Photo Documentary
Here are some updates with what has been happening on the farm! Application deadline is coming soon, reach out if you’re interested! Also, if you like these photos, follow us on instagram @school_of_adaptive_agriculture
Here are some updates with what has been happening on the farm! Application deadline is coming soon, reach out if you’re interested! Also, if you like these photos, follow us on instagram @school_of_adaptive_agriculture
Germination By Matt Gal I’m having trouble deciding if magic is the right word to describe my time spent at the Grange Farm School. It’s the only word I know that can accurately sum up the overwhelmingly beautiful, educational, and improbable experiences that I had there. I’ll start by freely admitting that I had no notion of…
Meet the Students: Kayla and Dimitri by Daniel Spiro, graduate and rock of the SAA Stop by Ridgewood Ranch and the SAA campus on a sunny afternoon after classes have concluded for the day and you’re likely to find partners Kayla Cabradilla, 26, and Dimitri Brown, 28, putting in extra hours in the school’s diverse…
Surrounded by rustling, rolling grasslands, an irrigated pasture, vegetable, grain, and fruit production dotted throughout this agrarian valley, the Summer Practicum Students found themselves at the end of their first week with a visitor at our Friday dinner potluck. Colin Seis hails from Australia, where he manages Winona, a 2,000 acre property producing merino wool,…
With the hot season of Mendocino County rearing its dry golden head, we here in the little hilltop village of the Grange School are defying the stagnancy of summer days as we enter week four of our fast-paced, intensive student practicum program. So heat be damned! We’re rolling strong through days of hearty field work,…
Did you know that in 1864, the Coyote Valley flour mill processed a daily average of four tons of wheat? In 1880, Anderson Valley, a community of less than 1,000 people, raised 20,000 head of cattle and 75,000 head of sheep. By the late 19th century there were 28,000 apple trees, 2,000 acres of barley, 3,000 acres of oats, 375…
As a farmer, it is hard not to be eager for summer to come. It seems there is so much time in the winter, in the spring it seems like the plants should be growing faster, and all along harvesting roots and leaves, wondering when the fruit will come. As the field crop manager in…