Campus & Facilities

The school is unique in all that it has to offer. Based on a historic ranch in rural Mendocino County, the school campus includes a 1920s school house, library, outdoor kitchen, bathhouse, dining area, compost toilet, and workshop. Centered on a 5,000 acre ranch, there is a 360 degree view of lush valley land and rolling hills. On one of these hills, students live in private, rustic cabins. Step out in the morning to views of an old growth Redwood Grove, vernal pond, orchard, wooded mountains and pastures, herds and flocks of sheep, chickens, cattle and wild animals galore.

Campus Facilities

The School of Adaptive Agriculture is headquartered in a school house with a classroom, library, lounge, staff kitchen, and the School office.

Behind the schoolhouse, students make meals together in a kitchen and eat under an outdoor gazebo on a beautiful hillside overlooking pasture, vernal pools and the Redwood Grove.

Living Facilities

Students live in private 10X12” one-room cabins equipped with solar power and fully furnished, with wifi available 24/7.

Two showers with hot water are available after a long day working and learning, in addition to washing machine and dryer.

5 days a week, students cook meals together in a beautiful redwood kitchen stocked with many cooking devices and farm-fresh foods.

Students eat under an outdoor gazebo to shelter from the sun and rain.

The Ranch

The SAA is located on 5,000 acres owned collectively by a community that has lived here since the ’60s. Over 50 years of land stewardship and a desire for self sufficiency has created a truly remarkable environment. The Ranch is home to other organizations dedicated to education and agriculture, including:

• La Vida Charter School
• Seabiscuit Therapeutic Riding Program
• Seabiscuit Heritage Foundation
• Golden Rule Gardens
• New Agrarian Collective
• Headwaters Grazing

There is a lake for swimming, old growth forest, auto shop, community dinning hall and kitchen, olympic swimming pool, abundant history of Seabiscuit the racehorse, and miles upon miles of natural hiking trails.