By Joleen

Curious what happens at a retreat? Discover a day at Big Raven Farm, one of Minnesota’s most unique destinations for creative and wellness retreats.

Join our 4-day cooking retreat at Big Raven Farm and learn simple ways to elevate your cooking at home. Hands-on culinary instruction, great food, and a relaxing Midwest getaway.

Join our brand-new Watercolor Retreat at Big Raven Farm. Learn foundational and specialty techniques in a supportive, small-group setting of just 16 participants. Reserve your spot to create beautiful watercolor paintings and nurture your creativity.

Spending time on a farm can do more than provide a peaceful escape. Nature, animals, meaningful work, and community all play a role in emotional healing. Discover why farm environments are becoming powerful places for rest, renewal, and reconnection.

There is a quietness in the heart of winter that invites us to pause. At Big Raven Farm, that quietness is everywhere, in the soft light over the fields, the gentle sway of bare branches, and the hush that settles across the farm at dawn. It is in these moments of stillness that clarity and inspiration begin to emerge. I want to personally invite you to step into this stillness before the first hints of spring awaken the earth, and to explore it through two very special experiences at the farm this year: our cooking retreat from March 26 to...