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The Spiralinear Calendar: Nested Cycles of Jewish Agricultural Time
Alexander Grace Vickery (he/him)

Yovel: A Return To Ancestral Land Holdings
Risa Alyson Cooper & SJ Seldin (they/them)

Imagining Regenerative Land Futures
Rachel Binstock & Abrah J Dresdale

Perennial Torah of Trees
Shamu Sadeh

Learning from Loopholes
Justin Goldstein

Release & Repair: Shmita & Reparations in Our Lives
Chana Rusanov & Sol Yael Weiss

Fermenting Change:
Shmita as Inspiration for Food Distribution & Intentional Pickling
Sarah Chandler

Intention-Setting for the Next Cycle
Shmita Beit Midrash with Ammud: Jews of Color Torah Academy
Arielle Korman

Tzedek (justice) & Adamah (earth): An Intro Course
Ophir Haberer

Creating a Life on Land: The Soul Fire Farm Story
Leah Penniman, Neshima Vitale-Penniman, & Emet Vitale-Penniman

If Shemittah is the answer, what is the question?
Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin

Reflections on Shmita from Israel Today
Shaul Judelman

Is Kosher Slaughter Humane?
Yadidya Greenberg

Closing Session & Story Share
JFN Team

Keynote: T'Shuva & Rematriation, Farming on Indigenous Land
Nazshonnii Brown-Almaweri, Ariel Luckey

Jewish Flower Teaching (participant led session)
Naomi Spector (she/her)

Pilgrimage Festivals On The Farm
Sephirah Oshkello, Melanie Kessler