New Life, Living Soil: Regenerative Farming During Calving Season at Harmony Mountain Farm

Spring on the farm is a time of awakening, of thawing earth, budding trees, and the slow return of green. But perhaps the most sacred sign of renewal for us comes in the form of new life: the arrival of our calves.

Calving season at Harmony Mountain Farm is both grounding and awe-inspiring. It’s a season of tenderness and tenacity, of early morning pasture checks and the quiet hush of breath shared between mother and newborn. It’s also when the heartbeat of regenerative farming feels most alive, because here, every calf born is more than just a birth. It’s a promise to the land, to our future, and to the sacred web that connects us all.

What Regenerative Farming Means to Us

Regenerative farming is more than a method, it’s a mindset and a relationship. At its core, it means we farm with nature, not against it. We prioritize soil health, biodiversity, and the resilience of our ecosystem, while honoring our animals as co-creators in this dance of life.

During calving season, that relationship is front and center. Our cows graze on rotational pasture, and their movement supports natural fertilization, builds soil structure, and helps sequester carbon. Their presence nourishes not just their calves, but the land itself. This is regeneration in action, every hoofprint and manure drop feeding the soil food web, which in turn feeds everything else.

The Rhythm of Calving Season

There’s a quiet magic to waking up and discovering a new life curled beside its mother, still slick with birth and blinking into the morning light. On our farm, we trust deeply in the natural instincts of our animals. Rarely do we witness the births as they happen, the cows prefer privacy, and we honor that. Most often, we arrive just after the moment, finding a fresh calf nestled into mama, already nursed, already known by its mama. Intervention is rare. Our cows birth on their own terms, in their own time, and we’ve learned to watch from a respectful distance. This approach keeps us humble and attuned. It reminds us that stewardship doesn't always mean stepping in, it sometimes means stepping back and trusting in the ancient intelligence of life itself.

Raising Animals in Right Relationship

Regenerative farming asks us to see our animals as more than units of production. They are teachers, companions, and vital members of our ecosystem. Calving season deepens that bond, as we care for both mother and calf with attentiveness and respect.

We don’t rush the weaning process. We allow the calves to nurse and bond, and we watch the way the herd adapts and makes room. These rhythms, the slow and the cyclical, are part of what makes regenerative farming feel so deeply human. It’s not just about sustainability; it’s about regeneration, of the land, the lineage, and our own capacity to tend.

A Season of Stewardship

There’s something incredibly humbling about walking out into a quiet pasture, dew still clinging to the grass, and meeting a calf who wasn’t here the day before. To know the land helped bring that moment into being, and that your role is simply to care.

To feed and water, to compost and reseed, to kneel in the soil and wonder, “What will this grow into next?” Calving season is busy, yes. But it’s also a reminder to stay close to the why. Why we do this work. Why we choose to raise animals in this way. Why we keep showing up, muddy boots, sore muscles, and full hearts. Because regeneration isn’t just something we do.It’s something we live.

Want to follow along with calving season?We’ll be sharing updates, photos, and stories on Instagram @harmonymountainfarm. Come meet the babies and learn how new life supports living soil.

With gratitude from the pasture,

Jessica Cholewa

Harmony Mountain Farm

Lancaster, NH