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,…
Tim Ward here, Farm School Co-director since this past December and current manager of the field crop production here at the Grange Farm School site. Planting time for the summer is almost here. The “last frost date” (average) for the Grange Farm School main fields, in a frost-prone valley bottom of the Northern California coast range,…
NO CARPENTRY EXPERIENCE REQUIRED! Learn to build a cold frame and the Grange Farm School!! For only $50.00 and you can bring home with you your cold frame you built from the workshop, all materials included…THESE ARE LITTLE LAKE GRANGE WINDOWS!!! AWESOME! Come for one of two work sessions 9-12, or 1-4 with an hour…
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…
Saturday night, these fabulous female farmers of Mendocino County entered the Sip Some Soup competition! Sip Some Soup is the major annual fundraiser for Willits Daily Bread, which offers a hot dinner Monday through Thursday at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall. What happens at this unique Willits fundraising event is that attendees sample each soup in the…
Welcome! After an extremely busy year of planning and development of the Grange Farm School in 2014, we are so excited to finally be ready to accept 10 students for the first 3-month term of our Practicum Student Program! Beginning in June 2015 we will be taking on 10 students with the desire to learn…
