General Discussion

Fundraiser link here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ikurevive

The IKÚ family integrated by Martha Ocampo, Amaia and Alejandro Altamirano who have been dedicated body and soul to the regeneration of productive ecosystems in their own project for the last 7 years of their lives, causing impressive changes in every place they touch, improving the quality of life of all their environment, by providing their communities with food of the highest nutritional quality and at the same time raising the health of the soil and people.

Northeast SARE offers grants to farmers to explore new concepts in sustainable agriculture conducted through experiments, surveys, prototypes, on-farm demonstrations or other research and education techniques. Farmer Grant projects address issues that affect farming with long-term sustainability in mind.

Competitive proposals explore new ideas and techniques or apply known ideas in new ways or with new communities. Reviewers look to fund projects that are well-designed to meet proposed objectives and promise the greatest benefit to farming communities.

I recently purchased ~90 acres of land in Vermont and am thinking of starting a small biodynamic ag business of some sort. Does anyone have recommendations beyond the typical market garden? The land has good soil but will need clearing as it is mostly wooded. Thanks. 

Does anyone have or know of goats for rent near Portland, Oregon?  We’ve only found one option so far - WestSide Goat Girl - and she’s booked until 2025.   We need to clear an area of approximately 50 sq ft. that’s got a lot of thistle.  We are in Vernonia, Oregon about 30 miles west of Portland.

Please reach out to Melany at melbirdsong@icloud.com with any leads!