Sweetgrass Garden Co-op stands as a local exemplar of climate-friendly food production. Everything they do is maximized to be climate friendly. They build up and maintain the soil using cover crops, sheet mulching, raised beds, and Hugelkultur bins, increasing healthy, regenerative soil and carbon drawdown potential. Sweetgrass composts heartily for carbon and nutrient inputs and uses EnSoil Algae™, courtesy of Enlightened Soil Corp, to stimulate microbial activity in the soil. 

Jennifer Wicker, the host of EnSoil™ University Educational videos, and a farm manager at Sweetgrass Garden, works with volunteers at the farm, teaching the principles of regenerative farming. She sees education as the most impactful benefit of the Sweetgrass -- volunteers are welcome every weekend to come and experience sustainable farming practices firsthand. Food production may account for 26% of GHG emissions, but our sustainable farms show us we can grow food without harming the planet.