Economy
Make a Life & a Living

The time has come to finance the conversion of conventional farmland to higher value organic farmland. The result will be increased food security, more abundant local food in the water rich northeast and young people with land tenure re-sequestering carbon to create nutrient dense soil that mitigates climate change.

Ecology/Environment
Honor the earth, work with Nature

Every initiative of Integrative Permaculture  focuses on reestablishing a healthy relationship between the natural and human worlds, with a clear awareness that our future as a species depends on it. Our emerging adults seek a life and a living where they can contribute to regenerating a vibrant planet for generations to come.
"Farmland is a reassuringly tangible commodity that offers
​the opportunity for solid if not excellent returns.
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Historically, it holds its value very well against inflation and its returns are uncorrelated with other asset classes - meaning that its profits are relatively well-insulated against shocks from other parts of the economy."
(See: Down on the Farm Wall Street: American's New Farmer, p. 4, Oakland Institute, 2014)

Education
Find your passion

Enterprise
Work Cooperatively
Our experiential approach incorporates current knowledge with ancient wisdom in a down-to-earth way that: empowers you to follow your calling; fosters the wisdom to do so in a way that makes a difference; and imparts the know-how to earn a living.
Participants find a deeper sense of purpose, develop tangible skills, create lifelong friendships, and become solutionaries who create a better world as they design a life that matters.

Our Prototype Initiatives

Land Aquisitions

Join us and develop practical skills; earn a certificate or; work toward a stake in a cooperatively organized farm, a food business, or other sustainable enterprise; enjoy a vibrant inter-generational community of passionate individuals determined ​​to leave a healthy planet for future generations
Care for "Our Common Home"
A Comprehensive Solution
Integrative Permaculture offers
  1. Regenerative investment opportunities and sustainable contributions that serve future generations of all species and the earth and that earn a return to financial, social, cultural, spiritual and natural capital;
  2. practical educational experience based on an integrative approach to the Permaculture Ethics & Principles (including hands on training, apprenticeships, workshops, and certificates) for emerging adults and others seeking a meaningful way to use their talents at this time of challange and opportunity;
  3. a renewed sense of purpose for wise and accomplished men and women who find an encore career, participate in an inter-generational community, and learn to facilitate the legacy mentoring process in ways that foster a vital future for our children and their children for many generations
  4. employment in cooperative business enterprises in all aspects of the food system, health and hospitality; and,
  5. an ecological awareness that simultaneously honors each person's unique gifts, our profound interconnectedness, and our reliance on each other and the earth.