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The School of Adaptive Agriculture does not advocate any one farming philosophy or style, unless it be sustainability in all its senses. But we do entertain a variety of strong voices on behalf of all sorts of approaches to the farming of the future. As a friend’s father says, “You’ll never get to the middle…
For the past twelve weeks at the Grange Farm School, the students have been involved in raising 120 Red Ranger chickens for meat. They are currently between 3.5 to 5 pounds and look like healthy, happy birds. With daily chores of feeding, cleaning, moving their pens, detangling them from fencing, and herding them through giant stalks…
Meet Tony! “I am from Minneapolis, MN and pretty stoked to be living in California right now. I found AmeriCorps NCCC through various friends and workmates who had all related enjoyable experiences and great travel opportunities. I joined the program in order to volunteer in communities while appeasing a wanderlust and desire to see more…
Join us for an entertaining and enlightening workshop on pruning fruit treeswith Leo Buc of Common Vision on August 8th, 2-7 pm, at the Ridgewood Ranch. You might remember our Winter Pruning course where we learned and experienced the strategies behind pruning in the dormant season, and we will have a review of these concepts as well…
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…
*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,…