I love this town.  We are capable of holding space for our community to have challenging conversations and learn with each other in an evolving time. Let us learn together, question through different lenses, and act with wisdom. We are one family with many branches but held together with the same roots.

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My dream is to create an educational experience for our community operating under the philosophy "Learn. Question. Do." These are the 3 pillars under which we hope to foster intelligent dialogue, distribute information, and facilitate action in our local community.

 

Learn: A documentary series that will nurture constructive dialogue about the state of our children, farms, planet, animals, spirit, and self. 

 

“Learn To Change The World” hosted its first film in November 2021 - Kiss The Ground is a

documentary-turned-agricultural-movement that explores the core ideas of regenerative agriculture, including responsible management of land through reduced tilling, limits on nitrogen fertilizers, use of cover crops, and prioritization of animal and plant diversity. Following this film was a question and answer session with two very important people - the film’s producer and founder of the Kiss The Ground movement, Ryland Englehart, as well as the owner of Be Love Farm, Matthew Engelhart, who utilizes biodynamic and regenerative farming practices happening in Vacaville and the greater California area.  

 

Question: Townhall-style forums to distribute real and timely information. 

 

The goal of questioning is to facilitate challenging conversations in order to come away from each forum with a better understanding of an issue so that we may make educated decisions for our families.  In October and December of 2021, a group of inspired local leaders held a town-hall forum, gathering experts in the field of infectious disease, county regulations, pediatrics, and educational leaders to help us understand the mandated Covid-19 vaccinations for children. The result was a living example of our ability to come together to have difficult conversations in an unbiased safe space about issues that affect local families. The goal is to host more dialogues about issues facing our community, not limited to vaccinations, but any issue with the threat of misinformation that may create polarization in our community. 

 

Do: Actionable steps to apply this information on a local level.

 

We embody the information learned through the other two pillars with “Think Globally, Act Locally”. To date, we have held biodynamic composting classes to implement in our own backyards and at Ballygrennan Farm, created a demonstrative food forest in partnership with Sustainable Solano, provided letters and ways to communicate with Solano County and California State representatives about issues important to our community, provided maps of where to buy locally-sourced food from farms using regenerative practices, and will have more activities and information throughout the upcoming year. We will continue to engage and provide opportunities related to the information learned through the other two pillars of this educational experience.