Over its twelve-year publication run it grew to be a 42-page, professionally printed magazine with international distribution and news-stand sales.

In an era before mainstream access to the Internet, and before the creation of the World Wide Web, Pagan magazines such as Harvest provided crucial opportunities for networking, sharing of information, and the development of the international Neopagan community.

[1]In comparison to other Pagan publications of the time, Tedford continued, Harvest offers fewer writings on astral travel and past-life regression, choosing instead to focus more on simple ways to celebrate the changing of the seasons and translate the imagery of pagan myth into your daily life.

[1]In addition to covering the more common traditions of Neopaganism, such as Wicca, Harvest also gave a forum to some of the emerging Polytheistic Reconstructionist movements.

Respecting Morven's ownership of the name, the staff continued publishing quarterly for the next six issues, renaming the magazine Tides.