Tiny Seed Project is excited to partner with the Stone Barns Regenerative Farming Fellowship 2020!
The Stone Barns Regenerative Farming Fellowship (RFF)* 2020.
“The 2020 Regenerative Farming Fellowship is developed and programmed by Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in partnership with the Northeast Grainshed (fiscally sponsored by Tiny Seed Project, Inc), the Artisan Grain Collaborative, and Arizona State University, with generous support from the General Mills Foundation.
The program’s peer cohort model fosters participants’ development as both practitioners and ambassadors of regenerative farming. For the program this year, grain farmers who would benefit from a deeper understanding of Midwest and Northeast regional grain models are invited to apply. By supporting two regional cohorts of farmers working with similar crops, we hope to facilitate a transition to regenerative practices by farmers across these regions whose actions will significantly improve the health of farmland and local communities.
Grain growers in the United States face many challenges. Transitioning acreage into regenerative practices is critical to helping farmers improve their farm viability while caring for soils and farmland, but that transition will remain out of reach if it is attempted in isolation. In order for this transition to be economically–and therefore practically–feasible for farmers, we must also address the lack of market demand for ecologically grown grains and strong regional supply chains to help usher in regenerative systems.”
From Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture website