Resources and Links
Life in Syntropy from Life in Syntropy on Vimeo.
Agenda Gotsch
https://agendagotsch.com/en/
Agenda Gotsch is Ernst Götsch's Syntropic Farming official website. Contains important articles and videos. If you liked the video above watch this one too. Syntropic Agroforestry (also called Successional Agroforestry) is what we are implementing in our alley-cropping systems here on Regeneration Farm.
Project Drawdown
https://www.drawdown.org/
"Project Drawdown is the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. We gathered a qualified and diverse group of researchers from around the world to identify, research, and model the 100 most substantive, existing solutions to address climate change."
Savanna Institute
www.savannainstitute.org
The Savanna Institute has some wonderful resources including excellent guides on tree crops and agroforestry and good videos and interviews of existing farms here.
Farm Commons
https://farmcommons.org
Farm Commons provides excellent guides on a variety of legal matters associated with farming and business. Very helpful for beginning farmers! Of particular note for regenerative businesses is their workbook on long-term leases for agroforestry farms.
Permies
https://permies.com
Permaculture and homesteading online forums with regional and subject specific boards where any garden or sustainability question will be answered quite quickly and thoroughly. A wealth of information. The PNW forum is here.
PFAF - Plants for a Future
https://pfaf.org/user/Default.aspx
Plants For A Future is an online database of edible and useful plants, with a focus on temperate regions. The organization's emphasis is on perennial plants. PFAF's invaluable search feature can select for any plant use or function from nitrogen fixation, to soap making, to medicine for infertility.
https://agendagotsch.com/en/
Agenda Gotsch is Ernst Götsch's Syntropic Farming official website. Contains important articles and videos. If you liked the video above watch this one too. Syntropic Agroforestry (also called Successional Agroforestry) is what we are implementing in our alley-cropping systems here on Regeneration Farm.
Project Drawdown
https://www.drawdown.org/
"Project Drawdown is the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. We gathered a qualified and diverse group of researchers from around the world to identify, research, and model the 100 most substantive, existing solutions to address climate change."
Savanna Institute
www.savannainstitute.org
The Savanna Institute has some wonderful resources including excellent guides on tree crops and agroforestry and good videos and interviews of existing farms here.
Farm Commons
https://farmcommons.org
Farm Commons provides excellent guides on a variety of legal matters associated with farming and business. Very helpful for beginning farmers! Of particular note for regenerative businesses is their workbook on long-term leases for agroforestry farms.
Permies
https://permies.com
Permaculture and homesteading online forums with regional and subject specific boards where any garden or sustainability question will be answered quite quickly and thoroughly. A wealth of information. The PNW forum is here.
PFAF - Plants for a Future
https://pfaf.org/user/Default.aspx
Plants For A Future is an online database of edible and useful plants, with a focus on temperate regions. The organization's emphasis is on perennial plants. PFAF's invaluable search feature can select for any plant use or function from nitrogen fixation, to soap making, to medicine for infertility.
Geoff Lawton and PRI
https://permaculturenews.org/what-is-permaculture/
The above video (an excellent introduction into food forestry) is from Geoff Lawton, one of the directors of the Permaculture Research Institute and the subject of countless educational permaculture videos throughout the world.
Regrarians
www.regrarians.org
Darren Doherty's consulting organization. One of the premier global large scale regenerative consulting services. They offer online services, workshops, and excellent podcasts including interviews of Darren here and with various regenerative farmers and scientists here. Regrarians is also publishing a handbook outlining over 300 integrated methodologies and techniques for regenerating human, plant and animals’ lives along with production landscapes.
Holistic Management International
https://holisticmanagement.org
Holistic Management International (HMI) provides education on managing natural resources in such a way as to build biodiversity, improve natural growth production, enhance land and financial sustainability, and improve the overall land quality for those who use it. Holistic Management provides a planning framework for whole farm planning, financial planning and planed livestock grazing for regenerative farms and ranches.
