Ever wonder what goes into regenerative agriculture practices that are promoted as healthy for the planet and people? Learn about regenerative agriculture at an event hosted by the Solano Local Food System Alliance. This event will have speakers on regenerative agriculture, permaculture and biodynamics, and you’ll have a chance to learn about a demonstration food forest SuSol is installing in Pleasants Valley in partnership with Pleasant Valley School. The Solano Local Food System Alliance’s quarterly meetings are free and open to the public and feature speakers on topics that are important to Solano County’s local food system. The meeting will also explore the vision for Pleasants Valley to become a model region for regenerative agriculture practices that can be better for the environment, for communities and for the farmers who adopt these methods!

Learn more and register here!

Speakers:
Rose Curley with Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) — Regenerative Agriculture
Michael Wedgley, Sustainable Solano — Permaculture and plans for a demonstration permaculture site at the farm
Harald Hoven — Biodynamic Agriculture and plans for a biodynamic garden at the farm

This free public event is part of the Solano Local Food System Alliance’s quarterly educational meetings.

About the demonstration permaculture site:
This Pleasants Valley site in Vacaville is the future home of a demonstration farm site that will showcase different regenerative practices and techniques. The permaculture demonstration portion of the site is a joint project between Sustainable Solano and Pleasant Valley School, which is in development on the property and will offer outdoor education experiences and Waldorf-inspired instruction.

About the Guest Speaker

Rose Curley is a GrizzlyCorps fellow, completing her service term with Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) in Davis. Rose works for CAFF’s Ecological Farming Program helping small farmers conserve natural resources, adapt to and mitigate climate change, and build on-farm resilience. Rose’s day-to-day work includes conducting on-farm research and demonstration projects, developing educational and extension materials, and facilitating farmer-to-farmer learning opportunities. In addition to serving with CAFF, Rose works on a small diversified vegetable farm in the Capay Valley.

Rose graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Molecular Environmental Biology and Food Systems. She was a research assistant in the Berkeley Agroecology Lab studying the relationship between soil and human health. She was raised in the foothills of California’s Central Valley (Yokuts and Mono lands).

About the Alliance:
The Solano Local Food System Alliance brings together a variety of stakeholders to leverage each other’s knowledge and shared vision around a strong local food system and engage the wider community to promote the local food economy, educate about the multiple benefits of local food, and advocate for improvement to the local food system that increases everyone’s access to local food.

Learn more about the Alliance here