Dr. Elaine Ingham is the chief research scientist for the Rodale Institute and is the foremost expert on soil microlife.  Her work is revolutionizing agriculture and land management. 

This intensive course is for farmers, landscapers, ranchers, creators and distributors of agricultural products, waste management professionals, soil and garden enthusiasts of all types, and anyone who touches the earth.  Simply put, this information needs to be central to any sustainable agriculture or land management.




     Feb 6 +7: Soil Foodweb Foundations  ~ $270
     Feb 8: Compost Intensive  ~  $140
     Feb 9: Compost Tea Intensive ~  $140
     Feb 10: Light Microscope ~  $160

Each day 9am - 6pm. 
Organic vegetarian lunch, snacks, and chai included.
Daily BART pickups are available.




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First planted in 2009, Biggs Elementary's orchard just finished its third summer in the ground.  In September 2011, Common Vision came to support with tree care, training for the caretakers, planting some new varieties, and collecting the stories of a school that has really grown the inspiration planted with the Fruti Tree Tour program.

The new crew getting ready to get on the bus.  

Common Vision is stoked to announce that Chris Kerston will be joing the Holisitc Management course. He is leading the Saturday evening's session "Animals in the Orchard" describing the farming operations at Chaffin Family Orchards, a 3,000 acre organic olive, stone fruit, beef, egg, and broiler operation that is one of the top examples of animal-integrated agriculture in the US.

The Holistic Management course will be taught by Kirk Gadzia of the Savory Institute and will run from September 9-11.


Follow Chris on a tour of the 3,000 acres of Chaffin Family Orchards:

Holistic Management is an essential tool for sustainably managing farms, organizations, and, households in a profitable and resource enhancing engagement of the land.
Common Vision is honored to join forces with GreenFriends Farm at the M.A. Center to make this course available.

Common Vision will work with 8 schools and 2 community sites to plant 200 Fruit Trees across Northern California. We are excited for this Northern California focused tour to reach a new area of the state and share this community-transforming experience with our rural neighbors.