All the slides from the keynote with live links to resources

A short video documentary from the New York Times about prescribed fire and burn bosses in California

The most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations, process understanding, and global and regional climate simulations.

Kiss the Ground's middle school curriculum is designed to introduce young people to the magic of soil and the fascinating connection it has to the food we eat, our health and our climate.

Soils help to combat and adapt to climate change by playing a key role in the carbon cycle.

Carbon Farming is a whole farm approach to optimizing carbon capture on working landscapes by implementing practices that are known to improve the rate at which CO2 is removed from the atmosphere and stored in plant material and/or soil organic matter.

A variety if scientific papers exploring how to enhance carbon sequestration in rangeland, agricultural, and forest soils

(photo by Gabriel Jimenez/Unsplash)

Biodynamics is a holistic, ecological, and ethical approach to farming, gardening, food, and nutrition.

Biodynamic compost is enhanced and enlivened through the use of six preparations made from yarrow, chamomile, stinging nettle, oak bark, dandelion, and valerian

Agricultural practices contribute considerably to emissions of greenhouse gases. This paper investigated GHG in the long-term field trial “DOK” in Switzerland, comparing two organic farming systems – biodynamic (BIODYN) and bioorganic (BIOORG) – with two non-organic systems

A study comparing carbon in conventional, organic, and biodynamic vineyards

The Indigenous Peoples Burning Network (IPBN) is a support network among Native American communities that are revitalizing their traditional fire practices in a contemporary context.

Information about how to create biochar and its benefits for carbon storage and ecosystem health

The food system was built on the stolen land and stolen labor of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian and people of color. The specific projects and resource needs of farmers of color are listed here.

An introduction to the nuts and bolts of returning land to Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, with insight from the Land Trust and practitioners in the field. In this webinar, they provide valuable insights into the frequently asked questions of property owners (and the practitioners advising them).

Local example of nearly 10,000 acres being returned to Indigenous tribes, involving a creative agreement between the family who held title to the land, Seattle-based Conservation Northwest, and the tribes to serve cultural and ecological goals.

A collection of tools on the First Light Learning Journey which are being used across the country to formalize Indigenous access to land for cultural uses, harvesting, and ceremony.

Seattle residents can use this tool to pay rent to the Duwamish Tribe and support them in other ways, like a petition for the tribe to receive federal recognition

An interactive worldwide map that offers a starting point for learning about the Indigenous communities where you live, travel, or where your ancestors once settled.

The Agrarian Commons model brings land into local community ownership and stewardship with the support of a national nonprofit land trust Agrarian Trust

Soul Fire Farm’s guide for farmers who want to supply low-income communities while maintaining financial sustainability

An interactive map that visualizes race and income for communities across the United States

Plants to the People emerged as a farmer-to-farmer mutual aid project rooted in regional community resilience. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, urban growers mobilized to rapidly increase food production for their communities. Situated within the relational foundation of the CWLF network, rural growers were able to share roughly 7000 plant starts with urban comrades in 2020, and even more in 2021.

Food sovereignty action steps compiled by the Soul Fire Farm community and Northeast Farmers of Color alliance. This document is designed for anyone who has ever asked, “How can I help make the food system more just?”

A list of nine farms run by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color which deliver produce to Seattle from Seattle Met (April 2021)

Our mission is to build a Black-led food system by developing a cooperative network of food system actors, acquiring and stewarding land, facilitating food system education, and creating space for Black liberation in healing and joy. We envision Black liberation through food sovereignty, in spaces built on cooperation and interconnectedness with the environment and the community, where our knowledge and creativity are boundless.

Founded in 2016 by Nyema Clark, Nurturing Roots is a thriving urban farm and community farming program that values community, self-sufficiency, food empowerment, social justice, and education. Since its establishment, Nurturing Roots has brought the community together by providing volunteering opportunities, hosting various events, and partnering with local restaurants.

Chief Seattle Club’s job rehabilitation program Native Works introduces Sovereignty Farm, a new seed to table social enterprise that will provide opportunities for Indigenous elders, apprentices, artisans, and farmers; to grow and serve traditional foods at the Chief Seattle Club day center and the café that will be available to the public in Chief Seattle Club’s ?ál?al “Home” building opening in Pioneer Square in 2021.

Kamayan Farm sits just 25 miles east of Seattle on Snoqualmie people’s land. Kamayan Farm is a small vegetable and flower farm with a vision of building a reciprocal and reparative connection to land. We are also a member of Second Generation Seeds, a collective of Asian American growers, inviting our community to reclaim the narrative around Asian crops and their foodways.

Melony Edwards is a first-generation farmer whose ancestors traveled north after emancipation in the journey known as the Great Migration. Her journey of reclaiming farming landed her on a 20-acre mixed vegetable farm on rural Whidbey Island where she immersed herself in small-scale agricultural practices. Now her farming adventures continue as she pursues her own farm vision in launching Ebony By Nature, a textile art farm, and extending her knowledge in seed growing and saving.

Familias Unidas por la Justicia is an independent labor union of more than 400 indigenous farmworkers in Skagit and Whatcom Counties in WA State.

FEEST is a youth-led organization working to improve health in our schools. We believe that systemic change is necessary for young people’s mental and physical wellbeing. Rooted in radical joy, we elevate youth of color as powerful organizers toward food justice. FEEST sets the table for young people to transform the health and equity of their community by gathering around food & working towards systems change.

Gathering Roots is BIPOC owned and operated organization raising funds to buy property the Seattle, WA area for a retreat center & small community farm for the BIPOC community. Wellness in community encompasses artistic expression, all spiritualities, sustainable land stewardship for food sovereignty, and space to witness and heal. We value cultural connection to each other and the land. All those in the Black community deserve a space where they can BE all of their intersectional selves while in respite. Further, by providing cultural explorations of the land, traditional healing gatherings, and social justice coalition building, our collective lives the intention to lift the oppression of generational trauma through liberation and joy!