We’re happy to announce that Farmer Campus, along with our organizational partners CAFF, received funding to continue our Farming through Wildfire Season program! Thank you to our collaborators for your support in garnering those resources. We’re thrilled to offer viable, actionable solutions for addressing the challenges of farming in wildfire country. In Phase II of …
“We send up our prayers with smoke, and they are answered by fire,” shares Margo Robbins, quoting a gentleman from her neighboring tribe. It’s a radical concept, but the view of fire as a natural, welcome and sacred part of living on land in California is core to the Yurok tribe, and many other Native …
Fire is Family: A Conversation with the Yurok Tribe’s Cultural Fire Management Council Read More »
Feb 28th, 2:30pm PST | Small Farms Conference The unpredictability and sheer magnitude of fires can leave farmers and ranchers feeling threatened and helpless. The size, longevity and intensity of wildfires is rapidly increasing in the Western region, with record breaking fire seasons every year. This Interactive Group Forum brings the audience together to share …
Upcoming Workshop: Community Wildfire Resilience Read More »
Ready for your introduction to On-Farm Wildfire Preparedness? The Farmer Campus team is joined by CAFF as well as livestock & vegetable farmers Melissa and Austin Lely of BeeWell Farms who share about their experience recovering & adapting from the 2017 Nun’s fire. We go through some basics to get you started on preparedness this …