirees. Clean, 4-acre grass pasture with ample loafing shed. Compassionate, experienced care includes tested, top-quality orchard grass hay fed 3x/day, manure pickup, horse-safe fencing, heated Nelson waterer and 3x/daily health checks. References available. $350/horse. Please email [email protected] with inquiries.

Rachel Carson's landmark book "Silent Spring" -- which helped to launch the modern environmental movement -- was first published on this day in 1962. The marine biologist and author's famous work documented the dangers of indiscriminate use of synthetic pesticides, especially on bird populations. Though its publication was met with strong opposition from the chemical industry, the scientific community largely supported her conclusions. "Silent Spring" also served as a rallying point for the young environment movement just gaining momentum at the time of its publication.

The book fueled public interest in environmental and public health issues and, within a few years, the Nixon Administration formed the Environmental Protection Agency. Much of the EPA's early work focused on issues raised by Carson's work such as a 1972 law regulating pesticides and a US ban on the agricultural use of DDT. Carson's book "Silent Spring" is considered one of the twentieth century's most influential works of non-fiction and, in 2006, the editors of Discover Magazine named it one of the 25 greatest science books of all time. For her many contributions to environmental conservation, President Carter posthumously awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Her pioneering work "Silent Spring" is still in print today and available at https://amzn.to/3EWGn4L

To introduce children to the trailblazing Rachel Carson, we highly recommend "Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement" for ages 5 to 9 (https://www.amightygirl.com/spring-after-spring) and "Who Was Rachel Carson" for ages 8 to 12 (https://www.amightygirl.com/who-was-rachel-carson)

There is also an excellent biography / science activity guide, "Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids," for ages 9 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/rachel-carson-and-ecology-for-kids

For adult readers, we highly recommend "On A Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson" (https://www.amightygirl.com/on-a-farther-shore) and "Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature" (https://www.amightygirl.com/rachel-carson-witness)

And, for many books for kids about the importance of protecting the environment, visit our special feature on the "Top Children's Books on the Environment" at https://www.amightygirl.com/mighty-girl-picks/top-children-s-books-on-the-environment