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The Pollinator Fund bridges that gap by \u003Cstrong>channeling donor support through\u003C/strong> People Food & Land’s fiscal sponsorship program.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Rapid activation.\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Funds are deployed quickly to launch visible, local projects that educate and restore instead of being bogged down by bureaucratic grant cycles.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Compounding impact.\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Each project builds community capacity and ecological literacy, creating momentum for future initiatives that may later qualify for PFL’s larger programs such as the Mycelium or Marigold Funds.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For donors, contributions are fully tax-deductible and can be made via appreciated stock, crypto, or DAFs — providing a \u003C/span>\u003Cb>tax-efficient, transparent, and tangible\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> way to give.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":68,"customUrl":16,"name":776,"url":17,"newTab":68,"query":17,"page":777},"Support the  Pollinator Fund ",{"nodes":778},[779],{"id":326,"slug":328,"title":329},{"__typename":278,"title":781,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":782,"listStyle":16,"button":783,"image":17},"Why It Matters ","\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creates visible, community-scale examples of renewal that feed into statewide and national circular bioeconomy efforts and inspire further action\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Educates the next generation of environmental stewards\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demonstrates transparent, reportable outcomes to donors and advisors\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feeds into larger, systemic programs (Mycelium / Marigold) for long-term resilience\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":784,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},"Investing in Pollinator Fund ",{"__typename":770,"quote":786,"big":16,"left":68},"By opening doors to learning and experience, we help the next generation build a thriving, regenerative future.",{"__typename":788,"images":789},"SectionsSectionsImagesSectionLayout",{"nodes":790},[791,794,797,800],{"altText":152,"filePath":792,"uri":793,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/09/pexels-greta-hoffman-7728070-scaled.jpg","/home/pexels-greta-hoffman-7728070/",{"altText":152,"filePath":795,"uri":796,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/11/utunzaji-wa-mazingira-YD4R4R6xnr4-unsplash-scaled.jpg","/utunzaji-wa-mazingira-yd4r4r6xnr4-unsplash/",{"altText":152,"filePath":798,"uri":799,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/11/qijing-feng-xWMEj_7jsO0-unsplash-scaled.jpg","/qijing-feng-xwmej_7jso0-unsplash/",{"altText":152,"filePath":398,"uri":399,"caption":17},{"id":802,"databaseId":803,"slug":804,"title":805,"modified":806,"__typename":168,"sections":807},"cG9zdDo2OTAyNjY=",690266,"compost-policy-planning-framework","Compost Policy & Planning Framework","2025-11-13T20:16:06",{"__typename":170,"seo":808,"footerVariant":809,"sidebar":68,"uid":17,"sections":810},{"title":17,"description":17,"ogImage":17},[175],[811,814,817,822,826,830],{"__typename":178,"title":812,"indentTitle":813,"small":16,"bold":16,"description":17},"Compost Policy & Planning Framework ","Building Local and Regional Compost Supply ",{"__typename":695,"top":815,"bottom":17,"imageSize":816,"image":17,"mobileImage":17,"smallImage":17},"Composting food waste is often written into planning documents as a way to cut down on climate warming emissions. But many cities and counties have yet to come up with strategies to actually use this resource for community benefit. \r\nPFL supports the creation of compost at all levels. We focus on strategies that support distributed smaller-scale production of this material in communities, on remediation sites, and on farms. These are the composting sites that often bring additional benefits aside from waste diversion, such as urban greening and engagement opportunities. \r\n",[699],{"__typename":278,"title":818,"smallTitle":16,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":819,"description":820,"listStyle":16,"button":821,"image":17},"The Problem","A System Built for Waste Management, Not Soil Health and Economic Development ","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current composting regulations were designed for large-scale waste diversion, not to restore soils, reduce emission, or support local economies.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are three key barriers:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Conflicting Permits\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Projects must navigate CEQA, CalRecycle, Water Board, and Air District requirements, often with overlapping or contradictory rules.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Feedstock-Based Regulation\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regulations are based on material type (e.g., food scraps vs. green waste), not on the intended soil benefit, making it harder to blend materials or scale decentralized sites.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Lack of Systems Thinking\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most permitting processes focus on risk mitigation rather than maximizing ecological benefit. There is little alignment between composting policy and broader goals based on compost’s systemic value in water conservation, carbon storage, and food security.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":823,"smallTitle":16,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":824,"listStyle":16,"button":825,"image":17},"PFL’s Planning Principles","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We support practical, place-based planning that centers compost as a resource. Our work draws from planning theory, policy analysis, land use models, and on-the-ground experience. PFL analyzed current planning language and processes for compost across city and county-level climate action and general plans, and recommends the following:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand community goals, needs, and opportunities\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Center soil health building when planning for new composting projects\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support diversified and distributed composting sites, prioritizing projects that directly benefit community members\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create economic incentives that catalyze local compost markets, such as small loan programs, equipment grants, or administrative support\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update zoning codes to allow for right-scale composting in more areas\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leverage SB 1383 procurement requirements to support small composters and soil-building compost application projects\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":827,"smallTitle":16,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":828,"listStyle":16,"button":829,"image":17},"Support for Community Composting Projects","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021, PFL partnered with the California Alliance for Community Composting (CACC) to secure the state’s first Community Composting for Green Spaces (CCGS) grant from CalRecycle. \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[See the Project Spotlight for more information]\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFL continues to champion the conditions that allow community composting to thrive. Our ongoing work includes:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Policy Advocacy:\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Advancing smarter permitting pathways for small and mid-scale composting sites, including tiered frameworks that recognize the unique value of community and on-farm systems.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>SB 1383 Implementation Support:\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Helping jurisdictions meet organic waste diversion goals through distributed, local infrastructure – centered on soil health, not just tonnage.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Equity-First Infrastructure:\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Working to ensure that funding, compliance assistance, and technical resources reach the communities that need them most – not just large-scale operators.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Fiscal Sponsorship & Incubation:\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Supporting innovative compost ventures, through legal, financial, and administrative scaffolding.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":831,"smallTitle":16,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":832,"description":833,"listStyle":16,"button":834,"image":17},"Our Guiding Value","Rights to Organic Material Resources","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe that communities producing bioresources should have the right to compost them for their own economic benefit. \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFL also believes these opportunities should not come at the expense of the health of people or their land.  \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our goal is to support the development of a new resource right to soil, granted to the communities and individuals who generate and manage soil-building organic materials.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rejecting Resource Extraction: By harnessing the power of place-based economic development, right to resources provides communities with opportunities to develop and use bioresources. This counters existing precedents set by other natural resource development, including oil, gas, and lumber industries. \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right to Soil: Prioritizing bioresources that build soil health provides opportunities for communities to build economic growth while building healthier and more resilient soil systems. Healthy soils have lasting effects on climate resilience and human health. \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Tools & Resources\u003C/b>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[PFL Planning for Compost Guide]\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Ca href=\"/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Planning-for-Compost-CHECKLIST-Form.pdf\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Planning for Compost Checklist]\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Compost Planning Document Review] and [Corresponding Datasheet]\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[California Compost Regulatory Review]\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" 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We believe that communities producing these bioresources should have the right to develop them for their own economic benefit. PFL also believes these opportunities should not come at the expense of the health of people and their land. Our goal is to support the development of a new resource right to soil, granted to the communities and individuals who generate and manage soil-building organic materials.\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Rejecting Resource Extraction\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr />\nBy harnessing the power of place-based economic development, right to resources provides communities with opportunities to develop and use bioresources. This counters existing precedents set by other natural resource development, including oil, gas, and lumber industries.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Right to Soil\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr />\nPrioritizing bioresources that build soil health provides opportunities for communities to build economic growth while building healthier and more resilient soil systems. Healthy soils have lasting effects on climate resilience and human health.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>This is the default behaviour of lists.\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":858,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":859,"listStyle":68,"button":862,"image":17},{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":858,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":864,"listStyle":16,"button":865,"image":17},"\u003Cp>PFL actively fosters legal, political and economic systems that return nutrients from bioresources back to the soil. We believe that communities producing these bioresources should have the right to develop them for their own economic benefit. PFL also believes these opportunities should not come at the expense of the health of people and their land. Our goal is to support the development of a new resource right to soil, granted to the communities and individuals who generate and manage soil-building organic materials.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Rejecting Resource Extraction\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr />\nBy harnessing the power of place-based economic development, right to resources provides communities with opportunities to develop and use bioresources. This counters existing precedents set by other natural resource development, including oil, gas, and lumber industries.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Right to Soil\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr />\nPrioritizing bioresources that build soil health provides opportunities for communities to build economic growth while building healthier and more resilient soil systems. Healthy soils have lasting effects on climate resilience and human health.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>This is the default behaviour of lists.\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":867,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":68,"subtitle":17,"description":868,"listStyle":16,"button":869,"image":17},"List Solutions","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Main Findings\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>There is excess feedstock availability and insufficient compost processing.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Successful compost planning requires resource management programming as opposed to waste management programming.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Current composting regulations disincentivize growth and creation of small to medium scale compost operations.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Decentralized, small and medium-sized composting sites are more economical to build and Maintain, as well as provide a higher quality and more 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Urban food scraps, forest residues, and farm nutrients all move through shared ecosystems. 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But vision alone will not deliver change. California needs systems that connect bold policy to on-the-ground practice.\r\nThat is the work of the Bioeconomy Resources & Action Network (BRAN).\r\nHoused within People, Food and Land Foundation, BRAN serves as California’s connective infrastructure for regenerative transition. Acting as a connective hub — a “non-agency agency,” bridging grassroots action and institutional systems that put  climate goals into action — across composting, biomass, water, waste, and land systems.\r\nWe help build a circular bioeconomy — one that transforms waste into abundance, reconnects people to place, and unlocks climate resilience through living systems\r\n",[699],{"node":962},{"altText":152,"filePath":963,"uri":964,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/11/pexels-greta-hoffman-7728328-scaled.jpg","/home/pexels-greta-hoffman-7728328/",{"__typename":278,"title":966,"smallTitle":16,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":967,"description":968,"listStyle":16,"button":969,"image":17},"What We Do","BRAN is a cross-sector platform focused on implementation and alignment","\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cb>Embedded Roles\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> – We place experts on nature-based solutions within government and partner institutions to bridge policy goals with on-the-ground impact — 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us to learn more about our mission and work, or to become involved.","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>People, Food and Land Foundation\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>PO Box 314, Prather, CA 93651\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>559.855.3710\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>admin@pflfoundation.org\u003C/p>\n","Thank you for your message!\r\nWe will get back to you as soon as possible.",{"node":1082},{"altText":152,"filePath":666,"uri":667,"caption":17},{"id":100,"databaseId":1084,"slug":101,"title":102,"modified":1085,"__typename":168,"sections":1086},150020,"2025-12-01T20:17:02",{"__typename":170,"seo":1087,"footerVariant":1088,"sidebar":16,"uid":17,"sections":1089},{"title":17,"description":17,"ogImage":17},[747],[1090,1092],{"__typename":178,"title":1091,"indentTitle":17,"small":68,"bold":68,"description":17},"The dedicated team of individuals who drive the mission and vision of People, Food and Land 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Kaarisa is not just designing policies or managing operations — she is cultivating coherence across complex systems, aligning vision with action to ensure change is not only possible, but lasting.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"name":1110,"position":1111,"description":1112,"image":17},"Andy Shrader","Senior Advisor ","\u003Cp>Andy’s shoot sprang up from farmers in Indiana and Kansas. He quit screenwriting to fight climate change over a decade with Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz. Among myriad other carbon neutrality, zero waste and wildlife campaigns, he is known for launching Regenerate LA, aiming to transform the city’s food waste via compost into healthy soils, and the City’s Good Food Purchasing Policy, which aims to motivate and fund a healthier transformation of agriculture and won a 2019 “Future Policy Award for Scaling Up Agroecology” from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, et al. He oversaw LADWP water and power issues and staffed the Councilmember on the Metropolitan Water District Board, covering Colorado River issues extensively. Andy has two kids and his primary mission in life is to seed their pathways to a safe, healthy, and equitable year 2100.\u003C/p>\n",{"name":1114,"position":1115,"description":1116,"image":17},"Stephanie Cain","Compost Systems & Policy Planner ","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephanie has experience in developing comprehensive, multi-stakeholder projects that benefit communities. She holds a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning, with an emphasis on climate action and sustainable food systems. At PFL, Stephanie currently supports our Bioresource Development project, which supports compost planning and development as it intersects with California’s SB 1383 organics recycling mandate. Her work is helping shape policy recommendations and local implementation pathways that prioritize community-driven compost solutions and healthy soils.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":1118,"withDescription":16,"members":1119},"Board",[1120,1124,1127,1129,1132,1135],{"name":1121,"position":1122,"description":1123,"image":17},"Maia Ballis","President ","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maia\u003C/span> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a lifelong steward of ecological living and community resilience. As President of the Board, she brings decades of experience in herbalism, permaculture, and holistic education — infusing the foundation with deep-rooted wisdom and hands-on knowledge. 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In 1907, it became an independent agency within the Department of the Interior, later renamed the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. A debate arose over whether reclamation should be managed at the state or federal level, but President Theodore Roosevelt backed a national approach and formed the necessary legislative alliances to ensure the bill’s passage. After years of effort, the act was signed into law on June 17, 1902. Congress intended to use the law to develop the arid lands of the western US into healthy rural communities using reliable surface water from areas with more rain or snowmelt. At the turn of the century, it was already clear that groundwater availability and access would limit agricultural expansion in the region.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",{"year":1196,"title":1197,"description":1198},"1900 - 1950","Migration and a Diversified Farm Economy","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immigrants from around the world power California’s farms. New crops – fruits, nuts, vegetables – require more hands, and mechanization gives way to labor-intensive specialty agriculture.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n",{"year":1200,"title":1201,"description":1202},"1930s","Dams, Canals, and the Central Valley Project","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, the federal government authorizes a sweeping water infrastructure expansion across California. The Central Valley Project (CVP) -one of the largest water projects in U.S. history – is constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. Through dams, canals, and reservoirs, the CVP redirecting massive flows of water to deliver irrigation to California’s arid interior fueling large-scale agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though initially aligned with the 160-acre limit of the Reclamation Act, the CVP ultimately fueled consolidation of land and water among industrial-scale farms\u003C/span> \u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">– \u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">further displacing small farmers and laborers.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These dams and aqueducts still shape California agriculture, politics, and ecosystems today.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1204,"title":1205,"description":1206},"1935","The Soil Conservation Service is Born (Now NRCS)","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to the Dust Bowl, Congress creates the Soil Conservation Service within the USDA to address erosion and promote sustainable land management. Today known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), it supports soil health and conservation across U.S. farms.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1208,"title":1209,"description":1210},"1937","Resource Conservation Districts Take Root","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California enables the formation of Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs)\u003C/span> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">– locally led entities designed to steward land, water, and soil at the community level. These grassroots districts become key partners in soil health, habitat restoration, and regenerative agriculture.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1212,"title":1213,"description":1214},"1942 - 1964","The Bracero Era","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. and Mexico launch \u003Cem>the Bracero Program\u003C/em> a guest worker program under the Mexican Farm Labor Program Agreement that brings millions of Mexican laborers to the fields. Initially set up to fill the labor shortage created by WWII, it remained in place for more than 20 years. Exploitation is rampant. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 1960s the union organizing movement ignited and amplified the call for labor negotiations and protection from  pesticide exposure for workers. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n",{"year":1216,"title":1217,"description":1218},"1953","A Truth-Teller Arrives in Fresno","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WWII Marine with a U. of Minn. dual degree in journalist George Ballis (co-founder of National Land for People and People Food and Land Foundation) begins documenting life in the fields – exposing injustice through words and lens.\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1220,"title":1221,"description":1222},"1956-1960","California Water Project Begins","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amid rising concern over water scarcity, the State of California begins planning one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the world: the California State Water Project. Engineered to bring water from Northern California to the drier Central and Southern regions, it sets the stage for explosive agricultural growth – and increasing concentration of water access.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1224,"title":1225,"description":1226},"1957 - 1958","Learning from Giants","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mentored by Dorothea Lange and economist Paul Taylor, George dives into the politics of water and land. He joins small farmers to investigate illegal land holdings\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1228,"title":1229,"description":1230},"1959","Maps and Momentum","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ballis and the Western Water & Power Users head to D.C. with damning evidence: massive landowners are skirting the law. Their maps spark national attention.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1232,"title":1233,"description":1234},"1960","The California Aqueduct & the JFK Legacy","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President John F. Kennedy supports California’s water ambitions, formally launching the San Luis Reservoir and segments of the California Aqueduct. These federally backed investments fuel large-scale farm development in the Central Valley,but also lay bare tensions: small family farms remain under-resourced while powerful agribusinesses benefit disproportionately.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This water shift sets the stage for the farmworker movement and the founding of National Land for People.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1236,"title":1237,"description":1238},"1963 - 1966","Marches, Cameras, and Community Organizing","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">George’s photo of the farmworker march to Sacramento lands on the cover of LIFE. He works closely with UFW and trains community organizers for the Office of Economic Opportunity.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1240,"title":1241,"description":1242},"1965","The United Farm Workers Rise","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union efforts led by Cesar Chavez gain traction. Calls for dignity, safe working conditions, and a fair share echo across California’s fields. Access to land and water become central themes in the organizing effort.