Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO HELP COMMUNITIES BE MORE RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DISRUPTION. OUR SIGNATURE PROJECT IS AGRARIA, A 128 ACRE CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE PRACTICE.
TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND RESOURCES FOR LOW-CARBON SOLUTIONS IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
DEVELOPMENT OF AGRARIA, A 128-ACRE FARM BOUGHT IN SPRING OF 2017, INTO OHIO'S FIRST AND ONLY CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE PRACTICE. AGRARIA ALLOWS US TO GROUND OUR FOCUS AREAS OF RESILIENT COMMUNITY AND REGENERATIVE LAND USE INTO ACTIONABLE PRACTICE. HIGHLIGHTS OF 2019 INCLUDE ORGANIC CERTIFICATION OF 45 ACRES RENTED TO LOCAL FARMERS, CLOSING OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS WITH TECUMSEH LAND TRUST AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AND RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS WITH REGIONAL SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES, INCLUDING CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY, AND 1890 LAND GRANT AND HCBU. WE ALSO DID SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS TO OUR HISTORIC BARN, ERECTED A HOOP HOUSE, AND DEVELOPED PLANS FOR ROTATIONAL GRAZING TO BUILD OUR SOIL.
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY TO SUPPORT RESILIENT COMMUNITIES: IN 2019, THIS EDUCATION INCLUDED CONFERENCES ON LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, REGENERATIVE PRACTICES TO BUILD SOIL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, A FIBERSHED DAY, AND SEVERAL HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS. WE ALSO HOSTED A SOILS FOR LIFE TEACHER TRAINING WITH 36 EDUCATORS FROM 9 REGIONAL DISTRICTS, AND 20 FIELD TRIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS-FUNDED PARTIALLY THROUGH A GRANT FROM AN OHIO EPA EDUCATIONAL AWARD. COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS ALSO OUTREACHES TO ITS MEMBERS WITH BI-WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS SHARING UP TO DATE INFORMATION ABOUT REGENERATIVE PRACTICES. CONFERENCES ON THE ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS AND REGENERATIVE LAND USE PRACTICES. COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS ALSO OUTREACHES TO ITS MEMBERS WITH BI-WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS SHARING UP TO DATE INFORMATION ABOUT REGENERATIVE PRACTICES. LOCALLY, WE SUPPORT REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM THROUGH CONVENING PRODUCERS, RUNNING EBT MACHINES AT YELLOW SPRINGS AND SPRINGFIELD FARMER'S MARKETS, AND SUPPORTING A FARM-TO-SCHOOL GRANT IN SPRINGFIELD, OH.
PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS, INCLUDING YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON REGENERATIVE PRACTICE, AND JIM MERKEL'S SAVING WALDEN'S WORLD. THIS DOCUMENTARY FILM DETAILS THREE SOCIETIES THAT HAVE HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND LOW ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS. THE FILM'S LOGLINE: "AS HUMANITY EMBARKS ON THE ANTHROPOCENE, SUSTAINABILITY PIONEER JIM MERKEL SETS OFF TO THREE EARTH-EFFICIENT SOCIETIES; CUBA, SLOVENIA AND KERALA, INDIA, IN SEARCH OF CLUES TO SAVE THE WORLD HIS SON WALDEN WILL INHERIT." SAVING WALDEN'S WORLD IS CURRENTLY BEING EDITED.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Susan Jennings | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 55 | $86,667 |
| Sarah Hippensteel | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Sherry Chen | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Macy Reynolds | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Rich Sidwell | TREASURER | 3 | $0 |
| Sheryl Cunningham | PRESIDENT | 4 | $0 |
| Isabel Brumley | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Glenn Gall | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Lee Wood | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Isaac Delamatre | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Kat Walter | FORMER PRESIDENT | 4 | $0 |
| Vicki Hennessey | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Laird Schaub | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Bob Brecha | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
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