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
A Former Students Testimonial – Derrick Soares
My name is Derrick Soares and I am from East Greenwich, Rhode Island. After I left Ridgewood Ranch, I went to help Tim on his farm for about a month before heading home to take care of some pressing personal issues. I’ve spent the past 6 months saving money to return to the west coast,…
A Former Students Testimonial – Jamie Golden
Name and where are you from? Jamie Golden, from San Francisco What are you doing these days? I am working at Open Field Farm, a 500 acre organic, biodynamic farm. We have a 100-member CSA. We grow vegetables, grains, beans, dry corn. We also have a U-pick flower field and herb field. We have a…
Sonnet for the Sheep
A Sonnet to Shearing Sheep Ah beauty of the sheep whose wool has grown In the heat of summer they sweat and wheeze Their fleeces call to be future sewn into sweaters and hats flown in the breeze. We use a rough stone to sharpen our shears From the tall grass we take up the…
Agroforestry in Fractal Environments
A recent 3 day workshop at the Grange School of Adaptive Agriculture featured an interesting combination of presenters and topics. One was Mark Shepard of New Forest Farm, Restorative Agriculture Development Inc, and author of Restoration Agriculture representing a variety of techniques aimed at optimization of solar energy and water for food production. The other was Spencer…
Whole Farm and Ranch Planning
Remember reading about our “Holistic Struggle with Star Thistle” a few months ago? The Grange Farm School uses Holistic Management principles in decision making, and we recommend it highly to entrepreneurs, land managers, farmers, ranchers, and business owners! Holistic Management International is providing two trainings in whole farm and ranch management at the Grange Farm…
Grange Farm School Graduates: Graze Hard, Rest Well
The day before the second graduating class at the Grange Farm School received their certificates, gifts, and parting words of wisdom from staff, friends, family, and community members, the Grange Farm School took a field trip to the Mendocino Coast. There we learned from and herded approximately 400 of Leland Falk’s intensively grazed flock of…
Behind the Scenes: Fallon Johnson
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…
Chicken Pot Pie from Scratch… From Egg to Oven
This quintessential hometown dish has so many iterations, modern updates, and twists, it called out to us as the perfect challenge to serve at the 10th Annual Harvest Dinner this year. Today chicken pot pies are too often a can of Campbell’s chicken noodle poured into a frozen pie crust. We are setting out to…
Farm Fresh Food Drive in the News
Click HERE to read about the Farm Fresh Food Drive campaign in the Willits News, and consider donating through our Go Fund Me site. Thank you to our sponsors and to our whole community for supporting this effort to bring healthy, fresh, delicious food to our wonderful service organizations dedicated to feeding those less fortunate than ourselves.
