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Week 1: Introduction to Farm Life Here in Northern California, we spend around 6 months of every year without a drop of rain. Without irrigation, soil goes dormant as the microbes are relatively still in suspended animation. On campus, however, we work on the reverse schedule. While we don’t go “dormant” in the winter, the…
Meet Carinne! Carinne is from The Colony; a suburb of Dallas, Tx. “Looking back, a particular experience got me “hooked” on AmeriCorps. One summer, I volunteered in Joplin, MO to help clear debris after a devastating tornado. An AmeriCorps NCCC team coordinated us volunteers and worked along side us in the field. This was such…
*Read part 1 of Michael Foley’s post on Micro-Agriculture here * Making Micro-Agriculture Work I recently made the economic case for micro-agriculture, farming on three acres or less. A handful of farmers in Mendocino County are showing that very small-scale farming can produce a respectable income; and farmers around the country, including some well-known farmer-authors,…
Fallon is a rare breed. What incredible luck and serendipity that in her travels across the country, her explorations across the landscape of career paths and opportunities, she found us and set down her roots. Hailing from upstate New York, Fallon has been slowly inching her way West working a myriad of odd jobs. Once…
Written by Elisha Allgood : June 2015 Practicum Student My name is Elisha. I want to make a difference. I want to be part of the solution to all the problems of conventional agriculture, such as the heavy use of chemical fertilizers, toxic water runoff, and overall unsustainable practices. But as someone new to farming,…
Summer term was winding down. With under a month to go, students were finding their stride, choosing their areas of focus, taking on responsibility at the farm, and reaching out to potential employers. The weekend was coming to an end, and students who had gone away for the weekend were filtering back in Sunday night,…