My Resources
My education, training, research, and sources
This is a running list of educational courses and materials I've learned from and will be added to continually.
Note: This is not intended to be a professionally-formatted works cited, more a general record for myself or anyone curious about where I've been learning what I'm learning. Please excuse any errors or omitted information on these sources.
MY TRAINING / EDUCATION:
Permaculture Design Course
72 Hour Training Certificate
Hosted at MachuCampo, San Mateo, Costa Rica
January 22 - February 6, 2023
Instructors: Sarah Wu & Eduardo Terzidis
https://www.eduardoterzidis.com
Regenerative Ranching Workshop
By Alejandro Carrillo with guest Rodger Savory
April 1-2, 2023
Las Cumbres Ranch
Los Alamos, CA
Prescribed Grazing for Fire Mitigation Workshop:
Community-Supported Grazing Program Summit
Presented by Ojai Valley Fire Safe Council
Ojai Valley, CA
May 16th, 2023
WWOOF Experience
Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms
Have been getting hands-on experience learning about organic vegetable farming, animal care, rotational grazing, shepherding, fruit tree care, compost projects, light construction, irrigation installation & repair, native plants, farm-to-market economics, greenhouses, companion planting, cover cropping, soil amendments, vermicompost, starting seeds, and more.
Mostly San Diego County, CA: San Marcos & Warner Springs area
May & June 2023 (so far)
ONLINE CLASSES:
Soil Advocate Training
Online Course through Kiss the Ground Foundation
Working towards completion of Soil Advocate Certificate
https://kisstheground.com/soil-advocate-training/
Nicholas Hummingbird of "California Native Plants"
Online courses in:
- Ethnobotany
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Replacing Lawn with California Native Plants
- Materials from California Native Plants
- California Native History & Culture
- California Oak Woodlands
- Indigenous Food Sovereignty
“Fire-Loving Fungi and Post-Fire Bioremediation”
With Taye Bright of Symbiiotica, Fungi Academy
Webinar April 10, 2023
Discussing the role of fungi in fire mitigation and developing research on the potential uses of fungi in post-fire ecological restoration.
Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web School
Farming with Fungi Webinar Series
April 20203
- Fungi and the Soil Food Web
- Fungi and the Future of Farming
- Fungal Farming Case Study
- Fungal Farming Experts
SITE TOURS (FARMS, RESERVES, RESTORATION PROJECTS):
(Individual reports to come on each of these projects. Stay tuned.)
FARMS / GARDENS:
Alegría Village, San Mateo, Costa Rica. January 2023.
La EcoVilla, San Mateo, Costa Rica. January 2023.
Valle Escondido, Monteverde, Costa Rica. February 2023.
Finca Luna Nueva, La Fortuna, Costa Rica. February 2023.
Regenerate Your Reality, Tinamaste, Costa Rica. February 2023.
Finca Vida Verde, Tacotal, Costa Rica. January 2023.
Sanctuario, Libertad, Costa Rica. February 2023.
Chocolate is Medicine, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica. February 2023.
Adventures to Dreams Enrichment, Long Beach, California. April 2023.
NATURE RESERVES / PARKS:
Too many to count. Reports to come over time.
ONLINE RESOURCES:
Adaptive Grazing on Public Lands Report
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FNq2sWqHdo6YmaLFBRrVo_UfCq_cOWM-/view
Regenerative Farm Map
https://organicconsumers.org/regenerative-farm-map/
https://www.apricotlanefarms.com/resources/
https://soilhealthacademy.org/fact-sheets/
TomKat Ranch, Pescadero, CA
https://www.tomkatranch.org/news-resources/regenerative-ranching-toolkit/
White Buffalo Land Trust
https://www.whitebuffalolandtrust.org/resources
https://www.sbpermaculture.org/resources.html
Farm Lot 59, Long Beach, CA Agricultural History
https://www.farmlot59.org/about-us
Long Beach, CA Compost Program (Upcoming)
https://longbeach.gov/lbrecycles/news/organics-collection/
Cold Fire Project: Fungi-Based Fire Mitigation
DOCUMENTARIES:
Kiss the Ground Documentary - Kiss the Ground Foundation. On Netflix as of April 2023.
Fantastic Fungi - Louis Schwartzberg. On Netflix as of April 2023.
Tending the Wild - series on KCET. California Indigenous environmental knowledge.
https://web.archive.org/web/20210729061339/https://www.kcet.org/shows/tending-the-wild
River’s End: California’s Latest Water War - Jacob Morrison, 2021 - KCET.
Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective. 2015. http://inhabitfilm.com
Dirt! The Movie. https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/dirt-the-movie/
California's Gold with Huell Howser. Watched many episodes on my local cable channel.
What the Health, on Netflix as of April 2023.
Rotten, Series on Netflix as of April 2023.
PODCASTS:
“Can Regenerative Agriculture Reverse Climate Change and Chronic Disease?” March 2021.
With Dr. Allen Williams of Joyce Farms, Understanding Ag, and Soil Health Academy.
The Doctor’s Farmacy with Dr. Mark Hyman
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5FqSUIIQnDt68VNMFQft1a?si=qUYao4-gRnS63-P38KaVHw
“Legalizing Nature’s Rights: How Tribal Nations are Leading the Fastest-Growing Environmental Movement in History.” February 2023.
Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature
With: Frank Bibeau, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, activist and tribal attorney working in treaty & civil rights, sovereignty and water protection; Samantha Skenandore, Ho-Chunk/Oneida Nation, Attorney/Of-Counsel at Quarles & Brady LLP working in federal Indian law and tribal law; and Thomas Linzey, Senior Legal Counsel for the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (CDER).
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2lRFjr1JDxEeWWtkVVh30L?si=sKPgvGhJQn60hzKMI48Q2w
“Episode #1893 Will Harris” on Regenerative Agriculture and Humane Animal Husbandry. November 2022.
With Will Harris, Regenerative Agriculture & Ranching practitioner of White Oak Pastures, Georgia.
The Joe Rogan Experience lol
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qf7CYEhxSFPAcdSw1JJMY?si=QNGDPuJ7RoSR9H3vzeRKWw
