CNGF Introduces the RAFT Training Program
RAFT – Regenerative Agriculture Farm Training Program
Fall 2018
We are offering a 15-week Regenerative Agriculture Farm Training (RAFT) course in Silicon Valley. RAFT methodology can be applied to home gardens, urban farms, organic farms or Big Ag. This training will combine a grassroots model inviting local farmers, gardeners, local professionals and technical specialists to facilitate a hands-on, holistic, and interdisciplinary training program. If you are an urban farmer, organic farmer, student, home gardener, landscape professional, community developer or activist, or native plant lover, then this course could be for you!
This 15-week course is designed to teach participants how to create, manage and understand regenerative organic agriculture methods. These practices can be translated to any environment. Our course strives to create a successful Regenerative Organic Agriculture (ROA) model for the Bay Area .We utilize knowledge and skills from naturalists, horticulturalists, ecologists, permaculturists, organic farmers and native landscapers. We invite you to learn ways of growing rich diverse food year-round while regenerating native plant communities, increasing biodiversity and soil health, and capturing carbon. Our goal with this class is to introduce these revolutionary agricultural methods that will enable us to achieve food sovereignty and food security in Santa Clara County.
