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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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OAK Farmer Field Day – Farm Resilience Through Healthy Soils

By Loretto Community / March 31, 2025 /

Join us at the OAK (Organic Association of Kentucky) Farmer Field Day – Farm Resilience Through Healthy Soils, on July 1, 2025 at the Loretto Motherhouse Farm. For 200 years,…

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Beef Reproduction Field Day

By Loretto Community / March 31, 2025 /

The Loretto Motherhouse has teamed up with Washington and Marion County Extension Offices and Young Farmers to present a beef reproduction field day for cow-calf producers May 24th, 9 AM…

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Update from the Loretto Land Justice Committee

By Loretto Community / February 12, 2025 /
Four people - a Black woman, an older White woman, a middle-aged man and a second older White woman pose for a photo on the prairie.

The Loretto Land Justice Team of 2022-2024 has just transitioned into the Loretto Land Justice Committee of 2025-2029. And the work continues without a break: For two properties, in Kansas and in…

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Ag Bash a big draw

By Loretto Community / October 3, 2024 /
A woman demonstrates for two teens how to fold a paper crane at table at an outdoor event.

By Angela Rakes The first Saturday in August was buzzing with visitors to the Loretto Motherhouse’s third annual Back to School Ag Bash. Over 400 people braved the wet conditions…

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Motherhouse Farm is now a Kentucky Heritage Farm

By Loretto Community / October 3, 2024 /
Five people stand in front of a red barn and smile together for a group picture while displaying an award plaque and paper certification that says Kentucky Historic Farm.

The Loretto Motherhouse Farm is now a Kentucky Heritage Farm! In 1982, the Kentucky Legislature passed a law to register farms over 100 years of age that have stayed in…

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Summer at Loretto Motherhouse brims with community activities

By Loretto Community / September 18, 2024 /
Many children in adults in brightly colored clothing are seen sitting on top of a hay wagon as they are about to take a tour of a farm on a sunny day.

In addition to the Seeking Home procession in June and an important Assembly, this summer saw Loretto visitors engaging in numerous family activities. These included Family Fun Day, the Heritage…

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Ag Bash Smash!

By Loretto Community / August 14, 2024 /
From left, an older woman with grey hair, glasses and a green t-shirt stands smiling with a young woman with brown curly hair wearing a blue tank top and jean overalls. They are standing together in front of a sign that says "new pioneers for a sustainable future."

Over 400 children and grown-ups showed up at Loretto Motherhouse on Saturday, Aug. 3, to play in the corn, soybean and wheat boxes (no sand here), pet the four-day-old chicks…

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Loretto Motherhouse Farm officially a Kentucky Heritage Farm

By Loretto Community / July 24, 2024 /

The Loretto Motherhouse Farm is now a Kentucky Heritage Farm! In 1982, the Kentucky Legislature passed a law to register farms over 100 years of age which have stayed in…

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San Elizario land update

By Mary Margaret Murphy SL / July 1, 2024 /
A green cotton field on a sunny day.

Since the Loretto Community Land Justice Focus Team formed in 2022, Libby Comeaux and I have been connecting with various individuals and agencies in San Elizario, Texas. I am delighted…

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Loretto Motherhouse Farm accepted to the 2023 Kentucky Farm Bureau Certified Farm Market Program

By Loretto Community / June 28, 2024 /

Posted by the Lebanon Enterprise on Aug 3, 2023 LOUISVILLE — Kentucky Farm Bureau is proud to announce the acceptance of Loretto Motherhouse Farm, located in Marion County, into the…

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Building relationships at the Land Justice Futures Focus Community Gathering

By Carole Eschen SL / June 1, 2024 /
A large group photo with multiple rows of people standing and sitting, all smiling together indoors. Two sitting are holding posters similar to those on the wall behind them

To build relationships you have to “waste time” together. The Focus Community Gathering in Racine, Wis., did that and so much more. The Land Justice teams from 15 different communities…

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Loretto Motherhouse Farm Annual Back to School Ag Bash

By Loretto Community / May 28, 2024 /

Save the date and join us for our second annual Ag Bash for a variety of free kids activities, amazing food vendors, and a NEW Craft Vendor area. More information…

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