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1244,"title":1245,"description":1246},"1970","Irrigation districts are born, controlling access to water in arid California through land ownership","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the 1970s, irrigation districts—public corporations run by local landowners and empowered to tax and issue bonds to purchase,construct, maintain, and operate irrigation works—were the leading water suppliers. California’s Central Valley Irrigation Project (CVP), which irrigates the Westlands Water District in western Fresno County was built in the 1960s to move water diverted from Sierra snowmelt river water through a concrete-lined canal. The District spans 600,000 acres (about half the  size of New York City) with less than 600 landowners. The 20 biggest owners included Standard Oil and the Santa Fe Railroad. The Reclamation Law water contracts offered cheap, federally subsidized irrigation water from CVP for 10 years in exchange for the agreement to sell all land over 160 acres (1/4 of an sq. mi.) in 160-acre parcels at dry land values: $100 – $200 an acre by the 1970s. (Farmland values are now high in California. In 2020 California’s average cropland price was about $10,690 per acre & about $2,000 per acre for pasture land. Hedge funds offered $30,000 to $40,000 an acre with plans to monetize the water rights (to sell water for profit or development) when they permanently retired crops. Westlands & the CVP lie next to U.S. Interstate 5, a natural corridor for development between Los Angeles & San Francisco.)\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1248,"title":1249,"description":1250},"1973","From Food Clubs to Co-ops","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">George and Maia Ballis join students in Fresno to organize food-buying clubs. These grow into “Our Store,” a volunteer-run food co-op rooted in equity and community.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1252,"title":1253,"description":1254},"1975","National Land for People Is Born","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To challenge illegal land deals and defend the Reclamation Act, George, Maia, and allies create two organizations:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>NLP\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to advocate and organize.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>NLPF\u003C/b> to educate, demonstrate, and litigate.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They file lawsuits, run organic farms, and push for food systems that reflect justice.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n",{"year":1252,"title":1256,"description":1257},"A Vision for the Future","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While challenging the system, NLPF builds alternatives: co-ops, farmers markets, organic practices, and educational programs.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 1975 Agricultural Labor Relations Act was passed permitting farmworkers to collectively bargain through the United Farm Workers. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1259,"title":1260,"description":1261},"1979","The Supreme Court Case","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With attorney Mary Louise Frampton, NLPF wins a landmark legal victory halting illegal land deals. But backlash is swift – Congress guts the Reclamation Law by 1982.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1263,"title":1264,"description":1265},"1982","Reclamation Reform Act Weakens Protections","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under Reagan, big farms win.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">George reflects, “We lost not just because of biggie bucks. We lost because what we advocated is against the warp of our time.”\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n",{"year":1267,"title":1268,"description":1269},"1983-2006","Living the Alternative at Sun Mountain","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After years of policy advocacy and legal battles, PFL’s founders turned their attention to demonstration\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> – \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creating Sun Mountain Research Center as a living experiment in regenerative living, systems thinking, and practical sustainability.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1271,"title":1272,"description":1273},"1983","Sun Mountain Research Center Begins","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">George, Maia, and Marc Lasher shift gears. On a hillside in the Sierra foothills, they launch an experiment in living differently:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">– Passive solar homes\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">– Community gardens\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">– Drought-tolerant orchards\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">– Herbal medicine and solar cooking\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They rename NLPF to \u003C/span>\u003Cb>People,Food and Land Foundation\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (PFL) to reflect this new phase.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003Cb>Projects Include:\u003C/b>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n\u003Cli aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~ Certified Organic Farming\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n\u003Cli aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~ Farmers’ Markets & CSA models\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n\u003Cli aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~ Community Composting with Fresno city leaves\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~ Education through food co-ops, workshops, and wild edible meals\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cul style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\u003Cli style=\"text-align: left;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~ “Seminars in Agricultural Reality” Bus Tours for the U.S. Senate and beyond\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",{"year":1275,"title":1276,"description":1277},"Late 1980's","Compost as a Climate and Community Solution","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFL begins citywide composting with Fresno’s urban leaf waste – turning a waste stream into fertile ground. The effort wins a recycling award and models a regenerative urban system.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1279,"title":1280,"description":1281},"1990","Composting Gains Statewide Support","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California passes AB 939, requiring cities to reduce landfill waste. PFL’s Fresno composting project becomes an early example of successful green waste diversion – years ahead of its time.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1283,"title":1284,"description":1285},"1990s","Pioneering Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA)","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building on co-op roots, PFL staff and collaborators help spread CSA models in the San Joaquin Valley – connecting farmers directly with consumers and fostering regional food resilience.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1283,"title":1287,"description":1288},"Advocacy for Organic Integrity","\u003Cp>A\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s the organic movement grows, PFL supports CCOF and national organizing efforts to ensure certification standards reflect true ecological and nutritional values.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1290,"title":1291,"description":1292},"Early 2000s","Foods, Herbs, and Healing","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maia Ballis expands her work in herbalism, food preparation, and solar cooking through \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/projects/an-herbal-odyssey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Ci>Herbal Odyssey, the Sun Mtn Herbal Cookery\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The program shares recipes, remedies, and seasonal wisdom rooted in land-based living.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1294,"title":1295,"description":1296},"2002","Organic Goes National","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The USDA launches the \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Organic Program\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, enshrining organic certification into law. PFL’s early work in organic farming and community education is now reflected in national policy.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1298,"title":1299,"description":1300},"2006","Solar Milestone at Sun Mountain","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFL installs the \u003C/span>\u003Cb>first permitted solar electric system in Fresno County\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, upgrading \u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/projects/sun-mountain-research-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sun Mountain Research Center\u003C/a> with on-site renewable energy. The project reflects the Ballises’ \u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/projects/green-living-living-in-greater-harmony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commitment to regenerative living, energy independence, and environmental leadership in rural communities.\u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1302,"title":1303,"description":1304},"2006 - 2015","Quiet Influence, Lasting Roots","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rooted at Sun Mountain, PFL continued to deepen its land-based practices and educational offerings during a quieter public phase. While not leading high-profile campaigns, the Foundation cultivated resilient infrastructure and intergenerational stewardship – hosting workshops, testing regenerative methods, and continuing herbal, solar, and compost education under the guidance of George and Maia Ballis.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During these years:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/projects/sun-gardens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cb> – Sun Mountain\u003C/b>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> remained a site of ongoing experimentation in passive solar design, drought-tolerant agriculture, and natural systems living.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> – PFL continued to host students, visitors, and allies – quietly seeding ideas and relationships that would influence later work in policy, composting, and regenerative systems.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",{"year":1306,"title":1307,"description":1308},"2016 - 2020","Composting, Policy, and the Carbon Loop","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From policy work and composting to soil mapping and circular bioeconomies, PFL carries forward a legacy of resistance and regeneration.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building on decades of practice and vision, PFL now serves as both a thought leader and infrastructure backbone — linking grassroots movements, public policy, and regenerative land stewardship across California and beyond.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n",{"year":1310,"title":1311,"description":1312},"2016","SB 1383 Changes the Game","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California commits to major organic waste reduction and compost procurement through SB 1383. PFL becomes a key partner in aligning policy and infrastructure to scale composting and soil health.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1314,"title":1315,"description":1316},"2016 - Present","California Healthy Soils Program","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFL supports farmers and stewards through outreach, education, and strategy aligned with the state’s Healthy Soils Program – restoring organic matter and building climate resilience.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1314,"title":1318,"description":1319},"Movement Backbone and Fiscal Sponsor","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through fiscal sponsorship, PFL supports grassroots composting, equitable land access, and food sovereignty projects. This critical infrastructure helps grow place-based solutions and scale meaningful, systemic change.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1321,"title":1322,"description":1323},"2019-2020","Compost and Climate","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFL launches \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/projects/the-carbon-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Carbon Project\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, linking food waste and farmland to boost compost use and carbon capture. As fiscal sponsor of the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.thecacc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Alliance for Community Composting\u003C/a>, PFL also helps secure CalRecycle’s first CCGS grant – supporting over 110 community compost sites across the state.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1325,"title":1326,"description":1327},"2021 - Present","Regeneration at Scale","\u003Cp>Today, People, Food and Land Foundation lives on. \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From policy work and composting to soil mapping and circular bioeconomies, PFL carries forward a legacy of resistance and regeneration.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1329,"title":1330,"description":1331},"2021-2024","Restore and Regenerate","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFL leads a statewide effort to place climate-smart land stewards inside agencies and organizations. \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/projects/restore-and-regenerate-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restore and Regenerate California\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> becomes a bridge between policy and practice – scaling composting, conservation, and bioresource solutions.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1325,"title":1333,"description":1334},"Policy + Practice in Action","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFL co-develops white papers and mapping tools that inform climate-smart agriculture, compost strategy, and bioresource planning – bridging science, community wisdom, and state policy.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/resource-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to Resource Library\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1336,"title":1337,"description":1338},"2024 - 2025","New Funds for a New Future","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/reparative-agriculture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mycelium Bridge Fund\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> issues its first zero-interest loan – investing in small-scale composters and climate projects that regenerate soil and community.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>That same year, PFL launches the \u003Ca href=\"/marigold-fund/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Ci>Marigold Fund\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, a participatory grant program rooted in rural California, led by those who work the land.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In 2025, the \u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/the-pollinator-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pollinator Fund\u003C/a> is launched and makes its first grant to support compost education and hands-on vermicomposting in 17 California classrooms.\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1340,"title":1341,"description":1342},"2025","BRAN and The Bioeconomy Vision","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building off its previous successes with state, community, and economic partnerships, PFL launches the \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/growing-bioresources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bioeconomy Resources and Action Network (BRAN)\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to connect policy with practice across California – supporting implementation, mapping, and regenerative solutions statewide.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1340,"title":1344,"description":1345},"SB 279 Passes","\u003Cp>On October 11, 2025, SB 279, a bill authored by Senator Jerry McNerney, passed unanimously in both chambers, giving farmers and communities a practical alternative: compost more organic material locally, right where its’ generated and needed.\u003C/p>\n",{"year":1347,"title":1348,"description":1349},"2025 & Forward","Rooted in History, Growing the Future","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As PFL enters its sixth decade, we continue building systems that return value to land, people, and place. Our current initiatives carry forward the same commitments to equity, soil, and stewardship that defined our earliest years – now scaled for the challenges ahead.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"__typename":1351,"title":1352,"type":1353},"SectionsSectionsProjectsCarouselLayout","Explore our historical projects","historical",{"id":86,"databaseId":1355,"slug":87,"title":88,"modified":1356,"__typename":168,"sections":1357},150016,"2025-11-18T20:39:46",{"__typename":170,"seo":1358,"footerVariant":1359,"sidebar":16,"uid":17,"sections":1360},{"title":17,"description":17,"ogImage":17},[747],[1361,1367,1370,1382,1393,1398,1431,1433],{"__typename":181,"title":1362,"mediaType":183,"vimeoId":17,"controls":68,"autoplay":16,"loop":16,"illustration":16,"image":1363,"mobileImage":17},"We are a hands-in-the-soil foundation for education, demonstration, and collective renewal. ",{"node":1364},{"altText":152,"filePath":1365,"uri":1366,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/11/chris-yang-zpG3x9pXS_8-unsplash-scaled.jpg","/mission/chris-yang-zpg3x9pxs_8-unsplash/",{"__typename":178,"title":1368,"indentTitle":17,"small":68,"bold":16,"description":1369},"People, Food and Land Foundation has always been more than an advocacy group.","Created to advance the economic and social well-being of rural communities by supporting small farmers, land stewards, and regenerative practitioners. We seek to increase self-sufficiency, nourish ecological and economic systems, and create pathways for lasting stewardship rooted in care, cultivation, and local prosperity.",{"__typename":695,"top":1371,"bottom":1372,"imageSize":1373,"image":1374,"mobileImage":17,"smallImage":1378},"People, Food and Land Foundation (PFL) was established in the 1970s out of dedication to education, demonstration, and regenerative action. While its sister organization, National Land for People (NLP), focused on policy and litigation - especially the enforcement of the 1902 Reclamation Act - PFL was born to carry the mission beyond the courts and into fields, gardens, and communities.\r\n\r\n","\u003Cp>Guided by our values of regeneration, connection, resilience, stewardship, and imagination PFL strives for a future where land, people, and ecosystems thrive together – where the right to steward land is recognized as essential, and where regenerative practices are resourced, respected, and led by those closest to the soil.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>We see a rural landscape woven with life-giving practices: composting that nourishes the soil, farming that heals the land, homes and systems built with intention and care. A future that remembers its roots while cultivating what is next.\u003C/p>\n",[699],{"node":1375},{"altText":152,"filePath":1376,"uri":1377,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/09/pexels-esra-nurdogan-491120278-17374784-scaled.jpg","/mission/pexels-esra-nurdogan-491120278-17374784/",{"node":1379},{"altText":152,"filePath":1380,"uri":1381,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/09/pexels-doma-17058208-scaled.jpg","/mission/pexels-doma-17058208/",{"__typename":1383,"columns":1384},"SectionsSectionsTimelineColumnsSectionLayout",[1385,1387,1390],{"title":1252,"description":1386},"People, Food and Land Foundation (PFL) began as the National Land for People (NLP) and (NLPF) founded by journalist and activist George Ballis and his wife Maia. In an effort to challenge illegal land deals and defend the 1902 Reclamation Act, NLP advocated and organized to bring greater awareness to California’s Central Valley concerning environmental issues, farm worker rights, and land reform.  NLPF aimed to educate, demonstrate and litigate with a focus on developing food systems that reflect sustainability and equity. After years of policy advocacy and legal battles George, Maia, and Marc Lasher shift gears launching an experimental living project in the Sierra foothills and renamed NLPF to People, Food and Land Foundation. ",{"title":1388,"description":1389},"Today","Building on the legacy of George and Maia Ballis, People, Food and Land Foundation aims to carry out its timeless mission to ensure that small diverse farmers and practitioners have the tools to restore, steward and cultivate our soils and other natural resources. We seek to increase self-sufficiency, nourish ecological and economic systems, and create pathways for lasting stewardship rooted in restoration, regenerative agriculture, and resilience education.",{"title":1391,"description":1392},"Future","A future where land, people, and ecosystems thrive together - where the right to steward land is recognized as essential, and where regenerative practices are resourced, respected, and led by those closest to the soil.\r\n\r\nWe see a rural landscape woven with life-giving practices: composting that nourishes the soil, farming that heals the land, homes and systems built with intention and care. A future that remembers its roots while cultivating what is next.",{"__typename":891,"tight":16,"fullWidth":16,"caption":17,"noSpacing":16,"mediaType":183,"vimeoId":17,"controls":68,"autoplay":16,"loop":16,"image":1394,"mobileImage":17},{"node":1395},{"altText":152,"filePath":1396,"uri":1397,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/11/ScreenShot2023-01-04at12.27.37PM.png-e1763498307922.webp","/mission/screenshot2023-01-04at12-27-37pm-png/",{"__typename":230,"title":1399,"noBorder":16,"rows":1400,"smallerImage":16},"Our Focus Areas",[1401,1411,1421],{"text":1402,"image":1407},{"title":1403,"subtitle":1404,"content":1405,"button":1406},"Ecology","Soil as our critical linkage","\u003Cp>We believe in the power of renewal – of land, lives, and systems. From compost to community, we support efforts that restore vitality for future generations. Soil health is fundamental to human health. Soil erosion is often accompanied by the erosion of community life. Breathable air, safe and healthy drinking water, access to nutritious food, sustainable waste management, and the mitigation of the impacts of climate change are all achieved in the thoughtful, attentive care for land and resources.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"node":1408},{"altText":152,"filePath":1409,"uri":1410,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/11/bernd-dittrich-zJG7a_k1N-8-unsplash-scaled.jpg","/mission/bernd-dittrich-zjg7a_k1n-8-unsplash/",{"text":1412,"image":1417},{"title":1413,"subtitle":1414,"content":1415,"button":1416},"Community building","Start with the most impacted","\u003Cp>We honor the interdependence of soil, food, water, culture, and care. Our work is rooted in relationships – with place, people, and the cycles of the Earth. PFL comes from a decades-long legacy of critical social research and political activism addressing the impact of large-scale conventional agriculture on the life and livelihood of rural communities and workers. We take the position that small-scale, diversified food, farm, and waste management businesses hold the key to improving civic life and ultimately, environmental health outcomes. We invest in people and systems that can adapt, endure, and grow stronger – meeting change not with fear, but with creativity and care.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"node":1418},{"altText":152,"filePath":1419,"uri":1420,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/11/ozra-zamani-_cIoZ7fr18w-unsplash-scaled.jpg","/mission/ozra-zamani-_cioz7fr18w-unsplash/",{"text":1422,"image":1427},{"title":1423,"subtitle":1424,"content":1425,"button":1426},"Policy","Climate solutions from the soil up","\u003Cp>We hold space for bold thinking, rooted in possibility. Imagination lets us see what is missing, dream what is needed, and design toward futures worth growing PFL strives to bridge the gap between the creation of climate law and policy and its implementation . Environmental injustice threatens the health of our climate and our rural communities. People, Food and Land Foundation’s projects and policy initiatives are rooted in responsible cyclical management of financial and natural resource  as a way to reach bold climate solutions ultimately improving local health, economic, and environmental outcomes.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"node":1428},{"altText":152,"filePath":1429,"uri":1430,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/11/wolfgang-hasselmann-QJS5jzBaAZM-unsplash-scaled.jpg","/mission/wolfgang-hasselmann-qjs5jzbaazm-unsplash/",{"__typename":770,"quote":1432,"big":68,"left":68},"People, Food and Land Foundation’s key initiatives weave together land, food, and community through stewardship that cares for people, places, and the systems that sustain them.",{"__typename":1351,"title":1434,"type":1435},"Explore our current projects","current",{"id":72,"databaseId":1437,"slug":73,"title":65,"modified":1438,"__typename":168,"sections":1439},150012,"2026-03-13T16:54:19",{"__typename":170,"seo":1440,"footerVariant":1443,"sidebar":16,"uid":73,"sections":1444},{"title":1441,"description":1442,"ogImage":17},"Regenerative Agriculture & Soil Health Projects","Explore projects advancing composting, soil carbon, regenerative agriculture, and community-led climate solutions across landscapes and communities.\r\nKeywords\r\nregenerative agriculture projects\r\nsoil health initiatives\r\nclimate land stewardship",[747],[1445],{"__typename":1446,"title":1447,"description":1448,"image":1449},"SectionsSectionsProjectsCatalogLayout","Our Projects","At its core, People, Food and Land Foundation was never just about policy — it was about people: the farmworkers, families, and organizers who believed in building communities from the ground up, with integrity, resilience, and care for the Earth. \r\n\r\nFor nearly fifty years, PFL has carried a torch lit by those who believed that community well-being begins with stewardship of the land by those who work it. Founded as the National Land for People Foundation (NLPF) and rooted in the movement led by George and Maia Ballis, PFL emerged from a bold fight to support and sustain small family farms’ access to land and water in California’s Central Valley. \r\n\r\n\r\nToday, that work continues with respect, dedication, and care. Enjoy exploring our past and present projects!",{"node":1450},{"altText":152,"filePath":1451,"uri":1452,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/09/18.png","/projects/attachment/18/",{"id":47,"databaseId":1454,"slug":48,"title":49,"modified":1455,"__typename":168,"sections":1456},150010,"2026-03-13T16:48:48",{"__typename":170,"seo":1457,"footerVariant":1460,"sidebar":16,"uid":48,"sections":1461},{"title":1458,"description":1459,"ogImage":17},"Marigold Fund | Participatory Grants for Land Stewardship","The Marigold Fund supports farmers, farmworkers, and land stewards through participatory grantmaking for regenerative agriculture and land care.