"I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your own capacities, just that itself creates new potential."
- Vandana Shiva
Unlearning and Recalibrating
At Forest of Life Farm our intention is to be an asset to our community and to bring people closer to the land and to the origins of their food.
We encourage people to learn seed saving, propagation and local ecology. We support learning that recalibrates practices that have contributed to climate stress and disease.
We strive to educate ourselves and others about the indigenous peoples who cultivated and stewarded this land before us. It is our responsibility to recalibrate this inequity.
We strive to partner with local groups and people working to ensure that there is space and place for all in the Vermont landscape.
Regeneration and Agroecology
Farming and Food in Vermont
At Forest of Life Farm we are guided by the rhythms of the earth and practice agroecology, permaculture, and regenerative principles. We are cultivating food resilience for all generations. We integrate lessons from the ancestors and lessons from our children. We accept that climate change is real and that regeneration is necessary.
Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture show how an ecological agriculture based on working with nature can regenerate the planet, the rural economy, and our health. As a part of the web of life we believe that learning is a responsibility. We listen to the local landscape and strive to protect and promote healthy soil ecology and traditional ecological wisdom that is good for the Earth and Vermont.
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What is Agroecology?
Agroecology is holistic study of agro-ecosystems, including all environmental and human elements that focus on the form, dynamics and functions of their inter- and intra-relationships. It can also be defined as an ecological approach to agriculture that views agricultural areas as ecosystems and is concerned with the ecological impact of agricultural practices.
Agroecology applies ecological principles to systems of food production considering relationships between different components of the agroecosystem including the human community. It teaches us to be in tune with nature while producing a diversity of healthy, nutritive and delicious foods using sources of nature.
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