EcoFarm, Together Apart

I went kicking and screaming to the virtual EcoFarm conference this year.

I've been doing a terrible job of showing up to the online webinars that I register for, and have a sizable backlog of bookmarked online commitments left unwatched.

Knowing that I would never watch a recording, I made myself sit in front of my laptop for the last four days with a notepad and pen and be present and focused with a virtual community.

And!

I'm SO GLAD that I did.  Somehow the organizers were able to create the same sense of togetherness, inspiration, growing, learning, and soul blooming as in real life.  

Last year dealt a number of blows to my habitat and education work - and left me feeling so isolated, hopeless, disillusioned, and like a failure.  Thanks to a deluge of completely badass (mostly female) speakers who continue to push forward through the muck of agriculture - I am reminded that envisioning and imagining a better world where all have a right relationship with their food, environment, and communities is not a pipe dream.     

Progress is happening, even in the most broken system in America, I have been reminded. 

Here you'll find a collection of totally unorganized links from the talks that I attended this year, and here are a few memories from past EcoFarms - starting in 2013!       

EcoFarm has always been a time of rest, rejuvenation, recovery, re-awakening, and also it's been like trying to drink water out of a fire hose!  *So much* information.  I can say that this year is no different.  While I missed sprints to the white sand beach between talks, attending a four day conference in sweatpants was pretty great, too.  

EcoFarm Resources From My Notes:

• https://www.apriljoyfarm.com/soil-health-roadmap/chapters

• https://www.ubi.org/

• https://www.caff.org/cover-crop-decision-guides/

• https://eco-farm.org/conference/2021/sessions

• https://healfoodalliance.org/

• https://migrantjustice.net/about-the-milk-with-dignity-program

• https://ciw-online.org/

• http://www.boycott-wendys.org/take-action/

• https://www.fullcirclewool.com/

• https://www.fullcirclewool.com/top-10-ways-to-support-grazing

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5PzJjRHn8o

• https://www.regenerationfarms.com/

• https://www.regenagalliance.org/

• https://www.firstnations.org/

• https://alexandrefamilyfarm.com/

• https://gather.film/

• https://www.theaprilfishes.com/

• https://sogoreate-landtrust.org

• https://topleaffarms.com/index.html

• http://deepmedicinecircle.org/index.html

• https://www.tndc.org/

• https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ecofarm-2021

• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FGVB2F7/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270488014&tag=macmillan-20

• https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/book/9780374602512

• http://bio-paradigm.blogspot.com/

• https://www.gilliard-farms.com

• https://www.heroes.coop/post/ben-burkett

• https://farmersfootprint.us/

• https://farmersfootprint.us/olivia-watkins/

• https://lithub.com/robin-wall-kimmerer-greed-does-not-have-to-define-our-relationship-to-land