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We were recently nominated as a Green Champion by Green Living Magazine here in Arizona.

We just received an email from WWOOF and they are running a grant opportunity for all you WWOOFers and volunteers. Project Requirements Project requirements include producing a minimum of 20 high quality photos, 3 or more short videos (3 min … Continue reading →

We are pleased to say that with the help of one of our many interns, Chris, we have been awarded two grants this year.  The first was through Flagstaff Foodlink and their Grower Grant for $500.  With this money, another … Continue reading →

I received some great news the other day.  One of our Airbnb guests arriving in March works for an organization called Move for Hunger.  They connect people who are moving, who usually throw away a lot of food, with local … Continue reading →

What a crazy year 2016 has been for the world!  Well, now that things are finally slowing down, I think it’s a great time to fill everyone in on our 2016 accomplishments.  We’ve had another great year, working with students … Continue reading →

We just signed up on Amazon Smile at the following link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/46-0729780 If you choose to shop, and you shop online, do so with Amazon Smile.  Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase to the Flagstaff EcoRanch.

Hi Everyone. As 2016 winds down, I hope you have all considered offsetting your carbon and water use for the year.  We use Terra Pass and just offset 27,000 lbs of carbon for transportation and home electricity use and 37,500 … Continue reading →

August already!  The garden is looking great, the bees are settled in, and we’ve been working away out here at the EcoRanch.  Our interns, WWOOFers, and volunteers have been tirelessly weeding, taking care of pests, and harvesting.  We’ve been battling … Continue reading →

Yesterday I gave a presentation to Dr. Pollak’s Sustainable Botany course at NAU about WWOOFing and the influences it had on the development of the EcoRanch.  The students asked a lot of great questions, then we spent a few hours in … Continue reading →

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