Vision - The global perspective:

A world where cultural and biological diversity are sustained and enhanced, communication between individuals and nations is non-violent, pollution is minimal and waste is transformed; where the needs of people are met without compromising future generations or the integrity of ecosystems.

 

Mission:

Our mission is to develop, demonstrate, and teach sustainable agricultural practices that improve quality of life, local production, and environmental stewardship.

 

 

Premises:

• The increasing costs of oil and natural gas will make it prohibitive to continue with the current, global scale of agriculture
• Regional, intensive agriculture will become more and more critical for our food source and will depend on a larger number of trained, knowledgeable and skilled farm managers
• We need to be proactive in the training of these farm managers

Goals:

• To train 20 to 25 apprentices each year on how to manage and operate a sustainable, integrated farm.
• To maintain opportunities for school groups and other groups to experience a sustainable, integrated farm.
• To maintain learning opportunities for the general public to gain experiential and classroom teachings in specific areas of sustainable, integrated farming methodologies.

Ultimately support sustainability as defined by La Boca: the ability of people to meet their needs without compromising the needs of future generations or planetary ecosystems; leading to sustained or enhanced bio-diversity and minimal and transformed pollution and waste.