Grants
We are excited to announce that two $350 grants are available to promote your veganic project!
Do you have a veganic growing project in mind, whether in an urban or rural environment? Do you want to transition your operation to veganic? Major infrastructure project in the works on your current farm? Are you considering a nature recovery or reforestation project? Do you have a sensitive, threatened or endangered floral, faunal or aquatic creature you want to protect? WE CAN HELP!
International projects will be considered, however, priority will be given to those from North America.
To apply for a grant, please include:
- Name of the project, name of the person(s) leading the project, full address, email and telephone number
- A two- or three-paragraph description of your project
- Detailed projected expenses
Submit your proposal to info@certifiedveganic.org no later than November 31, 2023. Grant recipients will be notified by January 31, 2024.
**The grant period for 2024 is now closed. Registration will open again in mid-summer.
Opportunities
Hygieia Homestead – Learn Veganic on the Ground in Sterling, Michigan
It was named after the Greek goddess Hygieia, who believed that people would not need doctors if they followed the laws of nature. We would love to teach new land managers, pass on the knowledge and ownership, and then stick around to support them until we pass away.
In 2006, Janet Allen (writer/retired nurse) and Mark Gillen (farmer/truck mechanic) purchased 55 acres of chemically farmed land in Arenac County, central Michigan, USA, and began the transition to organic agriculture. It was certified organic in 2012. Around 2016 we learned about veganic farming and incorporated veganic practices, which improved our organic matter, cation exchange, and calcium saturation.
We drilled a well inside the house space and built an earth-sheltered house, with a garlic drying space on the second floor and an attached 30×30 basement. Both the electric and manual pumps were installed along with passive solar features, a wood stove, a composting toilet and a greywater wetland. It is almost self-sufficient.
A variety of perennial and annual fruits (apples, cherries, peaches, pears, plums, currants, raspberries), vegetables (kale, romaine lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, potatoes, garlic, onions), beans, nuts and grain. and produced from mulched and veganically managed beds. The farm has rewarded us with most of our own food. We sell garlic seeds to seed companies and a variety of vegetables locally and in cities upstate. Additionally, we grow and process our own hay on over 30 acres for mulching.
Classes on whole foods vegan diets, food preparation and preservation, composting, foraging, etc. They have been taught here over the years with good attendance until the epidemic. The dream was to expand the classes to offer longer term training and residential classes/consulting, but we are now in our 60s and 70s.
We eat a whole foods vegan diet (no meat, eggs or dairy) (very small amounts of sugar, oil, white flour and alcohol). We are politically liberal and nature is our religion. Farm rules are no mind-altering drugs and pets must live outside and free.
Are you someone who is interested in this amazing opportunity to learn and potentially own your own farm? Contact NAVCS at info@certifiedveganic.org.