Urban Farming
Regenerative Animal Agriculture
The presence of animals, permaculture gardens, composting, and other regenerative systems support one another. This allows for innovation. Our goal is to build a replicable program for urban farmers to incorporate livestock into their own sustainable practices and scale up into wider systems change. Our template will also be a training ground for workforce development, and will contribute to products distributed among the local community.
Intertwining livestock, permaculture, and composting for sustainable urban practices and environmental restoration.
Livestock make up a large portion of humanity's carbon footprint! Without intentional integration, livestock can have negative environmental consequences.
Waste surplus can end up in runoff, polluting ecosystems and our drinking water. We waste countless energy growing and transporting food offsite. When pesticides are used to grow that food, further removing nature from the process, even more damage is done.
By allowing animals to exist in a way that more closely mimics nature, they can be part of regeneration instead of a system of degradation.
We can create closed loops to feed livestock locally, use their waste as the rich fertilizer it is, and ensure we recognize every benefit the animals in our care have to share.
The REAP Climate Center can be a demonstration and a training ground. We can support ourselves and our environment simultaneously, it just takes some learning and some unlearning!
Our Approach
Our approach focuses on soil health and biodiversity by using practices that mimic natural ecosystems.
We emphasize reducing reliance on exogenous inputs as well as storing and enhancing ecosystem services.
This means looking to nature for methods of carbon sequestration, water infiltration, nutrient cycling and availability, biodiversity, and wildlife habitat.
Current Animal Initiatives
Sheep
Chickens
Bees
Where we are now
We provide a space for the community to engage with our animals. Our volunteers assist in sheep and chicken upkeep as well as learning from our partnership, Bay Beehives, about the power of bees in the environment. We are excited to expand our engagement and partnerships within the community. To learn more about how to contribute, check out our Get Involved tab and our Partners page.
