Growing up with this system Kiva hopes to teach you what he has learned over the years and bring together communities in nature and amongst nature. Children learn of their connectedness to nature when they see this agriculture in operation.

Using native plants as a permanent cover crop allows for greater diversity and promotes pollinator habitat. His family has been using this system for 30 years in the vineyard and are striving to bring it into vegetable, meat, and orchard landscapes. Kiva Dobson brings together harmony, beauty, and resilience through Ecodynamic Agriculture practices. Learn about the long-term permaculture plans for the farm and how you can be included in them! Come smell the flowers, harvest the bounty, and experience the world in a unique setting. Native pollinators abound on this certified organic farm and fungi coexist in gardens with the no-till, hugelkultur methods. Creating habitat for all and using regenerative practices to enhance soil and microbial health. Jennifer is dedicated to honoring and protecting these sacred lands she tends with her family and the people that come to Wapato Island Farm for healing, learning, medicine and wisdom.Įco-Dynamic Agriculture: Tour the farm where our gathering is held and learn about the processes involved in an Eco-dynamic setting. Currently, the farm is focused on working with migrant field workers and black + indigenous farmers to reimagine and build new food systems that foster food sovereignty within these communities. Jennifer’s vision is to continue supporting BIPOC communities within the framework of healing justice, identifying holistic responses to generational trauma and violence. She has been learning herbalism for most of her life, which has deepened and grown into a practice of curandera, ancestral healing, and folk tradition practices with food, medicine, and deep soul work. Learning from her great abuelita, Grandma Mary, a Mexican yerbatera and family matriarch, Jennifer began her journey with plant wisdom, healing, and food as nourishment at a young age. Jennifer Rose Marie Serna is a Latina folk herbalist, mother, regenerative farmer, land activist, skill educator, and owner of Wapato Island Farm.

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