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3 " I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture… " – George Washington Agriculture, as a human endeavor, has a unique and profound capacity to bring restoration to our communities, our economies, and our environment. In many ways, agriculture is the very bedrock of human civilization, and when well-managed and strategically employed, is replete with provisions for human health, social well-being, community development, environmental stewardship, and economic prosperity. The project detailed here was conceived in this spirit: that a multitude of benefits could be achieved by applying a restorative approach to an agricultural enterprise. To put it another way, the overarching vision for this project sought to answer a fundamental question: How might agricultural knowledge provide a restorative social, environmental, spiritual and economic benefit to this community? The understanding that there are social, environmental, spiritual, and economic issues in our community that need to be restored/revived/redeemed is presumed. A full discourse on those subjects is beyond the scope of this report, but it is important to acknowledge the existence and interconnectedness of these issues. Sadly, in many areas of the world, the term sustainable agriculture does not provide the appropriate description, or guiding vision for the agricultural methods necessary to produce healthy, high quality food. In these areas where agricultural land has been degraded or lost (both in the industrialized and unindustrialized world), the land and its productivity must be restored, not sustained. This was another aspiration of this project: to explore agriculture beyond sustainability-to consider curative, redemptive, restorative agriculture. After the first year of production, we witnessed restoration happening in many ways, both expected and unexpected. To be clear, this project continues to evolve and the greatest impacts are still coming to fruition. But in a relatively short period of time, very real and quantifiable results have been realized. What follows is a summary of the background, development, sustainment, and first-year results of Firstfruits Farm. The original proposal for this project was submitted and approved in March 2013, but the formulation of the vision and the preparation for the project began in late 2010. The original proposal and objectives were drafted as follows: Proposal-Create a volunteer-run community farm to: provide fresh, high quality, organic produce to economically disadvantaged families and individuals within San Luis Obispo; build relationships between volunteers and recipients; provide agricultural …

Restorative Agriculture: Reclamation of Marginal Agricultural Land for a Volunteer-Run Community Farm