\r\nKeywords\r\nparticipatory grantmaking\r\n land stewardship funding\r\nregenerative agriculture grants",[175],[1462,1465,1471,1477],{"__typename":178,"title":1463,"indentTitle":1464,"small":16,"bold":16,"description":17},"The Marigold Fund ","for Unincorporated California",{"__typename":695,"top":17,"bottom":17,"imageSize":1466,"image":1467,"mobileImage":17,"smallImage":17},[760],{"node":1468},{"altText":152,"filePath":1469,"uri":1470,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/11/ajoy-das-_8ov6UwkG5Q-unsplash-2-2560-px-adjusted.jpg","/marigold-fund/ajoy-das-_8ov6uwkg5q-unsplash-2-2560-px-adjusted/",{"__typename":278,"title":1472,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":68,"subtitle":17,"description":1473,"listStyle":16,"button":1474,"image":17},"Reparative Agriculture for the Central Valley","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Marigold Fund for Unincorporated California was formed over 10 years of strategic organizing by agroecology practitioners and farmworker community service providers who seek to repair the harms of agriculture in the Central Valley. It is a participatory grantmaking fund that prioritizes agroecological land stewardship by farmworkers, small farmers, and Tribes who live on and work the land, and whose legacies have built California agriculture. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Marigold Fund makes grants in unincorporated communities to seed the power of unrepresented agricultural workers and land stewards living on the margins of California’s democracy. These deeply rural, unincorporated, and often impoverished communities have been structurally excluded from access to capital and political representation that would otherwise support their participation in core natural resources governance. These efforts for political and environmental regeneration must be co-located in the Central Valley due to the region’s historic role as the backbone of California agriculture.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its current race towards carbon neutrality and efforts to protect its remaining precious groundwater resources, California risks repeating its past mistakes by subsidizing the same legacy factory farms who continue extracting from and degrading the land. This looks like turning local agricultural waste into aviation fuel instead of using it to build healthy soil, expanding export commodity orchard cropping that depletes vital groundwater resources, and transitioning acres of spent land to proposed clean energy uses without the promise of benefit to residents of the region. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a countervailing force, the Marigold Fund supports community-led management strategies that keep natural and financial resources in place. Such strategies include composting and responsible biomass management, nature-based climate solutions for groundwater longevity, and a sustainable green and local workforce that strengthens rural economies. We believe that, like any healthy biological network, the fund will be most successful in re-growing human and soil communities, economies and ecosystems if we start small and decentralized. Importantly, the projects we support are proposed and implemented by residents of California’s agricultural communities.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n",{"customName":68,"customUrl":68,"name":1475,"url":1476,"newTab":68,"query":17,"page":17},"Download Concept Note","http://wordpress.peoplefoodandland.org/app/uploads/2026/01/PFL-Web_Marigold-Fund_CONCEPT-NOTE.pdf",{"__typename":1478,"title":1479,"image":1480},"SectionsSectionsMapSectionLayout","Highlighting 6 unincorporated communities in California’s Central Valley",{"node":1481},{"altText":152,"filePath":1482,"uri":1483,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2026/02/260212_Delaine-72.jpeg","/marigold-fund/260212_delaine-72-2/",{"id":40,"databaseId":1485,"slug":41,"title":42,"modified":1486,"__typename":168,"sections":1487},150008,"2026-03-13T16:47:35",{"__typename":170,"seo":1488,"footerVariant":1491,"sidebar":16,"uid":17,"sections":1492},{"title":1489,"description":1490,"ogImage":17},"Fiscal Sponsorship for Climate & Agriculture Projects","Launch and grow environmental and regenerative agriculture initiatives with nonprofit fiscal sponsorship, grant administration, and project incubation.\r\n\r\nnonprofit fiscal sponsorship\r\nenvironmental nonprofit sponsor\r\nclimate nonprofit funding\r\n",[175],[1493,1496,1505,1513],{"__typename":178,"title":1494,"indentTitle":17,"small":16,"bold":16,"description":1495},"Fiscal Sponsorship by PFL","Building Community-Rooted Solutions with Lasting Impact",{"__typename":695,"top":1497,"bottom":1498,"imageSize":1499,"image":1501,"mobileImage":17,"smallImage":17},"Since the early days of the National Land for People Foundation, our mission has involved helping visionary ideas take root. Whether we were launching food co-ops, composting organic waste, or modeling low-tech building systems, we have always known that local leadership — paired with steady support — can change the world.","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u003C/span>\u003Cb>Fiscal Sponsorship Program\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at People, Food and Land Foundation continues this legacy.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We provide mission-aligned individuals and organizations with the nonprofit infrastructure they need to grow: grant eligibility, fundraising tools, financial and administrative systems, and personalized guidance. Whether you are just starting out or scaling up, we are here to help you focus on your mission — not the paperwork.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>What We Offer:\u003C/b>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">501(c)(3) umbrella for grant and donor eligibility\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Financial management support with clear tracking, reporting, and transparency\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fundraising support, donor acknowledgment, and compliance oversight\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategic advising from a team that understands regenerative systems\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizational development tools for growing lasting initiatives\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Rooted in What Matters Most\u003C/b>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the heart of our fiscal sponsorship model are three core pillars vital to helping ideas grow:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cb>Knowledge\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategic guidance, regenerative thinking, and decades of experience navigating the path from vision to action.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cb>Capital\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access to grants, donations, and compliance tools through our 501(c)(3)\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cb>Community\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From onboarding to impact, we are partners in your growth. Our support is relational, not transactional — because regeneration starts with trust.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",[1500],"large",{"node":1502},{"altText":152,"filePath":1503,"uri":1504,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/11/volunteer-holding-sapling-ready-for-planting-in-pa-2025-03-30-09-47-21-utc-scaled.jpg","/fiscal-services/volunteer-holding-sapling-ready-for-planting-in-park/",{"__typename":278,"title":1506,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":1507,"listStyle":16,"button":1508,"image":17},"Sponsored Projects ","\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Adelante Soil Co.\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A family-led, BIPOC-owned regenerative composting and regenerative agriculture initiative in California’s Central Valley. Focused on circular systems, workforce development, and on-farm soil health rooted in care for land, community, and future generations.\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/projects/adelante-soil-co-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore Adelante Soil Co.\u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Healthy Soils Policy Map (Nerds for Earth)\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A collaborative tracking and advocacy tool that is mapping soil health legislation across the U.S. and supporting advocates, lawmakers, and funders in advancing regenerative policy.\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/projects/state-healthy-soils-map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore the Healthy Soils Policy Map\u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Community Composting for Green Spaces (CCGS)\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With PFL’s sponsorship, this initiative launched over 110 compost sites across California — providing funding, infrastructure, and legal support to community-based composters.\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/projects/community-composting-for-green-spaces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discover the Community Composting Story\u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":68,"customUrl":16,"name":1509,"url":974,"newTab":68,"query":17,"page":1510},"Contact Us to Learn More ",{"nodes":1511},[1512],{"id":114,"slug":115,"title":116},{"__typename":770,"quote":1514,"big":68,"left":68}," PFL’s fiscal sponsorship model allows real-world solutions to take root and grow, with less red tape.",{"id":1516,"databaseId":1517,"slug":1518,"title":1519,"modified":1520,"__typename":168,"sections":1521},"cG9zdDoxNTAwMDY=",150006,"growing-bioresources-v2","Compost Landscape Inventory","2025-11-21T16:01:10",{"__typename":170,"seo":1522,"footerVariant":1523,"sidebar":68,"uid":17,"sections":1524},{"title":17,"description":17,"ogImage":17},[175],[1525,1528,1535,1539,1559,1563,1567,1568,1571],{"__typename":178,"title":1526,"indentTitle":17,"small":16,"bold":16,"description":1527},"Compost Landscape Inventory ","Measuring California's Capacity to Regenerate Soil ",{"__typename":695,"top":1529,"bottom":17,"imageSize":1530,"image":1531,"mobileImage":17,"smallImage":17},"The State of California is unique in its vast access to high-quality organic materials. Yet, only a fraction of that material, also called “feedstock,” is processed into soil-building amendments. We wanted to know how much compost could we create if we used all of it? And what’s stopping us?\r\n\r\nPeople, Food and Land Foundation (PFL) conducted a statewide assessment of compost feedstocks and processing infrastructure to answer a critical question:\r\n\r\nCan California produce enough compost to meet its soil health and climate goals?\r\n",[699],{"node":1532},{"altText":152,"filePath":1533,"uri":1534,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/11/StockSnap_SMGCFUMPM3-scaled.jpg","/growing-bioresources-v2/stocksnap_smgcfumpm3-2/",{"__typename":278,"title":1536,"smallTitle":16,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":1537,"listStyle":16,"button":1538,"image":17},"What We Found","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each year, California generates \u003C/span>\u003Cb>over 82.3 million tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of compostable organic material  —  from manure and prunings to food scraps and forestry biomass.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ctable>\n\u003Cthead>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Cth style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003Cb>Feedstock Source\u003C/b>\u003C/th>\n\u003Cth>\u003Cb>Estimated Annual Volume\u003C/b>\u003C/th>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003C/thead>\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Confined Cattle Manure\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\">52.5 million tons\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Forestry Biomass\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\">14.3 million tons\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Municipal Organics (e.g. food waste, paper, yard waste)\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\">10.4 million tons\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Agricultural Biomass (orchard prunings, seed waste)\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\">5 million tons\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003C/tbody>\n\u003C/table>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If all of these materials were composted, \u003C/span>\u003Cb>California could produce an estimated 33 million tons of compost each year\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> —– nearly one cubic yard per resident.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ctable>\n\u003Cthead>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Cth>\u003Cb>Current Composting Capacity\u003C/b>\u003C/th>\n\u003Cth>\u003Cb>Sites\u003C/b>\u003C/th>\n\u003Cth>\u003Cb>Tons Processed / Year\u003C/b>\u003C/th>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003C/thead>\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commercial Composting\u003C/span>\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">70\u003C/span>\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5.3 million tons\u003C/span>\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agricultural & Green Waste Sites\u003C/span>\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">142\u003C/span>\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.4 million tons\u003C/span>\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dairy-Based Composting\u003C/span>\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~80\u003C/span>\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~3 million tons\u003C/span>\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Composting\u003C/span>\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~220\u003C/span>\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~2,900 tons\u003C/span>\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003C/tbody>\n\u003C/table>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the best available data, \u003C/span>\u003Cb>only ~9.8 million tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are currently processed into compost. Conversations with practitioners and agriculturalists suggest that this number may be underestimated, particularly for dairies. However, there is still far more available feedstock than is currently being composted, and instead it is driving pollution across the state.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a\u003C/span>\u003Cb> massive untapped opportunity\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that calls for \u003C/span>\u003Cb>smarter planning, scaled infrastructure, and policy alignment\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resources:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F5GqfoFF3w8GrzMT0uqR2Hqp3skg5N0CnALVgLoI0uk/edit?gid=2101528459#gid=2101528459\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[California Feedstock Inventory 2024]\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w4jN-IfraQ6MtPttwNnKdWe9r7a34yysC72BK4YqQTk/edit?gid=0#gid=0\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Compost Sites Throughput & Creation 2024]\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Data-Gathering-Methods.pdf\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Data Gathering Methods]\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See the [interactive map] for compost sites and feedstock concentration across the state.\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Ci>What if we could close the loop? What if we replaced synthetic inputs with recycled nutrients to rebuild soil and protect public health?\u003C/i>\u003C/b>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":230,"title":1540,"noBorder":16,"rows":1541,"smallerImage":68},"Resources ",[1542,1545,1550,1554],{"text":1543,"image":17},{"title":462,"subtitle":17,"content":17,"button":1544},{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"text":1546,"image":17},{"title":1547,"subtitle":1548,"content":17,"button":1549},"Interactive Map ","Compost Sites and Feedstock Concentration ",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"text":1551,"image":17},{"title":451,"subtitle":17,"content":1552,"button":1553},"\u003Cp>The Healthy Soils Policy Map serves as a guide and connective network for soil health advocates and state legislators across the country. It shows the progressive adoption of state soil health policies since 2019 and provides details of those policies. This makes the map an innovation showcase on legislation across various agricultural economies and both red and blue states The map is the result of a collaboration with policy expert Steven Kielti, community organizer Isabelle Jennichs, and the volunteer organization Nerds for Earth.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"text":1555,"image":17},{"title":1556,"subtitle":17,"content":1557,"button":1558},"Composte Sites Throughput & Creation 2024","\u003Cp>Supporting localized organic materials rights and guaranteeing the first right of refusal to access and develop organic material resources for the communities from which these materials originate, could create new economic value for those communities, especially where soils have been the most heavily extracted by industrial forces. Materials that are commonly seen as waste must urgently be reclassified as valuable and necessary bioresources that belong to the community and returned to the soil and kept within healthy, biochemical cycling because of mounting pressure from the carbon capture and storage CCS industry and industrial biochar companies.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1560,"smallTitle":16,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":1561,"listStyle":16,"button":1562,"image":17},"The Nitrogen Paradox ","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each year, \u003C/span>\u003Cb>over 500,000 tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of synthetic nitrogen are applied to California croplands. Yet between 50–70% is lost to the air and water, resulting in contaminated drinking water and some of the state’s worst  air pollution in the Central Valley. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let’s do some back of the envelope math: \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are\u003C/span>\u003Cb> 8.5 million acres\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of irrigated cropland in California. \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California agriculture applies approximately \u003C/span>\u003Cb>514,000 tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of synthetic nitrogen per year. \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only \u003C/span>\u003Cb>154,000–257,000 tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of nitrogen are actually needed to meet crop fertility needs.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California generates about 82.3 million tons of compostable organic material, which can make approximately\u003C/span>\u003Cb> 33 million tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of compost. \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applying 3 tons of compost per acre of irrigated cropland (about 25.5 million tons) annually would result in:\u003C/span>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sequestering \u003C/span>\u003Cb>186 million metric tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of CO2e over 10 years\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least a \u003C/span>\u003Cb>1% increase\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in soil organic matter over 10 years.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least an additional \u003C/span>\u003Cb>24 billion gallons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worth of water-holding capacity\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least \u003C/span>\u003Cb>106,000 tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of plant-available nitrogen\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1564,"smallTitle":16,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":1565,"listStyle":16,"button":1566,"image":17},"Why Compost is Greater Than Synthetic Inputs ","\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Story:\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The nutrients in compost do not behave the same as those in liquid fertilizer. Unlike synthetic fertilizers, compost binds nutrients to carbon and delivers them through microbial exchange. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduces leaching and runoff\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhances nutrient uptake and plant health\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improves soil structure and long-term fertility\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improves the soil’s water-holding capacity \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improves the soil’s carbon storage capacity\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":891,"tight":68,"fullWidth":16,"caption":17,"noSpacing":16,"mediaType":183,"vimeoId":17,"controls":68,"autoplay":16,"loop":16,"image":17,"mobileImage":17},{"__typename":278,"title":781,"smallTitle":16,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":1569,"listStyle":16,"button":1570,"image":17},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California’s Central Valley feeds the world, and yet it is also home to some of the nation’s most polluted air and water. Overuse of synthetic fertilizer and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) contribute to nitrate contamination, air pollution, and soil degradation. This pollution disproportionately affects low-income rural communities, harming the very people whose hard work keeps the nation fed.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, the state produces — and mismanages — enormous quantities of municipal, agricultural, and forestry materials that are rich in essential nutrients.\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1572,"smallTitle":16,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":1573,"listStyle":16,"button":1574,"image":17},"Pollution and Equity ","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the world’s major agricultural regions, California’s Central Valley, suffers severe rates of nitrogen pollution from excessive synthetic fertilizer use and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Low-income, farmworker communities are disproportionately affected. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">360,000+ tons of excess nitrogen enter groundwater every year\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250,000+ residents have water in their homes that is contaminated with nitrates (\u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://ucanr.edu/sites/groundwaternitrate/files/138956.pdf\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">source\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25–41% of California’s nitrogen oxide (NOₓ) emissions come from nitrogen-saturated soils (\u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/smog-forming-soils#:~:text=Quick%20Summary,constant%20presence%20in%20the%20atmosphere.\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">source\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammonia pollution and PM2.5 (i.e. fine particle) exposure from CAFOs, predominantly dairies, and biomass burning is linked to asthma, COPD, lung cancer, Type 2 diabetes, cognitive decline, depression, adverse birth outcomes, and increased risk of premature death (\u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://foe.org/news/ca-manure-biogas-subsidies/\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">source\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As shown in \u003C/span>\u003Cb>CalEnviroScreen\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other EJ mapping tools, these burdens are not equally distributed. They are concentrated in communities across the Central Valley, where multiple environmental burdens are compounded.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[The Chemical and Biological Benefits of Compost – by Dr. Alexia Cooper]\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read our \u003Ca href=\"/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Full-System-Impact-edited.pdf\">[Full Systems Impact Brief]\u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore [California Feedstock Inventory 2024] for calculations\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find other [Resources on environmental justice and agricultural pollution in the Central Valley]\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":68,"customUrl":68,"name":475,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"id":54,"databaseId":1576,"slug":55,"title":56,"modified":1577,"__typename":168,"sections":1578},150004,"2026-03-13T16:51:38",{"__typename":170,"seo":1579,"footerVariant":1582,"sidebar":68,"uid":17,"sections":1583},{"title":1580,"description":1581,"ogImage":17},"Mycelium Bridge Fund | Financing Regenerative Agriculture","Providing bridge loans and flexible financing to accelerate regenerative agriculture, soil health projects, and community-led climate solutions.\r\nKeywords\r\nregenerative agriculture financing\r\nreimbursable gap grantsmanship \r\nclimate agriculture funding",[175],[1584,1587,1594,1600,1603,1611,1616,1618],{"__typename":178,"title":1585,"indentTitle":17,"small":16,"bold":16,"description":1586},"The Mycelium Bridge Fund","Rooted Finance for a Regenerative Future ",{"__typename":695,"top":17,"bottom":1588,"imageSize":1589,"image":1590,"mobileImage":17,"smallImage":17},"\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>A regenerative economy needs regenerative finance.\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mycelium Bridge Fund is a revolving grant program designed to nourish regenerative agriculture and circular bioeconomy projects — especially those often overlooked by traditional capital. Inspired by the quiet brilliance of underground fungal networks, this fund bridges  financial gaps for land stewards, small farmers, and community-led projects.