My Nonprofit Reviews

I met Chris and Marilyn in September 2013 as a student in the A-Z of Organic Agriculture course in Ramgarrh, India. I was immediately struck by their approachability and genuine love for inclusive, knowledge sharing spaces, which always shone through during our lectures. As teachers, Chris and Marilyn have a unique pedagogical style that allows classrooms to become sites of collaboration, where through an understanding of the biological processes at work in nature, a sense of wonder expands exponentially. I have many memories of engaging lectures where Chris and Marilyn made the most of the resources available to them. When we had power outages during lectures they came up with trivia games, when we worked in the soil lab they used open source computer programs and microscopes to allow students to see the microscopic forms of life present in soil collected around the farm, and the list goes on.

I have been in contact with Chris and Marilyn since returning home and continue to feel supported by them and the work that they are doing in other parts of the world. Their dedication to Earth Democracy is evident in their unwavering commitment to their work and the support they offer freely to others.

It has been exciting to see the organization grow and change, especially the development of open source seed library software which I plan to use in a seed saving project that I am part of. I would jump at the chance to work with Chris and Marilyn again, they have so much wisdom to share and so many creative ways to share it!

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