“If our  development strategies aren’t sustainable, they will be terminal.”
- Michael J. Kinsley

SOIL Academy  is a collaboration of interrelated community members who are all dedicated to one common theme:  the beautiful place in which we live.  Please become one!

Whether you are a teacher, student, or community member who would like to partake in the mission and vision of SOIL Academy, we ask that you agree to the following collaboration statement by clicking below and contributing an item of value to complete your collaboration membership.  Teachers are asked to agree to cirriculum as well.

Statement of Collaboration
As a collaborating member of Farm School Academy, I/we hereby agree to practice, uphold, demonstrate and continue to develop the following principals on an individual and a community level:

• independence:  practicing responsible independence to attain effective interdependence; taking personal & collective responsibility.
• excellence:  providing highest quality sustainable education, organic food production, facility management, community vision-based development
• integrity:  practicing respect for all living things, animate and inanimate; upholding independent and interdependent conscious agreements.
• justice:  contributing to the practice of "what is good for the one, is good for the whole."
• fairness:  do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
• stewardship:  responsibly stewarding the North Fork Valley, it's air, water, soil, vegetation and eco systems as they interact with human development; actively participating in sustainable local and regional potential and growth.
• mentorship:  practicing patience, nurturance and encouragement in, but not limited to, the SOIL Academy Mentorship Program.

As a teaching collaborator, I agree to uphold SOIL Academy cirriculum as well.  (SOIL Academy is North American Biodynamic Apprentice Checklist Cirriculum based, please click here to review)

Items of Value ("IV")
As organic SOIL needs IV, such as nutrients, air, water and compost, so does SOIL Academy.  Below is a list of IV items which would feed SOIL Academy that collaborators can choose to contribute, or collaborators may offer something not on the list.  The goal with an offering is to create a fair interdependent trade which comes from a place of independent value.

Yearly Membership    $35

Scholarship(s)    $150

Scholarship(s)  $300

Scholarship  $450

Venue fee for one or more classes
Poster distribution
Grant Recipient for SOIL Academy
Grant Writer for SOIL Academy
Passenger Van
Organic Food for classes/staff
Staff Housing
Office Materials/Equipment
Marketing Services
Writing Articles
Search Engine Optimization
Cirriculum development in Health/Wellness and Culinary Skills

Become a SOIL Academy Collaborator by filling out the information below and typing into the message your Item of Value.  Please let us know if we may use your name publicly on collaborator lists and press submit. 

Or give us a call at 970-319-9434.

Contact Information Please fill in name and email or phone number so we may confirm your collaboration.  Emails will be put on SOIL Academy contact list unless otherwise specified.  Thank You! First Name: Last Name: Organization: Phone: Email: Comments: