WILLITS, Calif. – The School of Adaptive Agriculture is excited to launch a new weeklong farm experience for those who wish to understand where their food comes from.

Already noted as one of the premier agricultural schools in Northern California for their Practicum Program, a 12-week course that runs twice a year (spring and summer), the School of Adaptive Agriculture wanted to offer a more accessible opportunity for those looking to experience farm life and health from the ground up.

During this week long farm experience, July 23 to 27, participants will dive into the foundations of where food comes from and experience real food, with a direct connection to farmers and the soil. They will see microbes, animals, and roots in action, for an exploration of the processes that create the nutrients our bodies need.

Through this immersive experience attendees will gain a new understanding of farming and ranching, learn to create nutrient dense meals, and eat real food. Participants will leave with inspiration and motivation, as well as first person understanding of how we are what we eat.

Based on the historic Ridgewood Ranch in rural Mendocino County, the school campus includes a 1920s schoolhouse, orchard, market garden, sheep, chickens, pigs, an old growth redwood grove, cool pond for taking dips in, compost lab, outdoor kitchen, bath house, dining area, compost toilet, and workshop.

Lodging is available on site for workshop participants. If you choose to stay onsite, on one of these hills, your home-away-from-home for the week, will be a private 10-foot by 12-foot canvas wall tent equipped with solar power and furnished. Open your tent in the morning to views of grasslands, forests, our market garden, herds and flocks of sheep, chickens, cattle and wild animals galore.

Cost of the workshop and onsite lodging is $975 per person and $675 per person for the workshop only.

Register online at http://school-of-adaptive-agriculture.org/qsot-event/healthfarm/.

For more information contact Kelly Hansen at the School of Adaptive Agriculture, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-225-0143.