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Across rural and agricultural communities, producers and practitioners are leading the way in healing soil, restoring ecosystems, and strengthening food sovereignty. But many of these changemakers are held back by rigid grant systems, high-interest loans, and inaccessible capital. The Mycelium Bridge Fund offers something different: reimbursable grants paired with relationship-based support that allows projects to thrive on their own terms.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like mycelium weaving through the soil to connect and feed life, this fund circulates resources where they are needed most — quietly, resiliently, and with purpose. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",[699],{"node":1591},{"altText":152,"filePath":1592,"uri":1593,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/11/IMG_2588-scaled.jpeg","/reparative-agriculture/img_2588/",{"__typename":278,"title":773,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":1595,"listStyle":16,"button":1596,"image":17},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We invest in high-impact, low-barrier solutions across three key pathways:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Reimbursable Gap Grants\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>Upfront funding to bridge the delay between project launch and grant reimbursement — so your work continues uninterrupted.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cstrong>Regenerative Agriculture Funding\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>\u003C/span>No cost capital for farms and land-based projects implementing soil health and nature-based solutions. (Generally supported with reimbursement funding from USDA, CDFA, or other similar organizations.)\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cstrong>Working Capital for Regenerative Enterprises\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>\u003C/span>Flexible support for community-rooted businesses and nonprofits in the circular bioeconomy.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All grants are repaid as reimbursements are received or revenue is generated, allowing the capital to circulate into new initiatives.\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":68,"customUrl":16,"name":603,"url":974,"newTab":68,"query":17,"page":1597},{"nodes":1598},[1599],{"id":307,"slug":309,"title":310},{"__typename":278,"title":712,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":1601,"listStyle":16,"button":1602,"image":17},"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Healthy Soil = Healthy Communities\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building soil health supports food security, clean water, biodiversity, and resilience from the ground up.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Keep Capital Local\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fund keeps resources cycling within communities, not siphoned away by external investors.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Grow What Works\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We prioritize real solutions: compost, cover crops, community gardens — not extractive tech or false fixes.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":973,"url":974,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1604,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":1605,"listStyle":16,"button":1606,"image":17},"Who","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We prioritize: \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nonprofits and cooperatives building soil and community\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tribal governments and Indigenous-led efforts\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farmworker and community-led organizations\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small-to-mid scale regenerative farmers and land stewards\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe those closest to the land have the clearest vision for its care — and deserve the tools to act on it.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":68,"customUrl":16,"name":1607,"url":974,"newTab":68,"query":17,"page":1608},"Contact Us For More Information ",{"nodes":1609},[1610],{"id":114,"slug":115,"title":116},{"__typename":278,"title":1612,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":1613,"description":1614,"listStyle":16,"button":1615,"image":17},"In Action","Reforesting Musick Creek ","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the foothills of California’s Central Sierra, \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/projects/musickcreek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cb>Musick Creek Confluence\u003C/b>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is leading a bold restoration effort to regenerate native understory species after catastrophic wildfire.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With support from the \u003C/span>\u003Cb>Mycelium Bridge Fund\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the nonprofit secured funding for $20,000  to launch a yearlong project funded by the \u003C/span>\u003Cb>USDA’s Conservation Stewardship Program\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The funds helped them:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plant 9,000+ native seedlings before winter frost\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build protective cages to increase survival\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employ local crews for hands-on ecological restoration\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establish a native genetics “ark” for long-term biodiversity\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The $20,000 grant will be reimbursed by NRCS in Fall 2025 — repaying the loan and recycling the funds for future projects.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":770,"quote":1617,"big":16,"left":16},"Meanwhile it is my joy to have the resource to do this work of relearning the lost wisdom of the forest and teaching it to some of our energetic and interested local young persons. The beauty and diversity of our little forest will really amaze the survivors of our present predicament someday. The native genetic richness will be like an ark recharging the surrounding devastation. The understanding and experience we gather may be the most valuable result, to the degree we can spread the news. 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This privacy policy is intended to make clear the ways that PFL website, peoplefoodandland.org (“website” or “site”), may collect, store, protect, and make use of your information. We will not collect any personal information from you that you do not volunteer. We do not and will not sell, share, or rent this information in any way that is not outlines in this statement. By visiting the Site, you accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to accept these practices, immediately cease all use of the Site. Your continued use of the Site shall constitute your acceptance of these practices and the full Privacy Policy, To the extent that personal information is collected offline, this privacy policy shall also govern the collection and use of information we collect offline.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>This Privacy Policy also applies when you use social media that overlaps PFL’s own social media or where your use of social media overlaps this Site.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Our Privacy Policy will be updated periodically, so please be sure to reread it from time to time. By submitting your personal information to us, you are agreeing that PFL may use the information in accordance with this Policy.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1641,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":68,"subtitle":17,"description":1642,"listStyle":16,"button":1643,"image":17},"The Information We Collect Online:","\u003Cp>The personal information PFL collects, stores, and uses about you might include:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Your name and contact details (including postal address, email address and telephone number);\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Your response to optional polls, petitions, or other forms that we may invite you to complete;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Details of any donations you make, including the amount, currency, and method of payment. We do not store your credit car information or banking details— that’s done through third payment processors, including GivingBlock and/or PayPal Giving;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Your social media account IDs and information shared with us via your social media accounts;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Data relating to whether you open emails, click our emails, sign or share petitions, and if the people you shared with sign our petitions;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Images, photographs, or videos you upload to the site;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Other information you voluntarily submit in a form on the site or that you share when you contact us.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>We also collect from all visitors:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Non-identifying and/or technical information about your use of the website, browser type and version, and operating system;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Your IP Address;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Cookies (see below). Data protection laws recognize certain categories of personal information as sensitive and therefore requiring greater protection. We do not usually collect sensitive data about you unless there is a clear and valid reason for doing so and applicable data protection laws allow us to.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>If You are a User Outside of the European Economic Union (EEU) or the UK, the Information We Collect Both Online and Offline:\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The only personal information we collect from the Site and offline is that which is voluntarily provided to us and otherwise described in this Policy. This information may be requested if a visitor volunteers or, in full or in-part, fills out a form, registers for an event, completes a survey, requests information, supplies, posts information, participates in a public forum, registers with our Site or makes a donation. In addition to other identifiers, we may collect the following information: name, address, telephone number, and email address.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>If you are a California or Colorado Resident, Following is our Notice at Collection of Categories of Personal Information Collected-\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Although the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may not expressly apply to PFL, per its terms, we provide this notice voluntarily as a convenience for you and in advance of any instance where the CCPA may have application to our collection and use of personal information. Additional uses of the following information may also be contained in other portions of the PFL Privacy Policy.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Categories of Information, Including Personal Information, We have Collected Over the Prior 12 Months and Shall Continue to Collect in the Future, Which Includes Information We Collect Online, Listed Above\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In terms of how we use the information we collect please also see the separate section of the Privacy Policy titled “How We Use Information.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>\u003Cstrong>1. Identifiers for our Donors and Those Who Provide Personal Information\u003C/strong>\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Sources of Information:\u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nWe collect this information from our users, donors, and any business partners.  Identifiers include Cookies and other similar e-identifiers.  We also generate identifiers internally.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How We Use It: \u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nTo enable use of our sites, services, and products, to communicate with you, to understand how our users interact with our sites and to improve our offerings and collect your monetary and in-kind support.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Types of Individuals Affected: \u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nPeople who donate to us; use our sites or mobile applications; create a user account; volunteer with us; or obtain a service from us.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How We Share It:\u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nWe share this data with our service providers and with business partners including those to whom you instruct us to send this information.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>\u003Cstrong>2.  Personal Information (Generally and as Defined Under California Civil Code Section 1798.80)\u003C/strong>\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Sources of Information: \u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nWe collect this information from our users, donors, and business partners.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How We Use It:\u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nTo enable use of our site and services, to communicate with you, to understand how our users interact with our site and to improve our offerings and collect your monetary and in-kind support.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Types of Individuals Affected: \u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nPeople who donate to us; use our site or mobile applications; create a user account; volunteer with us; or obtain a service from us.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How We Share It:\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/em>We share this data with our service providers and with business partners including those to whom you instruct us to send this information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. To the extent permissible in a given jurisdiction, where your donation to us was made in support of one of our fiscally sponsored projects, we may also share this data with the entity responsible for implementing that project.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>\u003Cstrong>3.  Commercial Information\u003C/strong>\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Sources of Information:\u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nWe collect this information from our donors; and generate it internally during transactions with our donors.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How We Use It: \u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nTo transact with you if you use our service or make a donation, and to enable transactions you have requested.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Types of Individuals Affected:\u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nPeople who make a donation to us or use our services.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How We Share It\u003C/em>:\u003Cbr />\nWe do not share this information except with third party processors for purposes of completing their services to us.  All such data is sent protected and encrypted.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>\u003Cstrong>4.  Electronic Network Activity Information\u003C/strong>\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Sources of Information:\u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nWe collect this information from our website visitors and social media visitors.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How We Use It:\u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nTo enable use of our sites, services, and products, to communicate with you, to understand how our users interact with our sites and to improve our offerings and collect your monetary and in-kind support.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Types of Individuals Affected:\u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nPeople who use our sites or mobile applications.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How We Share It: \u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nWe share this data with our service providers and with business partners, including those to whom you instruct us to send this information.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>\u003Cstrong>5.  Audio, Electronic, Visual, or Similar Information\u003C/strong>\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Sources of Information\u003C/em>:\u003Cbr />\nWe collect this information from our users and donors if they supply it to us in accordance with the Privacy Policy (User Submissions).\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How We Use It: \u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nTo identify you, to allow you to describe yourself and your programs, to enable use of our site and services, and to further our programs.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Types of Individuals Affected: \u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nPeople who provide user submissions.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How We Share It: \u003C/em>\u003Cbr />\nWe share this information with our service providers and the general public through our website, print material, and social media.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>People, Food and Land will never sell your personal information.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1645,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":68,"subtitle":17,"description":1646,"listStyle":16,"button":1647,"image":17},"If You are a Resident of the State of Colorado ","\u003Cp>Colorado residents have specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your rights and explains how to exercise those rights.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Your data privacy rights\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cins>\u003Cstrong>Right to opt-out of sharing personal data:\u003C/strong>\u003C/ins> you are able to elect to direct us not to use your personal data.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cins>\u003Cstrong>Right to access:\u003C/strong>\u003C/ins> you are able to request and receive all personal data in a form that is concise, transparent and easily intelligible and in an appropriate, commonly used electronic format, depending on the nature of the data. The right to access personal information may be limited by local law.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cins>\u003Cstrong>Right to correction:\u003C/strong>\u003C/ins> you have the right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cins>\u003Cstrong>Right to deletion:\u003C/strong>\u003C/ins> you have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your request, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. Please note that in cases of deletion, limited personal information will remain to document the request. The right to access personal information may be limited by local law.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cins>\u003Cstrong>Right to portability:\u003C/strong>\u003C/ins>you have the right to request that your data be transferred to another entity in a format that we can transmit securely\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cins>\u003Cstrong>Right of appeal\u003C/strong>\u003C/ins>: If you exercise one of your privacy rights and we are unable to process your request, we will endeavor to provide you with an explanation as to why the request was denied. The explanation will include information on how to appeal, including the relevant regulatory authorities, based on your state or country of residence.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>To exercise your privacy rights or to change the way we communicate with you:\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>email us at admin@pflfoundation.org\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>or write to us at: PO Box 314, Prather, CA 93651\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>You can opt out of marking emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any marketing email from PFL.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>For your protection, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to verify your identity when you are exercising your right to have personal data corrected or deleted or to receive a copy of your personal data before implementing your request.  If you are submitting a request on behalf of someone else, we may ask for additional verification, such as written documentation or other proof of authority. We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable, consistent with applicable law.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Further, for Colorado Residents. \u003C/strong>If you have concerns about the appeal of any action related to your personal data, you have the ability to contact the Colorado Attorney General at \u003Ca href=\"https://complaints.coag.gov/s/contact-us\">\u003Cins>https://complaints.coag.gov/s/contact-us\u003C/ins>\u003C/a> or Office of the Attorney General Department of Law, Ralph L. Carr Judicial Building, 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor, Denver, Colorado, 80203.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1649,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":68,"subtitle":17,"description":1650,"listStyle":16,"button":1651,"image":17},"If You are a User Inside the EEU or the UK or Brazil ","\u003Cp>The policy reflects certain requirements of two European privacy laws and Brazil, as applicable: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive, as well as Lei Geral de Protecao de Dados (LGPD) from Brazil. These laws apply to end users in the European Economic Area (EEA) or in Brazil. For purposes of this privacy policy, the UK shall also be covered within these requirements.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>PFL  ensures that certain disclosures are given and consents, as required by law, are obtained from end users in the EEA or Brazil. End users in the EEA or Brazil are informed through this policy and other means that they must consent to:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>the use of cookies or other local storage; and\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>the collection, sharing, and use of personal data for personalization of ads or other services.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Once consent is obtained, PFL shall:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>retain records of consent given by end users; and\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>provide end users with the ability to revoke consent.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1653,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":68,"subtitle":17,"description":1654,"listStyle":16,"button":1655,"image":17},"General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for Citizens of the UK and EU ","\u003Cp>In addition to the above, we want to further inform you according to Art. 13 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the applicable data protection rules about how we process your personal data.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Contact Details – Data Controller\u003Cbr />\nPFL is committed to ensuring the privacy and data protection rights of all our donors. If you are a citizen of the UK or the EU, you can contact us under the following address:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Email: admin@pflfoundation.org\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Mail to: The Data Protection Officer PO Box 314, Prather, CA 93651\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Personal Data or categories of personal data that we process\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>We provide our supporters and visitors with a number of options to get involved and support the work of PFL including through online donations, performed through our website or social media.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Depending on how you have chosen to communicate with us and to ensure we can provide you with information that is relevant and of interest to you we generally process the following categories of personal data:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Name (first name and family name)\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Prefix\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Address\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>E-mail Address\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>data regarding the donation: amount of donation, purpose of donation, date of donation\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>history of previous donations\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>history of donor and interests regarding our organization and its purposes\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>members of your household, if they are giving to our organization or have shown interest in our organization\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Language preference\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>In case we have direct personal contact with you throughout our donor relationship, we might process further data, as it is shared by you or gained from publicly available resources:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>phone number\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>date of birth\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>age\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>gender\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>job title, profession\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>place of work\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>information about the content and channel of communication, date, reason and result of our interactions with you\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>your personal preferences and areas of interest with regards to our organization and its purposes\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>PFL events that you and your family have attended\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>general publicly available information\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Within our research we also gain publicly available information through various publicly non-intrusive accessible sources and may process personal data in line with the purpose of the source.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Purposes of processing your personal data and lawful bases\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Through your gift(s) you have expressed support and interest in our work. Our work would not be possible without the voluntary contributions we receive such as the one you are making. Out purpose the collection of data  is in the processing of administrative purposes in relation to the donor relationship and in general will be used to issue tax receipts or process the donation details in order to fulfill legal and administrative obligations. We are actively engages in preventing fraud, money laundering and other criminal activities, preserving the reputation of PFL.