You will experience the inspiring food network of Lopez Island.
The program aims to empower students by connecting them to the people, places, and practices involved in growing food sustainably on Lopez. We will connect to the rich island life through our eating, living, learning, and working within this island-contained local food system.
The program focuses on reconnecting the roots of a food system to a specific locality, creating and navigating community, and supporting multifaceted well-being in a local food system. You will spend time learning from local farmers and food makers at the center of the food system and learn to trace the webs of relationship and food security as they interconnect. You will be supported to think creatively and critically about what it takes to be in reciprocity with these systems and how to seek out and work with local food systems wherever they are. There will be education and exploration of food and climate systems through air, land, and sea.
The program will include local land based foods learning, story telling, local farm tours and workshops, yoga classes, a Labyrinth walk, herbal medicine classes, community building, practical food harvesting, preparation and preservation skill sharing, education on climate health, and tangible actions for students implement that can support a healthy climate and a resilient food system. There will be a component of service work to give back to the community at the end of the program in the spirit of good reciprocity.