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2024-05-07 ECHO North America Regional Impact Center’ssheeprecently received their yearlyshearing! Each spring, weshearoursheepto prepare them for the summer heat. A local professional shearer graciously volunteers his time, and our interns get a chance to try it out as well. Lately, we have been using the...
- 2025-01-20 Those interested in preparing for short to long-term involvement in international agriculture development are encouraged to participate in this five-day course. Topics and discussions will focus on improved food security and agricultural livelihoods for small-scale farmers in developing...
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Native Seeds/SEARCH (NS/S) is a nonprofit seed conservation organization based in Tucson, Arizona. Our mission is to conserve and promote the arid-adapted crop diversity of the Southwest in support of sustainable farming and food security.Native Seeds/SEARCH seeks to find, protect and preserve...
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We take nature as the best model for our ecosystem design. Informed by technology, science, traditional agricultural practices from around the globe, principles of permaculture and regenerative grazing as promoted byAllan Savoryandthe Savory Institutewe attempt to create a wholistic, financially...
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2024-03-19 Several weeks ago, we held our annual sugarcane harvest at the North America Regional Impact Center. Many staff and volunteers contributed to make for a successful 2024 harvest. Each year, this process provides interns, staff, and volunteers with the opportunity to learn how to turn raw sugarcane...
- The mission and purpose of ECHO North AmericaRegional Impact Center (North America RIC) is to equip small-scale farmers, missionaries, and development workers worldwide to combat hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. Here at ECHO North America, individuals are trained with practical and...
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2024-03-05 Please join us at ECHO North America during one or both of our upcoming TAD Events. Use the links to find out more information and/or sign up for the events.
- 2025-04-07 This is a five day, hands-on course that will focus on food forests and garden design. By taking this course you will learn how to design and start a food forest in your own backyard. Participants will walk through the design process with professionaldesigners, starting from setting goals,...
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2024-09-10 Join us in February for a collaborative training event with Faith and Farming and ECHO! By the end of the event participants will have... A basicunderstanding of the connections between Faith and Farming, Understand the implications of working the land in a sustainable way, Seen firsthand a...
- This collection contains resources that explain the details and methods behind the demonstrations contained on the ECHO North America Regional Impact Center Demonstration farm. If tour docents want to learn more about specific demonstrations, they should start with the materials in this...