The Farmastery at Spalding Valley Farm
The Lifeboat Academy is a cosmolocal, living experiment to create a replicable model of resilience and regenerative practices. The physical farm serves as both a demonstration site and a learning / retreat center where people can have a direct experience of balanced, healthy, interconnected living systems – including both the food producing systems and the human systems that are a part of it.
At the core of the retreat centre is a model regenerative farm that demonstrates a carbon-negative, self-sustaining, whole diet food system for our fair share of global resources. The farm is modeled on La Ferme du Bec Hellouin along with other tested techniques and has already been adapted and refined on three existing farms / locations.
At the same time, it’s an anchor and focal point around which we bring together a network of people who are (or would like to be) working on building their own local model of resilience – other lifeboat builders.
A Transformative Experience
The Farmastery creates opportunities for individuals and teams to immerse themselves in the life of the farm, enjoying a direct transformative experience of systems thinking and regenerative living. The farm provides the example of interconnected living systems while the daily routines and interactions provide examples of deeply collaborative and nurturing interpersonal environments.