Forage’s mission is to be a center for educating and inspiring people to value healthy food, land, and community and to create a place where people can transform their environment and themselves by exploring the natural world and engaging in the meaningful work of farming and food systems.

As children we loved to traipse through the woods to find flowers, insects, and other natural things. These adventures kept us connected more closely to our world; teaching us to revel in the bounty and beauty of nature. Our childhood search for wild blooms and berries, also taught us other important lessons; to seek opportunity in unlikely places, to respect the history and diversity found in our flora and fauna, and that life can be restored to a place when it is nurtured.