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Recipients or categories of recipients of your personal data\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>We do not share your data with any third parties for promotional purposes.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Within PFL access to your personal data is only given to individual members of staff or teams in order to fulfill our legal and contractual obligations as well as for the above-described purposes.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Your personal data may be shared with service providers that we engage as processors If we do so, we will always enter into data processing agreements including all the legal obligations of Art. 28 GDPR. Such processors can be the following (this list is not exhaustive, and we reserve the right to change service providers):\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>service providers that we use for our collection and processing of data in our database, our communication with you, online or in print\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>public institutions and authorities regarding our legal reporting obligations (such as tax authorities, federal bank)\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>service providers whom we use to process your donation\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>service providers we use for the maintenance and support of our IT systems\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>service providers we use for our internal financial accounting systems, compliance systems, data screening within legal obligations and audits.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Time of storage of your personal data\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>We delete your personal data when the legal basis for maintaining the data has/have expired and the processing and storage of your personal data is no longer necessary, this is usually the case after we have had no giving or no contact from your side for more than 2 years, unless we are bound to extend the storage for legal reasons.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Your data protection rights\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>You have the following rights based on the GDPR:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Access Right (Art. 15 GDPR)\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>You have the right to request access to the personal data that we process about you.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>In case we process inaccurate personal data about you, you have the right to rectification.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Right of erasure, restriction and objection (Art. 17, 18 and 21 GDPR)\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>If the legal requirements of Art. 17, 18 or 21 GDPR are given, you have the right to erasure of your personal data, the right to restriction of processing and the right to object the processing of your personal data.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>If you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data or we are processing on the basis of a contract and the processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to transmit those data to another controller.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Your right to withdraw your consent\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>You have the right to withdraw any consent you have given at any time for the future by email or mail to the addresses set forth above. This withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing of your personal data that has taken place prior to your withdrawal.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Transfer of data in third countries or international organizations\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>We only transfer personal data in countries outside of the EU and the EEA (European Economic Area), so called “third countries” in the following cases: necessity for the performance of your orders, legal requirement (duty to report to tax authorities), based on your consent or necessity within a processing agreement that we have with a service provider.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Obligation to provide personal data when required for a contract\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>We need certain personal data from you to be able to perform the donor relationship and to fulfill our contractual and statutory legal obligations. Without this personal data we cannot conclude the donor contract with you or cannot continue an existing contractual donor relationship.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>We do not collect and/or store personal payment information.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":1656},{"nodes":1657},[1658],{"id":114,"slug":115,"title":116},{"__typename":278,"title":1660,"smallTitle":16,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":1661,"listStyle":16,"button":1662,"image":17},"Remarketing ","\u003Cp>This website uses the Google AdWords remarketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. The website may utilize additional remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to previous visitors to our site, as well.  Any such remarketing service shall be determined to be compliant with all US and international privacy law requirements prior to use by this website.  It could mean that, if consistent with applicable privacy laws, we advertise to previous visitors who have visited our site using their desktop computer, tablet, or mobile device even if they haven’t completed a task on our site. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the PFL website. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy, Google’s privacy policy, and applicable law.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/\">\u003Cins>Google Ad Preferences page\u003C/ins>\u003C/a>, and if you want to you can \u003Ca href=\"https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/\">\u003Cins>opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings\u003C/ins>\u003C/a> or \u003Ca href=\"https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/2662922?p=adssettings_ext&hl=en&visit_id=63670392124https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/2662922?p=adssettings_ext&hl=en\">\u003Cins>permanently using a browser plugin\u003C/ins>\u003C/a>, or opt out of a particular third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the \u003Ca href=\"https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cins>Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page\u003C/ins>\u003C/a>.  Should we use any other remarketing service to advertise on third party sites, we will attempt to advise you on how to establish your preferences with that site and, at your initiative, you may set preferences for how you may be advertised to.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>PFL also uses 3rd party vendor re-marketing tracking cookies, including the Google AdWords tracking cookie.  For data collected from end-users in the EEA and Brazil, One Earth will first obtain EEA and Brazilian end-user consent and shall further obtain assurances that the vendor is compliant with US and international laws regarding consumer privacy. This means we may show ads to you across the internet, specifically on the Google Content Network (GCN). However, no such ads shall be shown to EEA or Brazilian end-users without having first obtained consent.  As always we respect your privacy and are not collecting any identifiable information through the use of Google’s or any other 3rd party remarketing system.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>With the exception of end users in the EEA whose consent must first be obtained, the third-party vendors, including Google, whose services we use – will place cookies on web browsers in order to serve ads based on past visits to our website.   Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website. This allows us to make special offers and continue to market our fundraising needs and program services to those who have shown interest in us.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1664,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":68,"subtitle":17,"description":1665,"listStyle":16,"button":1666,"image":17},"Cookie Policy ","\u003Ch3 id=\"cookie-policy\">\u003Cstrong>Cookie Policy\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>We use a variety of technologies to help us to deliver customized visitor experiences. In particular, we may use a technology called “cookies” to provide you with, for example, customized information from our website and its webpages (the “Site”). By agreeing to this Cookies Policy you consent to the use of cookies by us as described in this Cookies Policy.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“Cookies” are small pieces of information sent by an organization to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognize you when you visit. For example, we can use cookies to store your country preference. This helps us to deliver a more personalized service when you browse our website and improves our services. European and other national data privacy regulations state that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site, enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. For all other types of cookies, we need your consent. This site uses different types of cookies, pixel tags, and other technologies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages. You can see a list of these cookies and control your Cookie Settings at any time.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>We may use three types of cookies on the Site:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Session cookies\u003C/strong> – these are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you close the browser. This cookie is automatically onto your browser by the server software, but it is not used by our website.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Analytical cookies\u003C/strong> – Our website uses third party cookies, such as Google Analytics cookies (third party cookies) for the following purposes:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>a cookie to record the time of your first visit to website, the time of your  most recent visit to the website and the time of your current visit;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>a cookie to record which page(s) you visit on the website;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>a cookie to record how long you stayed on the website; and\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>a cookie to record how you located our website (i.e. Google search, keyword, link from other page etc.).\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>We only share the information obtained through the use of Google Analytics with Google. The cookies we use for these purposes do not track your Internet usage after leaving our website and do not store your personal information. They will not be used in connection with any other information to identify you in any way.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Disabling Cookies:  \u003C/strong>If you wish, you can usually adjust your browser so that your computer does not accept cookies:\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>In your browser, go to the heading “Manage Cookies” and click onto the option you prefer, either stopping cookies being installed, or notifying you of them;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>From the list provided, click onto the program which your computer uses; if this is not shown on the list, click on the “help” heading on the bar at the top of this page, search for information on “cookies” − an explanation of how to delete cookies will appear, then follow the instructions.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cp>Alternatively, you can adjust your browser to tell you when a website tries to put a cookie on your computer.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>How you adjust your browser to stop it accepting cookies or to notify you of them, will depend on the type of internet browser program your computer uses. \u003Ca href=\"https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-manage-and-delete-cookies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cins>You can follow the appropriate instructions for your specific browser type\u003C/ins>\u003C/a> at \u003Ca href=\"https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-manage-and-delete-cookies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cins>www.aboutcookies.org/\u003C/ins>\u003C/a>  (please note that this link will open a new window and will lead to an external website and that we are not responsible for the content of external websites).\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>How to disable third party cookies\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Users based in the European Union can \u003Ca href=\"https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/\">\u003Cins>opt out of these third party cookies\u003C/ins>\u003C/a> by going to www.youronlinechoices.eu. This website is not connected us and we are not responsible for its content. We only keep cookies for the duration of your visit to our Site, except in the case of cookies which remember you for future visits or where you save your login name as referred to above.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Your consent to cookies\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>By agreeing to this policy you consent to the use of cookies by us as described above. Cookies do not contain confidential information such as your home address, telephone number or credit card details. We do not exchange cookies with any third party websites or external data suppliers. If you do choose to disable cookies, you may find that certain sections of our Site do not work properly.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1668,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":68,"subtitle":17,"description":1669,"listStyle":16,"button":1670,"image":17},"Data Security ","\u003Cp>We use standard industry practices, such as firewalls and encryption, to safeguard your personally identifiable information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or destruction. All donations, including the transmission of payment details and other personal information, are handled over secure, encrypted connections. As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EEA. You should be aware that these countries may not have similar data protection laws to the GDPR. By submitting your personal data, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. If we transfer your information outside of the EEA in this way, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this policy. If you use our services while you are outside the EEA, your information may be transferred outside the EEA in order to provide you with those services. We undertake regular reviews of who has access to information that we hold to ensure that your information is only accessible by appropriately trained staff, volunteers and contractors.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1672,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":68,"subtitle":17,"description":1673,"listStyle":16,"button":1674,"image":17},"How We Use Information/ Who Has Access ","\u003Cp>We do not rent or sell your personal information. We may pass your information to our third-party service providers, suppliers, agents, subcontractors, and other associated organizations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf (for example, to process donations and send you mailings). However, when we use these third parties, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the services, and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and prevents them from using it for their own direct marketing purposes. Please be reassured that we will not release your information to third parties to use for their own direct marketing purposes, unless you have requested us to do so, or we are required to do so by law, for example, by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1676,"smallTitle":68,"noBorder":68,"subtitle":17,"description":1677,"listStyle":16,"button":1678,"image":17},"Email Requests and Questions","\u003Cp>When you supply your email address, you are consenting to our contacting you via that email address.  For citizens of the EEA, we will obtain your express consent.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>We ask for your email address on a number of pages within our site, including when you make a donation, but you may opt out of email communications at any time by doing one or more of the following:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Click the “Unsubscribe” link that is at the bottom of every email communication from PFL and follow listed instructions\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Contact us and request that we remove you from our email distribution lists.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>PFL does not sell, exchange, or rent your email address to any third party. PFL only uses your email address to send you information about PFL and its programs and/or to solicit your support through a charitable donation or as a volunteer. PFL complies with those provisions of the Federal CAN-SPAM Act applicable to charitable organizations, as well as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive for end-users in the EEA.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"__typename":278,"title":1680,"smallTitle":16,"noBorder":16,"subtitle":17,"description":1681,"listStyle":16,"button":1682,"image":17},"Legal Disclosures and Your California Privacy Rights ","\u003Cp>Following are legally required disclosures under state privacy laws, as well as additional information for California residents in terms of the categories and sources of information we collect, how we use that information, and how we may share that information.  Although many other provisions of this privacy policy also address these matters, we include them again here for voluntary compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to the extent that such law has application to PFL.  The inclusion of this information addresses our collection and use of California-resident personal information, but is not included as an admission of the ongoing application of the CCPA to our organization. Under the CCPA, California residents have certain rights regarding their personal information, including:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>The right to know the categories of personal information we’ve collected and the categories of sources from which we got the information (see “\u003Cstrong>If you are a California Resident, Following is our Notice at Collection of Categories of Personal Information Collected” \u003C/strong>section of this Privacy Policy, [ABOVE] as well as the section “How We Use Information/Who Has Access” [ABOVE].\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The right to know the business purposes for sharing personal information (see “\u003Cstrong>If you are a California Resident, Following is our Notice at Collection of Categories of Personal Information Collected” \u003C/strong>section of this Privacy Policy, [ABOVE] as well as the section “How We Use Information/Who Has Access” [ABOVE].\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The right to know the categories of third parties with whom we’ve shared personal information (explained throughout this Policy with respect to specific information).\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The right to access the specific pieces of personal information we’ve collected and the right to delete your information (see Exercising California Privacy Rights, which follows.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>California residents also have the right to not be discriminated against if they choose to exercise their privacy rights. Your authorized agent may make a request to exercise these rights on your behalf.  We will confirm the agent’s authority at the time of request.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"exercising-california-privacy-rights\">\u003Cstrong>Exercising California Privacy Rights\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>You may contact us and obtain information on the kind of data we’ve collected about you and the types of third parties we share it with.  At your request, we will provide a copy of the data, if you want. If you’d like to delete your data or close your account, or otherwise opt-out of the sale or sharing of your information, you can do that by following the provisions of this Privacy Policy under “\u003Cstrong>Your Options and Opting Out or Requesting Deletion\u003C/strong>” [ABOVE].\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>We provide these options for your benefit and we will never discriminate against you for using them. But if you choose to delete your data, we won’t be able to offer you any information, services, or other support that require us to use your personal information.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Processing your Sensitive Personal Data\u003C/strong>: We do not seek to collect or otherwise process your sensitive personal information (i.e. about race or ethnicity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, etc.) except where the processing is required or permitted by applicable law; or we have obtained your prior explicit consent.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Links to other websites \u003C/strong>Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organizations. This Policy applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other websites, even if you access those using links from our website.  In addition, if you linked to our website from a third-party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third-party site (except as described above) and recommend that you check the privacy Policy of that third-party site.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Vulnerable circumstances \u003C/strong>We are committed to protecting vulnerable supporters and volunteers and appreciate that additional care may be needed when we use their personal information. In recognition of this, we observe good practice guidelines in our interactions with individuals. If you require additional measures be put in place to protect your data please notify us at admin@pflfoundation.org.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>How can I get more information? \u003C/strong>If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or data protection on this site, please contact us at admin@pflfoundation.org. For your protection, we may only share and update the personal information associated with the specific email address that you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before doing so. We will comply with such requests in a reasonably timely manner. Please do not send sensitive personal information, passwords, banking details, or credit/debit card details via email.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Changes to this policy \u003C/strong>Please check this page regularly to ensure that you have no questions or concerns regarding the changes. If we make any significant changes, will provide the date of the last revision at the top of the Privacy Policy page.\u003C/p>\n",{"customName":16,"customUrl":16,"name":17,"url":17,"newTab":16,"query":17,"page":17},{"nodes":1684},[1685,1704,1721,1737,1754,1772,1790,1809,1828,1846,1865,1883],{"id":1686,"databaseId":1687,"slug":1688,"title":1519,"modified":1689,"menuOrder":1690,"__typename":1691,"featuredImage":1692,"fields":1695},"cG9zdDo2OTAzOTE=",690391,"compost-landscape-inventory","2026-02-02T22:57:59",1,"Project",{"node":1693},{"altText":152,"filePath":1694},"/app/uploads/2025/10/cattle-grazing-on-a-steep-hill-south-san-francisc-2024-12-01-11-36-24-utc-scaled.jpg",{"description":1696,"fullDescription":1697,"type":1435,"indentThumbnail":16,"singleImageFullWidth":68,"images":1698},"Compost Landscape Inventory: Measuring California's Capacity to Regenerate Soil ","\u003Ch2>Can California Produce Enough Compost to Meet Its Soil Health and Climate Goals?\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>People, Food and Land Foundation conducted a statewide assessment of compost feedstocks and processing infrastructure to answer this critical question.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The State of California is unique in its vast access to high-quality organic materials. Yet, only a fraction of that material, also called “feedstock,” is processed into soil-building amendments. We wanted to know:\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>How much compost could we create if we used all of it?\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cem>What’s stopping us?!\u003C/em>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch3>What We Found\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each year, California generates \u003C/span>\u003Cstrong>over 82.3 million tons\u003C/strong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cstrong> of compostable organic material\u003C/strong>  —  from manure and prunings to food scraps and forestry biomass.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\nIf all of these materials were composted, California \u003Cem>could\u003C/em> produce an estimated\u003Cb> 33 million tons of compost \u003C/b>each year — nearly one cubic yard per resident.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: right;\">\u003Cstrong>Feedstock Source          Estimated Material Volume\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: right;\">Confined Cattle Manure                      52.5 million tons\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: right;\">Forestry Biomass                      14.3 million tons\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: right;\">Municipal Organics (e.g. food waste, paper, yard waste)                     10.4 million tons\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: right;\">Agricultural Biomass (orchard prunings, seed waste)                          5 million tons\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the best available data, \u003C/span>\u003Cb>only 9.7 million tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cstrong> of compostable organic materials\u003C/strong> are currently processes into compost annually.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>This equates to approximately \u003Cstrong>5.6 millions tons\u003C/strong> \u003Cstrong>of compost\u003C/strong> created each year.