We hired Joshua Sternberg a farmer and educator from Northern California to lead the Earth Program’s Ecosystem Restoration Project at Mendocino County Jail. He is building an 8 week certification course in regenerative agriculture that will provide incarcerated individuals with a certificate and time off their sentence.
Gary York, 30 year Correctional Officer veteran, and spokesperson for Guards to Guardian, wrote an article about the program in Corrections1. Read the article <a href=https://corrections1.com/health-wellness/articles/from-guards-to-guardians-program-focuses-on-the-mental-well-being-of-correctional-facility-personnel-LQ0g8aPFgu7yxd6X>here</a>
Art of Soulmaking is now in 121 facilities across the United States
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has accepted our application for the Art of Soulmaking program to be used at 10 facilities in California, with the potential of reaching 110,000 incarcerated individuals.
The Earth Program met with the founder of Archangel Ancient Tree Archive based in Michigan to provide the us with baby trees of the most evolved tree DNA in the world for the Earth Program’s prison program.
Free Food has now served over 12,000 meals this year, most of them sit downs in Ukiah, CA and Harlem, NY
Free food Harlem received 300+ lbs of donated produce from Fairway for our delicious farm to table meals
Free Food Oakland had its first pop up in July, serving enchiladas, Spanish rice and homemade cookies to those living on the streets of Oakland
Keisha and Casey Ernst, graduates from the Soil Food Web and of Catalyst BioAmendments, visited our property in Northern California and did testing of our living soil with a 40x video enhanced microscope. They’re helping the Earth Program develop our curriculum to include elements of the Soil Food Web school, the premier methodology of soil education in the world.
Matt Sherman, member of Black Box, recently posted about his experience in New York City. Check out his blog post <a href=“https://unconditionalfreedom.org/blog/2022/06/16/black-joy-genius-tour-6-16-22/”>here</a>
