Farm Fresh Food Drive in the News

A lovely Summer brunch at the Ridgewood Ranch started long before the Sunday morning our guests arrived.  We began working with local farmers and caterers Black Dog Farm to source ingredients long before the family style platters were placed onto tables! 13 farms and ranches grew the abundant food served to supporters of the Grange…

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,…

What does an average day look like at the School of Adaptive Agriculture? We get this question a lot. While no two are alike, there is a rhythm to the days. Every week we touch on some aspect of our 5 core units – Livestock, Crop Production, Business Management, Industrial Arts & Community Living (with…

The Thanksgiving Holiday has come in for a lot of criticism lately, some of it well-placed. But for all the truth in the complaint that is romanticizes relations between whites and Native Americans and obscures the terrible history of colonialism, that point itself obscures the profound message at the hear of the holiday — namely,…