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: right;\">\u003Cstrong>Current Composting Capacity                                    Sites                        Tons Processed / Year\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: right;\">Commercial Composting                                             70                                            5.3 million tons\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: right;\">Agricultural & Green Waste Sites                                           142                                            1.4 million tons\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: right;\">Dairy-Based Composting                                         ~80                                            ~3 million tons\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: right;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Composting                                       ~220                                                   ~2,900 ton\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conversations with practitioners and agriculturalists suggest that this number may be underestimated, particularly for dairies. However, there is still far more available feedstock than is currently being composted, and instead it is driving pollution across the state.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This difference is a\u003C/span> massive untapped opportunity\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that calls for \u003C/span>\u003Cb>smarter planning, scaled infrastructure, and policy alignment\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cspan style=\"color: #000000;\">\u003Cb>\u003Ci>What if we could close the loop?\u003C/i>\u003C/b>\u003C/span>\u003C/h4>\n\u003Ch4>\u003C/h4>\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cspan style=\"color: #000000;\">\u003Cb>\u003Ci>What if we replaced synthetic inputs with recycled nutrients to rebuild soil and protect public health?\u003C/i>\u003C/b>\u003C/span>\u003C/h4>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch3>The Nitrogen Paradox\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each year, \u003C/span>\u003Cb>over 500,000 tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of synthetic nitrogen are applied to California croplands. Yet between \u003Cstrong>50–70% is lost\u003C/strong> to the air and water, resulting in contaminated drinking water and some of the state’s worst air pollution in the Central Valley. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let’s do some back of the envelope math:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are\u003C/span>\u003Cb> 8.5 million acres\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of irrigated cropland in California. \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California agriculture applies approximately \u003C/span>\u003Cb>514,000 tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of synthetic nitrogen per year. \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only \u003C/span>\u003Cb>154,000–257,000 tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of nitrogen are actually needed to meet crop fertility needs.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California generates about 82.3 million tons of compostable organic material, which can make approximately\u003C/span>\u003Cb> 33 million tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of compost. \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applying 3 tons of compost per acre of irrigated cropland (about 25.5 million tons) annually would result in:\u003C/span>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sequestering \u003C/span>\u003Cb>186 million metric tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of CO2e over 10 years\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least a \u003C/span>\u003Cb>1% increase\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in soil organic matter over 10 years\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least an additional \u003C/span>\u003Cb>24 billion gallons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worth of water-holding capacity\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least \u003C/span>\u003Cb>106,000 tons\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of plant-available nitrogen\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Why Compost is Greater Than Synthetic Inputs\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Story:\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The nutrients in compost do not behave the same as those in liquid fertilizer. Unlike synthetic fertilizers, compost binds nutrients to carbon and delivers them through microbial exchange. This:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduces leaching and runoff\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhances nutrient uptake and plant health\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improves soil structure and long-term fertility\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improves the soil’s water-holding capacity \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improves the soil’s carbon storage capacity\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Why It Matters\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California’s Central Valley feeds the world, and yet it is also home to some of the nation’s most polluted air and water. Overuse of synthetic fertilizer and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) contribute to nitrate contamination, air pollution, and soil degradation. This pollution disproportionately affects low-income rural communities, harming the very people whose hard work keeps the nation fed.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, the state produces – and mismanages – enormous quantities of municipal, agricultural, and forestry materials that are rich in essential nutrients.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Pollution and Equity\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the world’s major agricultural regions, California’s Central Valley, suffers severe rates of nitrogen pollution from excessive synthetic fertilizer use and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Low-income, farmworker communities are disproportionately affected. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">360,000+ tons of excess nitrogen enter groundwater every year\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250,000+ residents have water in their homes that is contaminated with nitrates (\u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://ucanr.edu/sites/groundwaternitrate/files/138956.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">source\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25–41% of California’s nitrogen oxide (NOₓ) emissions come from nitrogen-saturated soils (\u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/smog-forming-soils#:~:text=Quick%20Summary,constant%20presence%20in%20the%20atmosphere.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">source\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammonia pollution and PM2.5 (i.e. fine particle) exposure from CAFOs, predominantly dairies, and biomass burning is linked to asthma, COPD, lung cancer, Type 2 diabetes, cognitive decline, depression, adverse birth outcomes, and increased risk of premature death (\u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://foe.org/news/ca-manure-biogas-subsidies/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">source\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As shown in\u003Ca href=\"https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/report/calenviroscreen-40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003Cb>CalEnviroScreen\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other EJ mapping tools, these burdens are not equally distributed. They are concentrated in communities across the Central Valley, where multiple environmental burdens are compounded.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch4>Resources\u003C/h4>\n\u003Cp>Review PFL’s resources listed below for more information and detail about the data and research related to this project.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cstrong>Interactive Map:\u003C/strong>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodland.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=3bd187343f7e46f685f70f90ec711ccb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Compost Inventory Map\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cstrong>Accompanying Data:\u003C/strong>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F5GqfoFF3w8GrzMT0uqR2Hqp3skg5N0CnALVgLoI0uk/edit?gid=2101528459#gid=2101528459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Feedstock Inventory\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1w4jN-IfraQ6MtPttwNnKdWe9r7a34yysC72BK4YqQTk/edit\">California Compost Site Inventory\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://wordpress.peoplefoodandland.org/app/uploads/2025/11/Data-Gathering-Methods.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Gathering Methods\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cstrong>Additional Research and Whitepapers:\u003C/strong>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View our \u003Ca href=\"https://wordpress.peoplefoodandland.org/app/uploads/2025/12/Full-System-Impact-edited.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full Systems Impact Presentation\u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore \u003Ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F5GqfoFF3w8GrzMT0uqR2Hqp3skg5N0CnALVgLoI0uk/edit?gid=2101528459#gid=2101528459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Feedstock Inventory 2024\u003C/a> for calculations\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Ca href=\"http://wordpress.peoplefoodandland.org/app/uploads/2026/01/PFL-Compost-White-Paper-Western-Rangeland.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Compost Trials\u003C/a> – Real world results on compost’s impact across CA\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Ca href=\"http://wordpress.peoplefoodandland.org/app/uploads/2026/02/PFL-Compost-White-Paper-California-Agriculture-26.2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regenerating California’s Soils\u003C/a> – by Dr. Alexia Cooper\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999;\">\u003Ci>Find other [resources on environmental justice and agricultural pollution in the Central Valley]\u003C/i>\u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n",{"nodes":1699},[1700,1702],{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1701},"/app/uploads/2025/11/pexels-ahadi-muyali-3663825-15182672-scaled.jpg",{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1703},"/app/uploads/2025/11/pexels-alexandra-kollstrem-77751824-9117894-scaled.jpg",{"id":1705,"databaseId":1706,"slug":804,"title":805,"modified":1707,"menuOrder":1708,"__typename":1691,"featuredImage":1709,"fields":1712},"cG9zdDo2OTA1NTQ=",690554,"2026-01-30T20:50:18",2,{"node":1710},{"altText":152,"filePath":1711},"/app/uploads/2025/11/vineyards-in-california-usa-2024-10-11-05-52-56-utc-scaled.jpg",{"description":1713,"fullDescription":1714,"type":1435,"indentThumbnail":16,"singleImageFullWidth":16,"images":1715},"Building Local and Regional Compost Supply","\u003Ch2>Building Local and Regional Compost Supply\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Composting food waste is often written into planning documents as a way to cut down on climate warming emissions. But many cities and counties have yet to come up with strategies to actually use this resource for community benefit.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>PFL supports the creation of compost at all levels. We focus on strategies that support distributed smaller-scale production of this material in communities, on remediation sites, and on farms. These are the composting sites that often bring additional benefits aside from waste diversion, such as urban greening and engagement opportunities.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch3>The Problem\u003C/h3>\n\u003Ch2>A System Built for Waste Management, Not Soil Health and Economic Development\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current composting regulations were designed for large-scale waste diversion, not to restore soils, reduce emission, or support local economies.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are three key barriers:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Conflicting Permits\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Projects must navigate CEQA, CalRecycle, Water Board, and Air District requirements, often with overlapping or contradictory rules.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Feedstock-Based Regulation\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regulations are based on material type (e.g., food scraps vs. green waste), not on the intended soil benefit, making it harder to blend materials or scale decentralized sites.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Lack of Systems Thinking\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most permitting processes focus on risk mitigation rather than maximizing ecological benefit. There is little alignment between composting policy and broader goals based on compost’s systemic value in water conservation, carbon storage, and food security.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch3>PFL’s Planning Principles\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We support practical, place-based planning that centers compost as a resource. Our work draws from planning theory, policy analysis, land use models, and on-the-ground experience. PFL analyzed current planning language and processes for compost across city and county-level climate action and general plans, and recommends the following:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand community goals, needs, and opportunities\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Center soil health building when planning for new composting projects\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support diversified and distributed composting sites, prioritizing projects that directly benefit community members\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create economic incentives that catalyze local compost markets, such as small loan programs, equipment grants, or administrative support\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update zoning codes to allow for right-scale composting in more areas\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leverage SB 1383 procurement requirements to support small composters and soil-building compost application projects\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch3>Support for Community Composting Projects\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021, PFL partnered with the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.thecacc.org\">California Alliance for Community Composting (CACC)\u003C/a> to secure the state’s first \u003Ca href=\"/projects-all/community-composting-for-green-spaces/\">Community Composting for Green Spaces (CCGS)\u003C/a> grant from CalRecycle. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFL continues to champion the conditions that allow community composting to thrive. Our ongoing work includes:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Policy Advocacy:\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advancing smarter permitting pathways for small and mid-scale composting sites, including tiered frameworks that recognize the unique value of community and on-farm systems.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>SB 1383 Implementation Support:\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\nHelping jurisdictions meet organic waste diversion goals through distributed, local infrastructure – centered on soil health, not just tonnage.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Equity-First Infrastructure:\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\nWorking to ensure that funding, compliance assistance, and technical resources reach the communities that need them most – not just large-scale operators.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>\u003Ca href=\"/fiscal-services/\">Fiscal Sponsorship & Incubation\u003C/a>:\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\nSupporting innovative compost ventures, through legal, financial, and administrative scaffolding.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch3>Our Guiding Value\u003C/h3>\n\u003Ch1>Rights to Organic Material Resources\u003C/h1>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe that communities producing bioresources should have the right to compost them for their own economic benefit. \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFL also believes these opportunities should not come at the expense of the health of people or their land.  \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our goal is to support the development of a new resource right to soil, granted to the communities and individuals who generate and manage soil-building organic materials.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cstrong>Rejecting Resource Extraction:\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr />\nBy harnessing the power of place-based economic development, right to resources provides communities with opportunities to develop and use bioresources. This counters existing precedents set by other natural resource development, including oil, gas, and lumber industries. \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cstrong>Right to Soil:\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr />\nPrioritizing bioresources that build soil health provides opportunities for communities to build economic growth while building healthier and more resilient soil systems. Healthy soils have lasting effects on climate resilience and human health. \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cb>Tools & Resources\u003C/b>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u003Ca href=\"http://wordpress.peoplefoodandland.org/app/uploads/2026/01/composting_short_final_production.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFL Planning for Compost Guide\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://wordpress.peoplefoodandland.org/app/uploads/2025/11/Planning-for-Compost-CHECKLIST-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planning for Compost Checklist\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Ca href=\"http://wordpress.peoplefoodandland.org/app/uploads/2026/01/Planning-Document-Review-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Compost Planning Document Review\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1II98_6n6_PaQPB8dklix7TZvbhqmBgP6/edit?pli=1&gid=1838996647#gid=1838996647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corresponding Datasheet\u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Ca href=\"http://wordpress.peoplefoodandland.org/app/uploads/2026/01/Policy-Review-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Compost Regulatory Review\u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://nerdsforearth.com/state-healthy-soils-policy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Healthy Soils Policy Map\u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"nodes":1716},[1717,1719],{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1718},"/app/uploads/2025/11/pexels-james-collington-2147687246-30732830-scaled.jpg",{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1720},"/app/uploads/2025/11/woman-holding-carrot-people-working-on-allotment-2024-10-18-05-43-40-utc-2-scaled.jpg",{"id":1722,"databaseId":1723,"slug":1724,"title":1725,"modified":1726,"menuOrder":1628,"__typename":1691,"featuredImage":1727,"fields":1730},"cG9zdDozMzAwMDE=",330001,"musickcreek","Musick Creek Restoration","2025-11-20T07:12:22",{"node":1728},{"altText":152,"filePath":1729},"/app/uploads/2025/08/close-up-of-senior-man-and-his-son-planting-a-tree-2024-12-13-18-57-09-utc-scaled.jpg",{"description":1731,"fullDescription":1732,"type":1435,"indentThumbnail":16,"singleImageFullWidth":68,"images":1733},"Transforming Devastation into Living Legacy","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nestled deep in a burn scar of California’s Sierra Nevada, Musick Creek Confluence is quietly transforming devastation into living legacy. In a region scorched by wildfire and threatened by ecological collapse, this forest restoration project is rewriting the future.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Led by a grassroots team of land stewards and scientists, the work at Musick Creek is a bold experiment in ecological healing, native species revival, and mycelial reweaving of the forest floor. At the heart of this effort is a powerful question: \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can we restore a forest not only to survive but to thrive, regenerate, and teach?\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team secured a bridge loan to unlock a $100,000 NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program grant. That funding will be disbursed in late 2025 — but the forest could not wait. The loan from the \u003Ca href=\"https://pfl.gluhar.co/reparative-agriculture\">Mycelium Bridge Fund\u003C/a> allowed Musick Creek to act sooner by hiring local crews, engaging volunteers, and planting thousands of native understory plants during the crucial fall and spring windows.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch5>\u003Cb>What’s Growing\u003C/b>\u003C/h5>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>9,000+ saplings\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of native understory species, including drought- and fire-adapted species\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Custom protective enclosures\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> built from wire and reclaimed materials to increase survival\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Canopy restoration efforts\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including pruning and guiding regrowth of black oak trees\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Site-wide stewardship\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including mulching, moisture retention, and native plant reintroduction\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the third NRCS-funded project for Musick Creek Confluence — a testament to their dedication and track record. But their work is not just about compliance or planting numbers. It is about care, continuity, and holding space for the return of life.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"color: #003300;\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Our growing island of native genetic diversity can be like an ark which will radiate this diversity in all directions.”\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Ch5>\u003Cb>Why It Matters\u003C/b>\u003C/h5>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a time of accelerating ecological loss, Musick Creek offers a tangible example of \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what regeneration looks like when it is rooted in place, partnership, and long-term vision.\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cstrong>Ecological Restoration:\u003C/strong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Native plantings help stabilize soils, reduce fire risk, and rebuild biodiversity.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cstrong>Watershed Recovery:\u003C/strong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthy vegetation slows runoff, protects creeks, and supports groundwater recharge.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cstrong>Circular Finance:\u003C/strong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\nThe Mycelium Bridge loan will be fully repaid after project completion — allowing capital to flow forward to the next regenerative project.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cstrong>Community Engagement:\u003C/strong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\nVolunteers, neighbors, and local workers are part of the work — deepening regional connection and stewardship.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"color: #003300;\">\u003Cb>\u003Ci>“We will share this future forest.”\u003C/i>\u003C/b>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n",{"nodes":1734},[1735],{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1736},"/app/uploads/2025/08/a-green-field-with-many-sequoias-in-the-background-2024-12-10-00-43-59-utc.jpg",{"id":1738,"databaseId":1739,"slug":1740,"title":1741,"modified":1742,"menuOrder":1743,"__typename":1691,"featuredImage":1744,"fields":1747},"cG9zdDozMzAwMDM=",330003,"state-healthy-soils-map","State Healthy Soils Map","2025-12-12T22:24:45",4,{"node":1745},{"altText":152,"filePath":1746},"/app/uploads/2025/08/compost-manure-farm-lands-plantation-traditional-f-2024-10-18-08-49-16-utc.jpg",{"description":1748,"fullDescription":1749,"type":1435,"indentThumbnail":16,"singleImageFullWidth":16,"images":1750},"The Foundation of Thriving farms, Resilient Communities, and a Stable Climate","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthy soil is the foundation of thriving farms, resilient communities, and a stable climate. But until recently, the policies supporting soil health were fragmented, hard to track, and often invisible to the people most affected by them.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018, The Carbon Project joined forces with the volunteer technologists at \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://nerdsforearth.com/about-us/\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nerds for Earth\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and leading soil health advocates Steven Keleti and Isabelle Jenniches to find a solution. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, they launched an ambitious collaborative effort to map the landscape of state-level soil policy that brings transparency, clarity, and momentum to a growing national movement.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The result was the \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://nerdsforearth.com/state-healthy-soils-policy/\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Healthy Soils Policy Map\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A first-of-its-kind interactive tool that illuminates the landscape of soil health legislation and programs in all 50 U.S. states.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Designed for farmers, lawmakers, advocates, and funders alike, the map offers detailed policy summaries, highlights legislative trends, and connects users to organizations advancing soil health in their region.\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its launch in 2019, the map has:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Powered grassroots efforts from New Mexico to New York\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Informed campaigns like \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regenerate America\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connected organizers and policy writers to real-world examples and data\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported equity-forward advocacy for regenerative agriculture\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now fully integrated into People, Food and Land Foundation’s bioresources program, the map is part of a broader strategy to democratize access to data and policy tools that grow a regenerative future.