Friends of the Trees
https://friendsofthetrees.net
Michael Pilarski founded Friends of the Trees Society in 1978. Since 1988 he has taught 36 permaculture design courses in the US and abroad. His specialties include earth repair, agriculture, seed collecting, nursery sales, tree planting, fruit picking, permaculture, agroforestry, forestry, ethnobotany, medicinal herb growing, hoeing and wildcrafting. A consultant, educator and organizer in the Pacific Northwest, his website is a wealth of information and lists local events and gatherings.
Oregon State University Free Online Permaculture Courses
https://open.oregonstate.edu/courses/permaculture/
Permaculture design is an ethically based, whole-systems design approach to create sustainable human settlements and institutions. Although rooted in horticulture and agriculture, permaculture design also touches on regional planning, ecology, animal husbandry, technology, architecture and international development.
Dr. Elaine Ingham and the Soil Food Web
https://www.soilfoodweb.com
A pioneering researcher in the field, Dr. Elaine Ingham is recognized as the foremost soil biologist in the world. The video of her talk below will challenge and amaze you! Find her compost tea brewing manual here.
https://permaculturenews.org/what-is-permaculture/
The above video (an excellent introduction into food forestry) is from Geoff Lawton, one of the directors of the Permaculture Research Institute and the subject of countless educational permaculture videos throughout the world.
Regrarians
www.regrarians.org
Darren Doherty's consulting organization. One of the premier global large scale regenerative consulting services. They offer online services, workshops, and excellent podcasts including interviews of Darren here and with various regenerative farmers and scientists here. Regrarians is also publishing a handbook outlining over 300 integrated methodologies and techniques for regenerating human, plant and animals’ lives along with production landscapes.
Holistic Management International
https://holisticmanagement.org
Holistic Management International (HMI) provides education on managing natural resources in such a way as to build biodiversity, improve natural growth production, enhance land and financial sustainability, and improve the overall land quality for those who use it. Holistic Management provides a planning framework for whole farm planning, financial planning and planed livestock grazing for regenerative farms and ranches.
Friends of the Trees
https://friendsofthetrees.net
Michael Pilarski founded Friends of the Trees Society in 1978. Since 1988 he has taught 36 permaculture design courses in the US and abroad. His specialties include earth repair, agriculture, seed collecting, nursery sales, tree planting, fruit picking, permaculture, agroforestry, forestry, ethnobotany, medicinal herb growing, hoeing and wildcrafting. A consultant, educator and organizer in the Pacific Northwest, his website is a wealth of information and lists local events and gatherings.
Oregon State University Free Online Permaculture Courses
https://open.oregonstate.edu/courses/permaculture/
Permaculture design is an ethically based, whole-systems design approach to create sustainable human settlements and institutions. Although rooted in horticulture and agriculture, permaculture design also touches on regional planning, ecology, animal husbandry, technology, architecture and international development.
Dr. Elaine Ingham and the Soil Food Web
https://www.soilfoodweb.com
A pioneering researcher in the field, Dr. Elaine Ingham is recognized as the foremost soil biologist in the world. The video of her talk below will challenge and amaze you! Find her compost tea brewing manual here.
Local Plant and Seed Sources
Burnt Ridge Nursery
https://www.burntridgenursery.com/
"A family-owned farm, in business since 1980. Our 20-acre farm is located in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains with a beautiful view of Mount St. Helens. Our mail order nursery specializes in unusual and disease resistant trees, vines, and shrubs that produce edible nuts or fruits."
Strictly Medicinal Seeds
https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/
Organic growers of medicinal herb seeds and plants in Williams, OR. They publish an excellent book on making medicine from the plants you grow.
Uprising Seeds
https://uprisingorganics.com/
Organic vegetable and flower seeds. "The majority of our seeds are still grown in NW Washington on isolation plots throughout Whatcom and Skagit county. The remainder are sourced from our fantastic network of family farms in Washington, Oregon, N. CA and Idaho."
