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Farm and Land

You like cows? We got ‘em! You are welcome at Loretto Motherhouse to enjoy our 800 acres of Kentucky paradise and tour our farm and land, where cows and agriculture co-exist with the life of the Loretto Community. Learn more about our farm and land.

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What Are Ecosystem Services?

By Joy Jensen SL / April 1, 2018 /
A green field with small trees freshly planted in a row with large forests in the background with a clear blue sky on a sunny day.

We have read about ecosystems. But what are ecosystem services? The notion was popularized by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report in 2005, and it is often used in forest management…

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Beef and Climate Change: A Continuum

By Susan Classen CoL / April 1, 2018 /
A tall grass field with black cows grazing on a sunny day.

Does eating beef harm the planet? Many are asking that important question and, like most good questions, there is no clear answer. Think of a continuum ranging from beef choices…

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Education Continues at the Loretto Motherhouse Farm!

By Sharon Kassing SL / November 1, 2017 /
A man and woman smile for a picture together with a black and white border collie in a farm pasture on a sunny day.

Take a minute and conjure up a picture of that teacher who “captured” you: the one who with his/her enthusiasm and curiosity turned you on to an insight or a…

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Loretto Supports National Farm Workers Ministry

By Loretto Community / March 1, 2017 /
A farmworkers committee standing together outside with their fists in the air collectively holding a large, colorful sign that says National Farm Worker Ministry.

By Roxanne Monterastelli Carolyn Jarmillo and Rox Monterastelli represented the Latin America Caribbean Committee at the National Farm Workers Ministry winter board meeting in January at FIRM, Fresno (Calif.) Interdenominational…

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