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Meet the Mapmakers\u003C/b>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Steven Keleti\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> – Legislative strategist and soil policy advisor behind successful soil bills in multiple states\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Isabelle Jenniches\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> – Organizer and co-founder of the NM Healthy Soil Working Group and national network builder using soil as a community organizing tool\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Calla Rose Ostrander\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> – Strategic advisor, climate communicator, and longtime advocate for climate-beneficial agriculture and composting\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With special thanks to: \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Krevitt\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cora Swanson\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josie Watson\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Donor Support\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This project is made possible by generous support from:\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11th Hour Project, CalCAN, ILSR, US Composting Council, and the Jena & Michael King Foundation\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>[\u003C/b>\u003Ca href=\"https://peoplefoodandland.org/donate\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support this tool\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cb>]\u003C/b>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003Cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" />\u003C/p>\n",{"nodes":1751},[1752],{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1753},"/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-8.47.15-AM.png",{"id":1755,"databaseId":1756,"slug":1757,"title":1758,"modified":1759,"menuOrder":1760,"__typename":1691,"featuredImage":1761,"fields":1764},"cG9zdDozMzAwMDk=",330009,"adelante-soil-co-2","Adelante Soil Co.","2025-11-20T07:12:45",5,{"node":1762},{"altText":152,"filePath":1763},"/app/uploads/2025/11/utunzaji-wa-mazingira-v-5UgvBUJk0-unsplash-scaled.jpg",{"description":1765,"fullDescription":1766,"type":1435,"indentThumbnail":16,"singleImageFullWidth":16,"images":1767},"A Family Legacy, Regenerating Land and Community","\u003Cp>Tucked into the hills of Temecula, California, Adelante Soil Co. is more than a farm – it is a living story of migration, memory, and regeneration. On 22 acres of land, the Martinez family is restoring soil, deepening roots, and reimagining agriculture in Southern California.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Raul Martinez came to California from Mexico in the 1970s, first as a seasonal farmworker and later as an upholsterer raising his family in Los Angeles. In their backyard garden, he taught his children to compost, to listen to the land, and to respect the living soil beneath their feet. Today, that early wisdom guides the next generation. Michael and David Martinez now co-direct Adelante Soil Cooperative, bringing their family’s shared love of land stewardship into full bloom.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Their vision is both ambitious and beautifully grounded. Across three microclimates, Adelante nurtures about 100 native plant species – including Coast Live Oak and Western Sycamore – alongside a planned orchard of mangos, papayas, guavas, and mulberries. But more than planting trees, the family is cultivating a whole-system ecology where water, microbes, people, and pollinators all thrive in relationship.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“I want people to remember that we are part of the trees, the streams, the native plants and pollinators,” says Michael. “The more we care about their livelihood, the more everyone benefits.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Adelante’s soil-building practices are as thoughtful as they are joyful: compost and mulch to revive microbial life, hugelkultur berms to retain water and stabilize hillsides, old tree trunks reincorporated into the land as habitat and carbon sinks. Based on COMET modeling, the family’s approach can draw down carbon at under $12 per ton – an incredible value for climate mitigation rooted in community-scale care.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>PFL is [fiscal sponsor] to Adelante. Their work has been supported by the 11th Hour Project and a Zero Foodprint Restore grant, which funds compost application and tree planting. The Martinez family’s approach is deliberate and loving: rather than stripping land for monoculture, they prepare the ground first – laying compost, building moisture, and planting with intention.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“There is joy in applying life-giving materials to land that is bare and exposed,” Michael reflects. “It is the feeling of healing.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In naming the farm Adelante, the family chose a word that means “forward” in Spanish – but also a word of welcome: Come in. Let us grow together. In that spirit, they are building a place for regeneration, for community, and for the long view of stewardship – rooted in memory, resilience, and hope for generations to come.\u003C/p>\n",{"nodes":1768},[1769,1771],{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1770},"/app/uploads/2025/08/Adelante.jpeg",{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1701},{"id":1773,"databaseId":1774,"slug":1775,"title":1776,"modified":1777,"menuOrder":1778,"__typename":1691,"featuredImage":1779,"fields":1781},"cG9zdDoyNzAwMDM=",270003,"community-composting-for-green-spaces","Community Composting for Green Spaces","2026-02-25T21:54:15",6,{"node":1780},{"altText":152,"filePath":422},{"description":1782,"fullDescription":1783,"type":1435,"indentThumbnail":16,"singleImageFullWidth":16,"images":1784},"From Waste to Wealth: Laying the Groundwork for Community-Led Composting in California","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composting restores soil health, empowers grassroots leadership, strengthens community ties, reduces climate harm, and transforms organic waste into shared abundance. Yet, in a system built for large-scale infrastructure, small-scale community composters are often overlooked. PFL saw this critical need and stepped up to help support the growth of community-based composting from the ground up.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Paving the Way for a Statewide Movement\u003C/b>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021, PFL partnered with the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.thecacc.org\">California Alliance for Community Composting (CACC)\u003C/a> to support their leadership in securing California’s first-ever Community Composting for Green Spaces\u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CCGS)\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grant from CalRecycle\u003C/span>\u003Cb>.\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Acting as fiscal sponsor and organizational backbone, PFL helped CACC receive $1.54 million in funding — supporting over 110 community composting sites across California.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Working with PFL as the fiscal sponsor for the Community Composting for Green Spaces grant program was essential for us to access state funds while our grassroots organization was still developing. Their accounting expertise and capital support streamlined the reimbursement process from CalRecycle, allowing us to focus on the project’s core mission and hone our long-term vision.”\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">— \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kourtnii Brown, Co-Founder, California Alliance for Community Composting\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>What We Made Possible Together\u003C/b>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFL provided vital infrastructure so grassroots leaders could focus on growing the soil and the movement:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cstrong>Fiscal & Legal Infrastructure\u003C/strong>\u003Cb>:\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\nAccounting, grant management, insurance, and compliance\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cstrong>Creative Problem-Solving\u003C/strong>\u003Cb>:\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\nNavigating state regulations and logistical roadblocks\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cstrong>Flexible Capital\u003C/strong>\u003Cb>:\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\nSecuring bridge funds and capacity-building support\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cstrong>Organizational Backbone:\u003C/strong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helping scaffold a strong foundation for CACC’s independence\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Why Community Composting Matters\u003C/b>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soil health returns organic matter to the land, improving water retention and soil fertility.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Waste diversion keeps food scraps and green waste out of landfills.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate action reduces methane emissions and supports carbon sequestration.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local leadership empowers residents to lead climate solutions from the ground up.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>From Grassroots to Networked Impact\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/b>\u003Cb>\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This effort was always driven by communities. PFL helped CACC lay the groundwork for an enduring statewide network. Thanks to this collaboration:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CACC launched over 100 new compost sites!\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transitioned to independent management with direct grant access!\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continues to grow the movement! \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",{"nodes":1785},[1786,1788],{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1787},"/app/uploads/2025/08/children-and-teacher-learning-plant-fruit-and-vege-2024-10-14-20-26-04-utc-scaled.jpg",{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1789},"/app/uploads/2025/08/caucasian-woman-putting-fruit-and-vegetable-waste-2025-01-08-03-41-41-utc-scaled.jpg",{"id":1791,"databaseId":1792,"slug":1793,"title":1794,"modified":1795,"menuOrder":1796,"__typename":1691,"featuredImage":1797,"fields":1800},"cG9zdDozMzAwMDU=",330005,"restore-and-regenerate-california","Restore and Regenerate California","2025-11-20T07:13:16",7,{"node":1798},{"altText":152,"filePath":1799},"/app/uploads/2025/11/mario-mesaglio-7vEOPWIF8pI-unsplash-scaled.jpg",{"description":1801,"fullDescription":1802,"type":1435,"indentThumbnail":16,"singleImageFullWidth":16,"images":1803},"A More Resilient and Inclusive Future","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a time when California’s landscapes are facing unprecedented climate stress, the Restore and Regenerate California\u003C/span> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">project helped lay the groundwork for a more resilient and inclusive future — where those who live and work on the land are at the heart of nature-based solutions.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched in response to Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-82-20, which committed the state to integrating natural and working lands into its climate strategy, this project served as a vital bridge between policy and practice, between Sacramento and the soil.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Embedding Knowledge Where it Was Needed Most\u003C/b>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From 2021 to 2024, this initiative placed two strategic roles at the center of California’s climate efforts:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cstrong>A Farmer Liaison:\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr />\nEmbedded with our partners at \u003Ca href=\"https://fibershed.org\">Fibershed\u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this liaison championed the voices of small-scale and underserved land stewards — including farmers, ranchers, and forest managers — ensuring that their practices and perspectives shaped state programs and policy.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cstrong>A Climate Coordinator:\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housed within the California Natural Resources Agency \u003Ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov\">(CNRA)\u003C/a>,  our coordinator supported cross-agency alignment, technical design, and science-grounded communication to advance the State’s nature-based climate goals.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, these roles helped shape tools, conversations, and frameworks that continue to guide California’s evolving land stewardship and climate programs.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cb>Lasting Contributions\u003C/b>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restore and Regenerate California helped advance:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regional climate-smart agriculture strategies\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public-private partnerships rooted in ecological restoration\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Policy pathways that connect small and informal land stewards to state and philanthropic 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truth at its heart: Soil is not just where plants grow — it is where transformation begins.","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As climate change accelerates and the health of our land and communities hangs in the balance, composting and soil regeneration can be powerful entry points for change. The Carbon Project was designed to nurture communities of practice in composting and land stewardship, fostering not just better soil, but stronger local networks, scientific insight, and durable pathways to resilience.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>A Growing Movement for Living Soils\u003C/b>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adapted from the pioneering Marin Carbon Project, the Carbon Project strengthens communities of practice across California and the western U.S. — connecting ranchers, farmers, Indigenous leaders, educators, scientists, and advocates with the tools they need to build living soil systems.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through this support, communities of practice are able to:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop and implement soil health strategies that work for their context\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access matching funds and technical guidance\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordinate across organizations and regions\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cultivate local economic and environmental health\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shape policies and narratives around land, carbon, and climate\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether in rangelands or schoolyards, the result is the same: regenerative change that \u003Cem>starts in the soil\u003C/em> and grows outward, restoring ecosystems and communities in tandem.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Why This Matters\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In arid and semi-arid landscapes, organic matter is disappearing from the soil while synthetic inputs and extractive practices continue to harm people and the planet. Compost is a low-cost, high-impact intervention that can:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restore soil carbon and fertility\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improve water retention and drought resilience\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support microbial health and long-term soil function\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create local jobs and build circular economies\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When matched with knowledge, support, and relationships, compost becomes a force for long-term regeneration.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Fueling Long-Term Change\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Carbon Project was made possible by the foundational generosity of the Jena & Michael King Foundation, and sustained by visionary donors including:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Wick & Peggy Rathmann\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rathmann Family Foundation\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Earth\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rahr Foundation\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Foundation for San Benito County\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental Wellness Foundation\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",{"nodes":1823},[1824,1826],{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1825},"/app/uploads/2025/08/oldman-farmer-holding-soil-in-cupped-hands-2024-11-01-18-31-43-utc-scaled.jpg",{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1827},"/app/uploads/2025/08/cattle-herd-on-a-pasture-up-in-the-hills-south-sa-2024-12-03-22-59-39-utc-scaled.jpg",{"id":1829,"databaseId":1830,"slug":1831,"title":1832,"modified":1833,"menuOrder":1834,"__typename":1691,"featuredImage":1835,"fields":1838},"cG9zdDo2OTAyNDU=",690245,"green-living-living-in-greater-harmony","Green Living – Living in Greater Harmony","2025-12-14T01:38:13",9,{"node":1836},{"altText":152,"filePath":1837},"/app/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2024-08-18-at-3.14.27-AM.png",{"description":1839,"fullDescription":1840,"type":1353,"indentThumbnail":16,"singleImageFullWidth":16,"images":1841},"The Land Movement Comes Home","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For George and Maia Ballis, green living was not a trend. It was a calling rooted in love for the land, for justice, and for the invisible threads that link personal and planetary health. After years of organizing for labor and water rights through National Land for People, they turned their attention inward, asking:\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if the revolution starts in our kitchens, our gardens, our everyday habits?\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Sun Mountain Research Center, nestled in the dry chaparral of the Sierra foothills, George and Maia began a new phase of their life’s work — living in conscious relationship with the Earth. Out of this lifestyle emerged \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking Back Our Lives: A Green Living Report\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a guide to living in harmony with what they affectionately called “Big Mama.”\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Spiritual balance cannot be separated from physical balance.\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also have to lower ourselves into deep connection with Mother Earth in order to fashion a more balanced relationship with our air, water, land, food, neighbors, and our livelihood.”\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">—George Ballis\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long before “sustainability” became mainstream, the Ballises were building super-insulated homes with non-toxic materials, solar cooking, harvesting rainwater, composting, and making their own household products. \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They documented what worked — and what did not — so others could learn alongside them. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At a time when the average U.S. household contains over 2,000 synthetic chemicals, they offered a different path: one grounded in simplicity, presence, and reverence. From cookware to water use, fabric choices to menstruation products, \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking Back Our Lives\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> blends rigorous research with lived experience.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This project is a values-based artifact that helped shape the ethos of People, Food and Land. Its legacy continues as we advance regenerative systems, circular economies, and holistic approaches to health, ecology, and justice — from the home to the farm, and beyond.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http://wordpress.peoplefoodandland.org/app/uploads/2025/11/pflfoundation-Taking-Back-Our-Lives.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Download the Full Report: \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking Back Our Lives\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n",{"nodes":1842},[1843,1845],{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1844},"/app/uploads/2025/10/grapevine.png",{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":546},{"id":1847,"databaseId":1848,"slug":1849,"title":1850,"modified":1851,"menuOrder":1852,"__typename":1691,"featuredImage":1853,"fields":1856},"cG9zdDo2OTAyNDI=",690242,"sun-mountain-research-center","Sun Mountain Research Center","2025-12-14T01:40:38",10,{"node":1854},{"altText":152,"filePath":1855},"/app/uploads/2025/10/SunHseGard-scaled.jpg",{"description":1857,"fullDescription":1858,"type":1353,"indentThumbnail":16,"singleImageFullWidth":16,"images":1859},"Architecture Rooted in Ecology and Care","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1983, “green building” was barely a concept, but George and Maia Ballis were already asking a powerful question: \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can we live in integrity with the Earth in the places we call home?\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their answer was \u003Cstrong>SunHouse\u003C/strong>, an early prototype of ecological architecture rooted in simplicity, conservation, and community empowerment.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ballises believed that “\u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">conservation equals low energy needs\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,” and their design reflected that philosophy. The SunHouse featured:\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pioneering solar electric system, (the first one approved by Fresno County)\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A R-35 insulation in the roof and walls\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White metal roofing coated with Cool Roof elastomeric paint\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skylights brought in daylight while reducing heat gain\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Energy-efficient Pella windows and doors opened to capture prevailing winds for natural cooling. \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Handmade magnetic-insulated coverings for doors and windows designed by Maia\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electrical wiring cleverly threaded through wood framing to make repairs and upgrades accessible\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ballises were not just creating a structure — they were demonstrating a worldview. Their home was a living laboratory and teaching space. Visitors could place their hands on roofing samples to feel the temperature difference, witness passive cooling in action, and imagine new possibilities for home building rooted in regeneration.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cb>Straw Bale Dreams and Agricultural Waste Solutions\u003C/b>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by the revival of straw bale construction in the Southwest — particularly the work of Steve and Nena Macdonald — George and Maia saw a chance to extend their vision. Straw bale building offered thick, super-insulated walls (R-50+), was naturally fire and earthquake resistant, and turned agricultural waste into durable, beautiful shelter.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a hands-on workshop, George caught what he called “\u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">straw bale fever\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.” For a decade, he and Maia worked with local architect \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.arthurdyson.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur Dyson\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and structural engineer Gere Mele to develop plans for an 800-square-foot structure adjacent to SunHouse. Their vision: an affordable, low-impact homegrown building system that could create rural jobs, reduce open-air burning, and shift building norms away from toxic materials and energy waste.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the project was ultimately shelved due to rising material costs, the blueprints were donated to the United Farm Workers for potential use in self-help housing. And the dream lived on — Dyson later incorporated straw bale into his shelter designs for \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://ecovillagefresno.org/dakotaecogarden/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dakota Eco Village in Fresno\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sun Mountain’s green building legacy stands as a powerful testament to innovation without ego. From early solar panels to homegrown smudging herbs, every element was chosen with care, purpose, and ecological integrity. In doing so, George and Maia helped lay the foundation for what we now call sustainable architecture.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"nodes":1860},[1861,1863],{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1862},"/app/uploads/2025/10/WebStrawBale1-1-1.png",{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1864},"/app/uploads/2025/10/Web-PFLF-S-bale-1-1.jpeg",{"id":1866,"databaseId":1867,"slug":1868,"title":1869,"modified":1870,"menuOrder":1871,"__typename":1691,"featuredImage":1872,"fields":1875},"cG9zdDo2OTAyMzk=",690239,"sun-gardens","Sun Gardens","2025-11-20T07:13:58",11,{"node":1873},{"altText":152,"filePath":1874},"/app/uploads/2025/10/Raisin-grapes.png",{"description":1876,"fullDescription":1877,"type":1353,"indentThumbnail":16,"singleImageFullWidth":16,"images":1878},"Designing Abundance Within Ecological Limits","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 1983, the \u003Cstrong>Sun Gardens\u003C/strong> at Sun Mountain Research Center have served as an evolving experiment in ecological design, dryland gardening, and plant-based self-reliance. Nestled at 2,000 feet in California’s Sierra foothills — where rain may not fall for eight months of the year — George and Maia Ballis built a \u003Cem>living demonstration\u003C/em> of what can thrive with minimal water, no synthetic chemicals, and freedom from commercial inputs.