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Farming through Wildfire Season: The Key role of Farmers in Building Wildfire Resilience

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By Katie Brimm and Natalia Pinzón Originally written for and published by the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network Wildfire becomes more a part of agriculturalists’ (farmers, ranchers, orchardists, grazers etc) lives across the world every day. Climate change, combined with years of fire suppression policies, have brought an unsettlingly new normal of increasingly devastating wildfires. …

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Wildfire Brings Farm into Deeper Relationship with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band

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As a land-based organization interested in social change, a deeper relationship with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band has shown Pie Ranch new pathways for wildfire resilience.  Jered Lawson takes my call from their goat barn at Pie Ranch, an educational farm on a pie-slice-shaped piece of land near Pescadero California. Throughout our interview, baby goats …

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Lessons in Fire: Wildfire Exposes New Pathways for Recovery

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with Jered Lawson, Pie Ranch Like many farmers and ranchers, the folks at Pie Ranch figured a wildfire disaster of any magnitude was something that happened elsewhere and never to them, “Frankly, we were caught off guard,” says co-founder Jered Lawson. In 2020, the CZU Lightning Complex fire overtook the educational farm nestled in a pie-shaped …

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Workshop: Financial Recovery 101 for Disasters

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No one wants to think that disaster will happen to them, but with increasingly devastating wildfires, floods and other symptoms of climate change, the time to prepare for recovery is now! This recorded workshop covered: What are the basics of financial disaster recovery farmers/ranchers? On a high level, what are the resources available to farmers …

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Workshop: Is the Whole Farm Revenue Protection Program or Micro Farm Program right for your farm?

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Understanding what crop insurance is right for your farm is confusing but critical. Join Farmer Campus along with Kitchen Table Advisors for this recorded co-hosted webinar from the Risk Management Agency on the new Micro Farm program and the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) programs. WFRP and Micro Farm are two of the most comprehensive risk …

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Workshop and Resources: Financial Prep for Disaster 101

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Are you financially prepared for a disaster? The threat of wide-sweeping catastrophic disasters including wildfires, drought, extreme temperature swings, floods, and pandemics has compounded in the last decade. The thought of preparation, on top of farming, can be overwhelming! Farmer Campus is here to help. As part of a series, this first workshop focused on …

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Wildfire Response: Evacuating with TurkeyTail Farm

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Farmers Cheetah and Samantha run TurkeyTail Farm in Yankee Hill, California, a diversified farm with vegetables, mushrooms, flowers, livestock, and other value-added products. During the Camp Fire in Butte County, they were evacuated for 28 days and lost everything but their livestock to severe fire damage – including their home. In this two-part blog series, the farmers …

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Go Kits and Emergency Plans: Preparing for Wildfire with Bee-well Farms

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Getting your farm and crew prepared for a disaster like a wildfire can feel overwhelming – but having a plan and Go-Bags ahead of time is a critical step in decreasing your risk and increasing your ability to safely and efficiently respond in an emergency. But what does it really look like in practice? What …

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Workshop: Intro to On-Farm Wildfire Preparedness with BeeWell Farms

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Overwhelmed thinking about how to face a future of intensifying wildfires? As we head into spring, there’s no better time to evaluate your on-farm risk, get your evacuation plan made and practice your response plan ahead of fire season! Check out this recording of our live workshop from May 18th, featuring guest farmer educators Austin …

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Counting the Losses: Tallying the True Costs of Wildfire for Farmers 

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Being impacted by wildfire is terrifying, potentially deadly, and can be extremely costly. But for farmers and ranchers, there are so many layers to the type of losses they face from not just the wildfire, but the evacuations and power shut-offs that can make recovery almost impossible. It’s important to note what these losses are …

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