About The Farm - History - International Outreach

2013 Calendar

Midwifery Herb Workshop May 16-18

Regenerative Earthworks May 16-19

Midwifery Workshop - Common Sense and Tradition May 19-23

Community & Sustainability Conference May 24-26 Explore the connection between lifestyle and intention.

Ecovillage Apprenticeship, June1-28

Organic Gardening Intensive
June 2-8 or 6-8 A week (or weekend) Hands-on gardening plus garden tours on and off-The Farm to visit Shiitake operations, a bamboo nursery...more

Swan Trust Creek Walk June 9

Carbon Farming - Albert Bates, June 21-22

Midwife Assistant Workshop June 16-22

Adobe Dome Building Workshop July 2013

Carbon Farming with Albert Bates, Norway July 5-7

Ecovillage Apprenticeship, July 9-Aug. 3

Advanced Permaculture Design July 11-14

Buffalo River Canoe Trip July 21
Swan Trust

Farm Experience Summer Retreat
July 24-28 or 26-28 (weekend only) Fun for the entire family. All of the Farm Experience workshops plus activities for kid,. swimming, hiking...more

Fermaculture, with Sandor Katz July 27

Midwife Assistant Workshop July 28-Aug 3

Permaculture Design with Albert Bates, Ireland, Aug. 9-18

Advanced Midwife Workshop Aug 25-31

Midwifery Workshop - Neonatal Resuscitation Aug 27 - 28

Biochar Stove Camp Aug. 30-Sept 3

Regenerative Earthworks September

Farm Experience Weekend Sept 20-22

Midwifery Assistant Workshop Sept 22-28

Edible Forest Gardening Sept. 27-29

Ecovillage Apprenticeship, Oct. 1-28

Farm Experience Weekend Oct. 11-13
Our last Farm Experience till next year!

Farm School Holiday Bazaae Dec. 7

Belize Adventure Feb. 2014
Hikes in the jungle. Home stays with Mayan families. Visit Plenty relief projects. Contact for details.

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Farm Community History - International Outreach

	In 1974 The Farm founded Plenty International, a relief and development nonprofit that would enable the community to do outreach to those in need. in 1976, a devastating earthquake struck the country of Guatemala, killing 25,000 people overnight. A volunteer was sent down to determine if there were any way the community might provide assistance.

Working with the local people, Farm construction crews built over 1200 houses as well as numerous schools and municipal buildings. This building in Solola, Guatemala serves as a meeting place for Mayan elders and is a focal point for the weekly market.

Plenty volunteers installed many public water systems, bringing clean drinking water to Mayan villages throughout the region. The largest project served three villages and over 10,000 homes.
	To combat malnutrition, Plenty volunteers introduced soy foods to the indigenous people of Guatemala. A soy dairy was constructed to produce soy milk, soy ice cream, and other soy products. Today some 25 years later, the soy dairy continues as a village cottage industry, distributing its products to markets and restaurants in many parts of the country.
	In 1980 Plenty discovered a portion of the Third World here in the US: the South Bronx. Plenty volunteers took over an abandoned building and established expanded a free ambulance service in an area that was not served by the city.
	Plenty trained local residents to become EMT's, who then found employment with the city emergency response teams. After 5 years, government ambulance service in the Bronx had significantly improved and Plenty's assistance was no longer needed.
	Today, Plenty International continues its work with projects both in the US and around the world.

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