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gardens combine arid-zone permaculture with heritage orchard practices, indigenous dryland crop knowledge, and rigorous on-site experimentation. They embody PFL’s belief in learning from the land and offer a glimpse of what regenerative abundance can look like even in challenging conditions.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“We have chosen drought-tolerant crops with high nutritional value. We have experimented with growing a number of unusual crops from the Mediterranean, the Sonoran Desert, Japan, etc., to see how they grow here.”\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">— Maia Ballis\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cb>Goals & Impact\u003C/b>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cstrong>Demonstrate:\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>Dryland food and medicine production in a Mediterranean-climate chaparral zone\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cstrong>Test:\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/strong>\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drought-tolerant, perennial, and multi-use species for food, fiber, medicine, soil regeneration, and pollinator support\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cstrong>Cultivate:\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heirloom and indigenous varieties that are often overlooked in conventional systems\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cstrong>Educate and inspire:\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community members, gardeners, students, and designers to grow within ecological limits\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Ch3>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cb>Highlights\u003C/b>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The heritage orchard includes over 20 apple varieties, including low-chill types like Anna and Golden Dorsett, as well as figs, pomegranates, persimmons, loquat, quince, and mulberries\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cactus and desert crops include nopales, prickly pear, mesquite, and cholla\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The edible flower garden is home to calendula, hibiscus, elderflower, violets, pineapple guava petals, and many others\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experiments in medicinal plant growing include echinacea, milk thistle, licorice root, manzanita, sage, and ceanothus\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many plant species that fix nitrogen and support soil-building such as black locust, Siberian pea shrub, and goumi\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grape towers were designed by George Ballis to maximize airflow, light exposure, and ease of harvest\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also many drought-tolerant crops and edibles, including Taos blue corn, tepary beans, wild cucumber, and heirloom tomatoes\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cb>Challenges & Learnings\u003C/b>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sun Gardens have weathered decades of drought, climate shifts, and funding challenges. Some crops thrived for years before failing due to reduced irrigation. Others, like Wickson apples and black Persian mulberries, continue to outperform expectations. The Ballises’ documentation provides critical insight into adaptation, failure, and long-term ecological thinking.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Our earthly pursuits at Sun Mt revolve around sustaining the sacred web of life, and bringing it deeper into our consciousness.”\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">— George Elfie & Maia Ballis\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n",{"nodes":1879},[1880,1881],{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":648},{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1882},"/app/uploads/2025/11/eileen-kummer-iNpmwDdkEJ4-unsplash-scaled.jpg",{"id":1884,"databaseId":1885,"slug":1886,"title":1887,"modified":1888,"menuOrder":1889,"__typename":1691,"featuredImage":1890,"fields":1893},"cG9zdDo2OTAyMzE=",690231,"an-herbal-odyssey","An Herbal Odyssey","2025-12-14T01:44:52",12,{"node":1891},{"altText":152,"filePath":1892},"/app/uploads/2025/11/stefanie-poepken-AqdlR8_uc-w-unsplash-scaled.jpg",{"description":1894,"fullDescription":1895,"type":1353,"indentThumbnail":16,"singleImageFullWidth":16,"images":1896},"Rooted Remedies. Seasonal Wisdom. Living Tradition.","\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Herbal Odyssey\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is more than a recipe book — it is a living testament to over 30 years of Maia Ballis’ plant-based wisdom, rooted in the fertile gardens and wildlands of \u003Cstrong>Sun Mountain Research Center\u003C/strong>. Part seasonal guide, part medicinal reference, and part soulful reflection, this richly illustrated e-book honors the legacy of People, Food and Land Foundation.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What began as a handwritten binder of recipes and field notes blossomed into a vibrant digital guide. With over 375 herbal and garden-based recipes — wildcrafted teas, solar-cooked meals, flower facials, tinctures, salves, broths, and more — \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Herbal Odyssey\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bridges folk knowledge and modern herbalism through the rhythms of the seasons.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by mentors such as Rosemary Gladstar, Michael Tierra, and Juliette de Bairacli Levy, Maia weaves global herbal traditions including Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Western folk practices with permaculture, edible landscaping, and community-supported agriculture. At its heart, \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Herbal Odyssey\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> invites us to slow down, engage the senses, and return to a way of living where food is medicine, gardens are teachers, and flowers carry stories.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn’t just about food. It’s about remembering our place in nature — harvesting with respect, cooking with care, and living with joy.\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can’t separate the sacred from the practical. Healing is in the tending.\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Ch1>\u003Cb>Inside the Herbal Odyssey\u003C/b>\u003C/h1>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Solar Cooking & Drying\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low-tech tools like solar ovens and dryers turn harvests into shelf-stable meals — honoring energy efficiency, seasonality, and the quiet wisdom of slow cooking.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Herbal Recipes & Remedies\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 375 garden and wild-crafted recipes organized by season, featuring nourishing meals, tonics, teas, tinctures, and natural remedies drawn from decades of hands-on practice.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cb>Foraging & Wild Edibles\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Field-tested guidance on identifying, harvesting, and preparing wild plants like mesquite, mulberry, and ceanothus — reawakening ancestral memory through taste and tradition.\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cb>Herbal Body Care & Aromatherapy\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flower baths, garden facials, castor oil packs, and homemade tinctures crafted from lived experience and rooted in Earth-honoring care and teaching at PFL.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cb>Kitchen Herbology\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn the energetics, uses, and safety of everyday herbs and spices to bring ancient knowledge into the modern kitchen.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cb>Edible Flowers & Plant Dyes\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore a rainbow of uses for truly edible flowers and the vibrant pigments found in calendula, hibiscus, elderberry, and more on plates and fabric alike.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cb>Food System Stories & Wisdom\u003C/b>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essays and insights from community agriculture, food co-ops, permaculture gardening, and wildcrafting — offering inspiration and historical context.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Download the Herbal Odyssey\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Herbal Odyssey, \u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cem>the Sun Mtn Cookery\u003C/em>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is available as a printable e-book that lives beautifully on your desktop, tablet, or kitchen counter.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://wordpress.peoplefoodandland.org/app/uploads/2025/10/Sun-Mtn-Herbal-Cookery.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Now\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HERBAL ODYSSEY OF 30+ YEARS \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Maia Ballis\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photography & Graphics by Maia & George Elfie Ballis\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">© 2004 Maia Ballis / People, Food & Land Foundation\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lavishly illustrated with over 375 recipes organized by season.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suggestions: Print only the recipe pages you use. Store in kitchen safe protector sheets. Print Seasoning Recipes and tape on storage jars for easy refilling.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"nodes":1897},[1898,1900],{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":1899},"/app/uploads/2025/10/raisinfocus-copy.jpg",{"altText":152,"caption":17,"filePath":533},{"nodes":1902},[1903,1933,1950,1978,2007,2032],{"id":1904,"databaseId":1905,"slug":1906,"title":1907,"modified":1908,"menuOrder":17,"__typename":1909,"featuredImage":1910,"info":1913},"cG9zdDo2OTA4MDM=",690803,"traditional-choinumni-tribe","Traditional Choinumni Tribe","2026-03-19T20:36:04","Community",{"node":1911},{"altText":152,"filePath":1912},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260223_Choinumni-Sacred-Burial-57.jpg",{"description":1914,"desktopX":1915,"desktopY":1916,"mobileX":1917,"mobileY":1918,"modules":1919},"\u003Cp>The Traditional Choinumni are of the Yokuts people whose homelands lie east of the Kings River in the foothills of the San Joaquin Valley.\u003C/p>\n",50,33,57,46,[1920,1923],{"__typename":1921,"content":1922},"InfoModulesTextModuleLayout","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Traditional Choinumni Tribe are Yokuts people stewarding land in the foothills of the San Joaquin Valley. The Tribe is not federally recognized, and its members have often been denied the resources needed to practice their traditional ways and care for the places they have always called home. For generations, the Tribe’s members have nonetheless stood together against the odds to protect sacred sites, including Wahalish, otherwise known as Crying Mountain and Jesse Morrow Mountain, from mining and other extractive harm.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With support from the Marigold Fund, the Tribe is strengthening its stewardship of its ancestral burial grounds in the foothills above Choinumni Park, near Kings River. This site serves as both a sanctuary and a line of defense, offering a place for dispersed families to gather, remember, and uphold cultural traditions with dignity.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grant support will help address critical needs at the site, including traditional land management practices and the addition of basic infrastructure and ceremonial tools that will ensure safety, access, and care. These efforts honor ancestors while supporting the living community’s ability to continue cultural practices rooted in place.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through this work, the Traditional Choinumni Tribe affirms sovereignty, resilience, and deep commitment to stewardship, demonstrating that cultural survival is sustained through care and presence across generations.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"__typename":1924,"images":1925,"caption":17},"InfoModulesImagesModuleLayout",{"nodes":1926},[1927,1930],{"altText":152,"filePath":1928,"uri":1929,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260223_Choinumni-Sacred-Burial-13.jpg","/communities-all/traditional-choinumni-tribe/260223_choinumni-sacred-burial-13/",{"altText":152,"filePath":1931,"uri":1932,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260223_Choinumni-Sacred-Burial-65.jpg","/communities-all/traditional-choinumni-tribe/260223_choinumni-sacred-burial-65/",{"id":1934,"databaseId":1935,"slug":1936,"title":1937,"modified":1938,"menuOrder":17,"__typename":1909,"featuredImage":1939,"info":1942},"cG9zdDo2OTA4MDI=",690802,"native-star-foundation-2","Native Star Foundation","2026-03-19T19:12:22",{"node":1940},{"altText":152,"filePath":1941},"/app/uploads/2025/12/251215_Redbud-107-1.jpg",{"description":1943,"desktopX":1944,"desktopY":1945,"mobileX":1944,"mobileY":1946,"modules":1947},"\u003Cp>The Native Star Foundation (NSF) is a Native-led nonprofit serving Fresno, Tulare, Kings, and Kern Counties, dedicated to cultural revitalization, youth leadership, and environmental stewardship.\u003C/p>\n",70,52,67,[1948],{"__typename":1921,"content":1949},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Native Star Foundation has a plan to connect Indigenous young people from around California. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With support from the Marigold Fund, the group is leading a powerful initiative that will bring together high school and university students, and other youth with Tribal elders and culture bearers to practice collaborative land stewardship and cultural exchange. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded by a member of the Tule River Indian Tribe, Native Star supports youth as they develop leadership skills and connect across their communities. It also sees youth as important actors in restoring native habitats, strengthening soil health, and protecting water for future generations. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the regional level, Native Star is revitalizing a United Native Youth Coalition, a group that thrived in previous decades but has been dormant for over a decade. This growing network will support coordination, shared learning, and collective action — strengthening youth leadership and advancing community-driven environmental work. It will also bring together youth at Yosemite for a summer gathering. The exchange will create space for relationship-building, intergenerational learning, and a deeper sense of responsibility to land and community.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Foundation also plans to start a storytelling project that will amplify youth voices through a podcast that documents local environmental knowledge, stories of resilience, and shares Indigenous perspectives on land justice. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n",{"id":1951,"databaseId":1952,"slug":1953,"title":1954,"modified":1955,"menuOrder":17,"__typename":1909,"featuredImage":1956,"info":1959},"cG9zdDo2OTA4MDE=",690801,"fresno-american-indian-health-project-2","Fresno American Indian Health Project","2026-02-03T19:14:31",{"node":1957},{"altText":152,"filePath":1958},"/app/uploads/2025/12/251215_Redbud-102.gif",{"description":1960,"desktopX":1918,"desktopY":1961,"mobileX":1962,"mobileY":1963,"modules":1964},"\u003Cp>The Fresno American Indian Health Project (FAIHP) is an Urban Indian Health Organization that provides a multitude of services for the American Indian/Alaskan Native population in Fresno and surrounding areas.\u003C/p>\n",27,55,37,[1965,1967,1976],{"__typename":1921,"content":1966},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fresno American Indian Health Project (FAIHP) is a clinic providing both medical and mental health services to Indigenous communities in Fresno and the surrounding area. But it doesn’t stop there. Rooted in Native culture and Traditional Ecological Knowledge, FAIHP also provides cultural services that support spiritual wellbeing — and the project’s garden program is an integral part of that work. \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cbr />\n\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With support from the Marigold Fund, FAIHP’s community garden coordinator is running a native plant nursery and free plant store, supporting the basket-making community and leading land stewardship projects. The goal is to expand the project’s nascent land-based healing and stewardship efforts while reconnecting community members to traditional foods, medicines, and culturally significant plants. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through partnerships with Fresno Discovery Center, Circle V Ranch, CSU Fresno, and local Tribes, FAIHP stewards multiple land bases where Native plants such as oak, elderberry, white sage, redbud, willow, and native bunch grasses are restored and cared for across seasons. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAIHP’s work also extends into rural Tribal communities through garden support, seasonal harvesting activities, and mobile food pop-up pantries. The garden coordinator also runs educational programming that combines water stewardship, plant care, and intergenerational learning.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"__typename":1924,"images":1968,"caption":17},{"nodes":1969},[1970,1973],{"altText":152,"filePath":1971,"uri":1972,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/12/251215_Redbud-22-1-scaled.jpg","/communities-all/fresno-american-indian-health-project-2/251215_redbud-22-2/",{"altText":152,"filePath":1974,"uri":1975,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/12/251215_Redbud-11-1-scaled.jpg","/communities-all/fresno-american-indian-health-project-2/251215_redbud-11-2/",{"__typename":1921,"content":1977},"\u003Cp>To read more about FAIHP and the community garden project \u003Ca href=\"https://substack.com/home/post/p-182031764\">click here.\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n",{"id":1979,"databaseId":1980,"slug":1981,"title":1982,"modified":1983,"menuOrder":17,"__typename":1909,"featuredImage":1984,"info":1987},"cG9zdDo2OTA3OTk=",690799,"westside-community-garden-five-points","Cinco Puntas","2026-03-19T17:43:39",{"node":1985},{"altText":152,"filePath":1986},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260223_Five-Points-Community-Garden-53.jpg",{"description":1988,"desktopX":1989,"desktopY":1990,"mobileX":1991,"mobileY":1990,"modules":1992},"\u003Cp>“Cinco Puntas” or “Five Points” an unincorporated\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C/span>community in the southwest of  Fresno County.\u003C/p>\n",44,58,38,[1993,1995],{"__typename":1921,"content":1994},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cinco Puntas/Five Points community, known on county maps as Westside, is an unincorporated farmworker neighborhood in southwest Fresno County. The area has long been dominated by a few large farming operations, and the community is now surrounded by abandoned farmland and new solar development.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home to 14 trailers and 15 small houses managed by the Westside Housing and Economic Network, this close-knit community sits miles from the nearest full grocery store, making access to fresh, affordable food a daily challenge. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly all residents identify as Hispanic or Latino and most speak Spanish at home. Most have worked in agriculture, and collectively they have deep knowledge of what it takes to grow food with the environment in mind.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With grant support, the Five Points community is creating a market and community garden that will help restore access to fresh, culturally meaningful food while providing skill training for diversified crop production.The garden will produce staple crops such as tomatoes, tomatillos, squash, corn, nopales, and chili peppers using non-toxic, regenerative growing practices. The residents will also plant fruit trees and shade trees that improve the soil, retain water, and provide habitat for native wildlife in an a region that is parched and over-farmed\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The garden will serve as a gathering space for learning, sharing, and intergenerational care, where children can plant seeds and harvest fresh produce and neighbors can cultivate health, resilience, and belonging together.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"__typename":1924,"images":1996,"caption":17},{"nodes":1997},[1998,2001,2004],{"altText":152,"filePath":1999,"uri":2000,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260223_Five-Points-Community-Garden-21.jpg","/communities-all/westside-community-garden-five-points/260223_five-points-community-garden-21/",{"altText":152,"filePath":2002,"uri":2003,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260223_Five-Points-Community-Garden-26.jpg","/communities-all/westside-community-garden-five-points/260223_five-points-community-garden-26/",{"altText":152,"filePath":2005,"uri":2006,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260223_Five-Points-Community-Garden-27.jpg","/communities-all/westside-community-garden-five-points/260223_five-points-community-garden-27/",{"id":2008,"databaseId":2009,"slug":2010,"title":2011,"modified":2012,"menuOrder":17,"__typename":1909,"featuredImage":2013,"info":2016},"cG9zdDo2OTA3OTc=",690797,"northern-band-of-mono-yokuts-2","Northern Band of Mono Yokuts","2026-02-19T19:49:34",{"node":2014},{"altText":152,"filePath":2015},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260212_Delaine-64.jpg",{"description":2017,"desktopX":2018,"desktopY":2019,"mobileX":1944,"mobileY":1915,"modules":2020},"\u003Cp>A federally non-recognized tribe without a federally recognized land basis striving to preserve traditional knowledge and wisdom.\u003C/p>\n",56,30,[2021,2023],{"__typename":1921,"content":2022},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elders of the Northern Band of Mono-Yokuts in the unincorporated community of Dunlap, Fresno County working to pass on their traditional lifeways to future generations.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tribal elder has a vision to build a roundhouse on the land where his family has lived for generations. With the Marigold Fund’s help, he has established a nonprofit organization and he’s now on the path to acquiring the materials for collective construction of the roundhouse, as well as related cultural programming and ceremony, such as building a sweat lodge, leading traditional gathering, and teaching the preparation of traditional foods such as acorns. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal is to create a place where Indigenous people from throughout the Central Valley — especially those undergoing recovery from substance use addiction — come together to learn, connect with one another, and reconnect with the land. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"__typename":1924,"images":2024,"caption":17},{"nodes":2025},[2026,2029],{"altText":152,"filePath":2027,"uri":2028,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260212_Delaine-86.jpg","/communities-all/northern-band-of-mono-yokuts-2/260212_delaine-86/",{"altText":152,"filePath":2030,"uri":2031,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260212_Delaine-34-scaled.jpg","/communities-all/northern-band-of-mono-yokuts-2/260212_delaine-34/",{"id":2033,"databaseId":2034,"slug":2035,"title":2036,"modified":2037,"menuOrder":17,"__typename":1909,"featuredImage":2038,"info":2041},"cG9zdDo2OTA3OTU=",690795,"comunidad-nuevo-lago","Comunidad Nuevo Lago","2026-03-19T17:20:33",{"node":2039},{"altText":152,"filePath":2040},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260308_NUEVOLAGO-24-scaled.jpg",{"description":2042,"desktopX":1989,"desktopY":2043,"mobileX":1989,"mobileY":2043,"modules":2044},"\u003Cp>Comunidad Nuevo Lago is a resident-owned cooperative located in Fresno, California. The community includes 60 homes, four rental units, and a six-acre ranch.\u003C/p>\n",48,[2045,2047],{"__typename":1921,"content":2046},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comunidad Nuevo Lago is a rare place. It’s a mobile home park in Fresno, California, where the members of 60 households — most of them long-term residents from the state of Oaxaca — came together to form a cooperative.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After years of neglect under previous ownership and skyrocketing rents, the predominantly low-income farmworker residents organized, purchased their park, and reclaimed it as a democratically governed cooperative, laying the foundation for self-determination and long-term community wellbeing.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With support from the Marigold Fund, the community is beginning the restoration of its six-acre piece of land that once held a horse ranch. Through collective volunteer efforts, residents have already cleared debris and reopened the space for community meetings. Grant support will help address remaining hazards, including unstable trees, uneven ground, and pest damage, while laying the groundwork for ecological and social renewal.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project will transform a portion of the Ranch into a safe, shaded gathering space for children, elders, and working families. Plans include adding native plants and trees and a small fruit orchard; restoring soil health; fencing high-risk areas, and creating a soccer field and basketball court.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, the residents have a strong shared vision for a space where they can rest, play, and renew their connection to the land.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"__typename":1924,"images":2048,"caption":17},{"nodes":2049},[2050,2053,2056],{"altText":152,"filePath":2051,"uri":2052,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/12/26002_NuevoLago-6.jpg","/communities-all/comunidad-nuevo-lago/26002_nuevolago-6/",{"altText":152,"filePath":2054,"uri":2055,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260308_NUEVOLAGO-6-scaled.jpg","/communities-all/comunidad-nuevo-lago/260308_nuevolago-6/",{"altText":152,"filePath":2057,"uri":2058,"caption":17},"/app/uploads/2025/12/260308_NUEVOLAGO-4-scaled.jpg","/communities-all/comunidad-nuevo-lago/260308_nuevolago-4/",1774886764986]