Year in Review & a Look at 2020
Environmental workshops, exhibitions, community gardens, green streets, and our first eco arts festival. What will 2020 bring?
Timeline
New Series: Larry Korn and the Life, Mind, and Farm of Masanobu Fukuoka
A three part, short interview series, exploring the philosophy of natural farming, and how to apply it to life.
A Natural Farming Event with Lexus?
We had a surprising request from a car company who wants to support young regenerative farmers…
Festivals & Events – Summer 2019
From film festivals, to global academic conferences, we’ve been taking natural farming philosophy to …
2018 Year in Review
People form seventeen countries came through the doors of our new art and ecology center this year, and that’s not all…
A Nature Mandala in a Shopping Mall
Our experiment in engaging holiday shoppers with nature offered lessons: nothing is permanent, slow down, and there’s no need to buy…
Spring 2018 Updates from Final Straw
From building a “pocket farm” and an eco art lab in Japan, to film screenings in Turkey, and books in Korea, there’s much to report …
Final Straw to Open Eco Art Space & Farm in Japan
Our new home base for ecological art and media, The Branch will come alive with workshops, events, and a series of local and international artists, farmers, and…
Small Works of Art in the Forest
Making art in a South Korean forest! No need to buy art supplies here, the forest gives us all the colors we need…
Parts of a Whole: Building a Nature Mandala
It’s difficult to see in practice, how our individual voice makes up one part of a beautiful whole. The nature mandala workshop helps us experience this…