Better Than It Was! farm farmer wellness garden gateway farm literacies and practices resilience self-care tools & tricks Oct 23, 2025

There’s a phrase that’s been floating around Garden Juju Collective for a long time. You’ll hear it on job sites, in garden beds, and at the end of a long day at Gateway Farm:

“Better than it was!”

It’s printed on our shirts—partly as a joke, partly as a philosophy. It's not about chasing perfecti...

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Keynote: Designing Healthy Future Farms adapt adapt design deck community community engagement design ecological systems ecopsychology events farm farmer wellness gateway farm keynote literacies and practices permaculture re-wilding regenerative agriculture self-care sustainability workshops Aug 28, 2025

Last week we were honored to deliver the keynote "Designing Healthy Future Farms" at the Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference in Glen Arbor, MI, USA, run by Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology.

Now in its 26th year, this gathering brings together farmers, growers, and land stewards to build skil...

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Keynote: Regeneration Through Permaculture, Re-wilding & Community Engagement community engagement ecological systems ecopsychology events farm farmer wellness gateway farm keynote literacies and practices permaculture polyculture re-wilding regenerative agriculture sustainability Aug 06, 2025

Earlier this year, we were honored to deliver the keynote at the 77th Annual Celebration of the Washtenaw County Conservation District—an evening rooted in community, conservation, and care. We’re now excited to share the full recording along with reflections and resources from the event.

This talk...

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