RESOURCES

Farming Resources

Regenerative Poultry Production
Learn the most efficient natural systems, and best practices for foundational business management to guide the growth of your regenerative operation. Study tested regenerative practices and develop the skills and knowledge required for regenerative farming. With the tools provided by this course, you can have a calculable, positive impact on the environment and your community. Learn the mechanics of raising poultry humanely, reducing poultry feed costs, and building secure and labor-friendly infrastructure. Let us guide the growth of your regenerative poultry production business. 

Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA
The NOFA Interstate Council provides coordination between the chapters, conducts the annual NOFA Summer Conference and acts as an umbrella organization for projects of collective concern to NOFA chapters, such as the Northeast Interstate Organic Certification Committee.

Each of the seven state chapters comprising the Northeast Organic Farming Association provides educational conferences, workshops, farm tours and printed materials to educate farmers, gardeners, consumers and land care professionals.

Program Models

The Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education and Regenerative Agriculture
A partnership with the University of California, Davis to create a training and innovation center in Sacramento, California 

Transforming a Juvenile Facility and Youth Justice in Houston, Texas
Explore the transformation of a juvenile correctional facility in Harris County, Texas, in a short film produced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The facility has been repurposed as an Opportunity Center to offer classes, skill development and community connections for young individuals and local residents. This adaptation is part of a broader narrative surrounding youth justice in Harris County, moving away from punitive measures to more effective and positive approaches. 

Funding Resources

Braiding Seeds Fellowship
We need equity in access to land, sustenance, and power in the food system. The food system is built upon land theft and genocide of indigenous people and the exploitation of Black and Brown labor. Black farmers currently operate around 1% of the nation’s farms, having lost over 12 million acres to USDA discrimination, racist violence, and legal trickery. 85% of the people working the land in the US are Latinx migrant workers, yet only 2.5% of farms are owned and operated by Latinxs. People of color are disproportionately likely to live under food apartheid and suffer from diabetes, heart disease, and other diet related illness. Labor laws continue to permit the exploitation of farm and food workers.

Articles and Other Resources

The Guardian: Cuba's organic revolution
The collapse of the Soviet Union forced Cuba to become self-reliant in its agricultural production. The country's innovative solution was urban organic farming, the creation of 'organoponicos'. But will it survive a change of government? Ed Ewing reports

The Herbal Body Map
A leader in the field of transformative natural education, Nicole has helped thousands of people discover and implement real strategies for living a more simple and connected life.

Made Institute
The MADE Institute’s mission is to provide comprehensive violence prevention, solution-driven research, and workforce development for at-risk youth and returning citizens.

Using Drones and VR to Teach Permaculture 
Edge Perma is an online learning platform that uses the latest technology to develop new methods for teaching permaculture design and regenerative farming

Green Dreamer Podcast
Laurie Palmer: Lessons from lichen worlds