Resilient Seeds
www.resilient-seeds.com
Resilient Seeds provides open-pollinated, Non-GMO seeds with a focus on dry legumes and grains adapted to the Pacific Northwest. We grow all our own seed on certified organic farmland near Bellingham.
Adaptive Seeds
https://www.adaptiveseeds.com
"We sell rare, diverse and resilient seed for ecologically-minded farmers and gardeners. Open-pollinated, Non-GMO and Organic Seed." Grown in the Pacific Northwest.
BBB Wildflower Seeds
https://www.bbbseed.com
BBB Seed from Colorado is committed to providing fresh, high quality, open-pollinated, non-GE (genetically engineered), untreated seed. They have a huge variety of regional or microclimate specific wildflower mixes from across the country. They have an truly wonderful selection.
Raintree Nursery
https://www.raintreenursery.com
Raintree Nursery in Onalaska, WA offers quality nursery products. Order trees, plants, and supplies online now. Contact for fast-growing evergreen trees and fruit trees.
One Green World
https://onegreenworld.com
One Green World Nursery is a family owned nursery and garden center located in Portland, Oregon. We have been providing a huge selection of fruiting trees and shrubs, berries, vines, unique citrus, nut trees, vegetables and much more to people all over the United States.
Harvest Nursery
https://harvestnursery.com/blog/
Harvest Nursery has over 300 varieties of very affordable edible plants in the Oregon/Vancouver area.
Northwoods Nursery
http://www.northwoodsnursery.com/
Northwoods Nursery is a wholesale grower. They accept orders from businesses in the nursery trade or commercial growers only.
https://www.burntridgenursery.com/
"A family-owned farm, in business since 1980. Our 20-acre farm is located in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains with a beautiful view of Mount St. Helens. Our mail order nursery specializes in unusual and disease resistant trees, vines, and shrubs that produce edible nuts or fruits."
Strictly Medicinal Seeds
https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/
Organic growers of medicinal herb seeds and plants in Williams, OR. They publish an excellent book on making medicine from the plants you grow.
Uprising Seeds
https://uprisingorganics.com/
Organic vegetable and flower seeds. "The majority of our seeds are still grown in NW Washington on isolation plots throughout Whatcom and Skagit county. The remainder are sourced from our fantastic network of family farms in Washington, Oregon, N. CA and Idaho."
Resilient Seeds
www.resilient-seeds.com
Resilient Seeds provides open-pollinated, Non-GMO seeds with a focus on dry legumes and grains adapted to the Pacific Northwest. We grow all our own seed on certified organic farmland near Bellingham.
Adaptive Seeds
https://www.adaptiveseeds.com
"We sell rare, diverse and resilient seed for ecologically-minded farmers and gardeners. Open-pollinated, Non-GMO and Organic Seed." Grown in the Pacific Northwest.
BBB Wildflower Seeds
https://www.bbbseed.com
BBB Seed from Colorado is committed to providing fresh, high quality, open-pollinated, non-GE (genetically engineered), untreated seed. They have a huge variety of regional or microclimate specific wildflower mixes from across the country. They have an truly wonderful selection.
Raintree Nursery
https://www.raintreenursery.com
Raintree Nursery in Onalaska, WA offers quality nursery products. Order trees, plants, and supplies online now. Contact for fast-growing evergreen trees and fruit trees.
One Green World
https://onegreenworld.com
One Green World Nursery is a family owned nursery and garden center located in Portland, Oregon. We have been providing a huge selection of fruiting trees and shrubs, berries, vines, unique citrus, nut trees, vegetables and much more to people all over the United States.
Harvest Nursery
https://harvestnursery.com/blog/
Harvest Nursery has over 300 varieties of very affordable edible plants in the Oregon/Vancouver area.
Northwoods Nursery
http://www.northwoodsnursery.com/
Northwoods Nursery is a wholesale grower. They accept orders from businesses in the nursery trade or commercial growers only.