Asher Edes (they, etc) grew up in Chicago, put down roots in Minneapolis, and currently lives on Cherokee land in North Carolina. They collaborated with Alexander Grace Vickery to create Shmita Hives, an exploratory journey of Jewish time cycles. Asher is an organizer of Yesod Farm+Kitchen, where Jewish farming is a practice of collective liberation. They bring that project a longstanding interest in cooperative homes and workplaces. Asher likes being outside, dreaming in community, and engaging with art as a process. They’re inspired by disabled and trans survival and resilience. Asher holds a BA from Hampshire College and is studying in ALEPH’s Earth-Based Judaism Program.