Resource List
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17 Organizations Promoting Regenerative Agriculture Around the Globe FoodTank
Happily Natural created a list of resources on how to grow your own foods
The Facts on Black Elderberry and COVID-19-Gaia Herbs
How local farmers bring support to food deserts as COVID-19 rages on
How To
Do you have lemongrass, garlic, or mushrooms? What about celery or ginger? Don’t throw out the scraps! Learn how to upcycle them (and more) with this infograph
Make Purple Dead Nettle Salve-Nerdy Farm Wife
Watch-9 Survival Gardening Crops to Grow in a Post Apocalyptic World
You can learn more about Permaculture from NC State with these free online lectures by Professor Will Hooker
Planting and Foraging
The National Garden Association created this amazing calendar tool that tells you when to plant your vegetables
20 Edible and Medicinal Plants and Fungi to Forage in the Spring
The Virginia Conservation Assistance Program (VCAP)-A cost-share program for residential or other developed land uses, providing financial, technical, and educational assistance to property owners who install eligible Best Management Practices (BMPs) in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
Black Excellence
Listen to: Buddy- Black
The Black Female Farmers Network is available for women that want to come rock with a community and learn to live naturally off the land!
Read Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman
Learn about the history of oppression of Black farmers and how it still continues today
How did African American Farmers Lose 90 percent of Their Land? Modern Farmer
DJ CAVEM Organic Seed Collection
Community Centered Solutions
Unbroken Ground breaks down just how impactful food can be in the efforts to solve the environmental crisis
Take a virtual tour of this 1-Acre Small Scale Permaculture Property
Gardening 101 brought to you by Salmon Center’s Farm at Water’s Edge
The Future of Soil: Ensuring Resilient Food and Agricultural Systems
Buy your beef directly from the source- Blue Cedar Beef
Tools and Supplies
You can’t have a garden without some garden signs! Check out these wooden markers/stakes from FireEarthDesign
Washing station- 20 gallon parts washer with pump. See a modified version of it here
My go-to shoes for spring/summer gardening
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