As the first of three autumn harvests on the Wheel of the Year, Lughnasadh celebrates the first fruits of the fields — the grain & cereal crops of barley, corn, oats, rye, and wheat.

In later times, Lughnasadh was renamed Lammas, meaning loaf mass, and was celebrated as a time to bless the freshly baked bread and give thanks for the grain harvest.

Regardless of one’s current relationship to gluten, a loaf of bread remains an ancient symbol of sustenance, nourishment, comfort, and community — because a loaf is always meant to be shared.

Harvest Season is a season of abundance, replenishment, and thanksgiving — a season to bake and break bread with those we love, give thanks for the bounty of life's blessings, and tend to the literal and metaphorical crops yet to come.