FarmTeach
Raising the resilience threshold of climate-impacted youth
FarmTeach raises the resilience threshold of young people impacted by natural disasters through regenerative farm fellowships. Students participate in credit-earning programs that address trauma, strengthen academic pathways, teach students to grow their own food, and build resilience when schools and communities need it most: in the wake of disaster.
Building Leadership Skills
Students build resume, workforce & leadership skills by collaborating to solve community-identified problems related to food and climate justice.
Supporting Academic Success
Participants unlock opportunities with credit recovery, CTE, and by earning high school and college credit.
Inspiring Resilience
FarmStead fellows turn “toxic stress into tolerable stress” through trauma- informed curriculum.
California High School Students Impacted by Wildfires
How Natural Disasters Impact Young People
Learning Loss
results from inability
to concentrate,
school closures, and
displacement.
Trauma/PTSD
affect academic progress, leading to lower graduation rates or graduating without a clear path to college or career.
Increased Inequity
for students in low-income communities because they are less well protected.
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“I felt like the values expressed in the
fellowship aligned with my own. It was (also) a source of income and experience for future employment.”