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Bushel is a volunteer-run, mixed-use space dedicated to arts, agriculture, ecology, and action.
About Us
Located on Main Street in Delhi, New York, it was founded by a small group of area residents as an exploration of the relationships and conversations that can be forged in a low-population area through the hosting of exhibitions, performances, screenings, discussions, meetings, workshops, reading groups, swaps, mutual aid, and more. An explicitly anti-racist, anti-capitalist, anti-patriarchal, and anti-imperial experiment, Bushel is grounded in the belief that gathering is essential for collective resistance and imagining. The experiment remains unwritten, indeterminate, and open-ended.
Bushel is a project of If / Then Inc., a tax-exempt, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. It is maintained by a small, evolving collective of area residents who decided to take a chance on a non-commercial endeavor in a Main Street storefront. While we have agreed to volunteer our time and to split the cost of rent and utilities when monthly revenues don’t meet overhead, our goal—sometimes met, sometimes not—is for Bushel to be fully self-supported from a combination of: suggested donations collected at events and workshops, commissions on the sale of art and books, proceeds from renting the space, and contributions and grants. If you’re interested in volunteering, please email us.
Active Groups
Bushel has hosted many groups, some of which have become converted to occasional programming entities or email lists. Below you’ll find information about these groups, past and present, along with ways to connect.
A Land With a People
A Palestine discussion group that began in November 2023 by reading A Land With a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism, and has continued to host several screenings and discussions.
Several Species (Mycology and Herbalism)
Several Species began as a monthly meetup, and continues as a not-quite-monthly series of individually scheduled events. The group offers a chance for herbalists, mycologists, foragers, growers, medicine makers, and those curious about any of the above to gather and talk about their projects and goals, share resources, swap materials and order supplies in bulk, geek out on plants and fungi, host teach-ins and demos, and potentially expand into drop-in community clinics, educational walks for the public, guest lectures and anything else that arises. Several Species (Spp) has its own listserv; attend an event hosted by the group or fill in this form to receive updates.
New Babes
New Babes began as a monthly meetup for new parents and carers of babies (newborn to 2 years old). It continues to host occasional swaps and other events, and maintains an active WhatsApp group. To join the group, text Alyssa: 337-512-5019
Get Woke Reading Groups
Get Woke! Catskills hosts several short-term reading groups and one-time book discussions each year at Bushel. Get Woke! is organized and supported through the efforts of volunteers, non-profit organizations, students and residents in the upper Catskills region. Its primary goal is to use the arts to bring people together to work through and better understand issues around race and identity in the United States, especially within the context of rural communities. For more information about Get Woke!, please visit their website.
Delaware County Solidarity
Founded in 2016 at Bushel and now continuing as a listserv, Delaware County Solidarity is a group working to promote the awareness of local issues, advance human rights and social justice, and protect the environment through research, advocacy, information sharing, and community-wide events. Join the list here.
