Community Classes
At Forest of Life Farm we offer free and sliding scale classes for community members. We strive to make accessible information and knowledge critical for healing our relationship with land.
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Events and classes are offered in partnership and are designed to address issues of inequity and access. If you need a place to teach and share your knowledge we will seek to provide a safe and welcoming space that is free of barriers.
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We offer classes in seed saving, soil health, permaculture principles, climate science, adaptation and land use planning, alternative building, self-reliance, solar systems, water capture, and mushroom cultivation.
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We are always open to new partnerships, collaborations and pathways to unlearning and relearning. Please be in touch if you have ideas or classes you would like to offer.
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Food Soveriegnty and Resilience
Over seven million residents in the northeast are food insecure. Low-income and communities of color are disproportionately affected by lack of access to healthy, affordable foods. Families and communities face many barriers to achieving food security. Challenges to food security come from land access and ownership issues for BIPOC populations, climate change, farmland loss, and sourcing most of our food from outside the region. Food sovereignty is no longer a respected right.
What is food sovereignty?
Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. It puts the aspirations and needs of those who produce, distribute, and consume food at the heart of food systems and policies rather than the demands of markets and corporations.
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What is food system resilience?
Resilience is the ability to prepare for, withstand, and recover from a crisis or disruption. A resilient food system is able to withstand and recover from disruptions in a way that ensures a sufficient supply of food for all.
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Why is food system resilience important?
Crises – whether natural or human-made – can cause considerable damage to food systems, and to people's ability to access safe, affordable food. Building more resilient food systems ensures a more continual supply of safe, accessible food for all members of a community.
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Learn more about this issue in Vermont.
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