VISFI is proud to offer experience and skills to the betterment of humanity through work in nature and human regeneration. What began as the simple farm work of sowing, cultivating, and harvesting has evolved into the greater work of sewing the seeds of change, cultivating responsible humans, and harvesting the bounty of humanities’ collaboration with nature. Our Earth has supplied us with all the answers to our current global crisis. We must now commit to the hard work of taking care of all of our relations.
Our experiences in project design and management have filled our toolbox with a diverse set of skills that enable us to add value to the triple bottom line of most enterprises.
Services Offered
- Organic Farming Consultation
- Project Design and Consultation
- Property and Resource Assessment
- Project Implementation
- Green Business Consulting
- Sustainable Building/Green Construction
- Mentorship Training
- Ethical and Responsible Machine Operation
- Specialty Advising to Gaia University Students
- Mission and Vision Facilitation
Ridge to Reef Consulting
This unique 2-month residential training program is for individuals who want to create positive change in his or her home community. Develop a practical skill set for creating productive agricultural and community systems while protecting the health of downstream ecosystems. Each resident in this small class will learn tested, profitable whole systems organic farming strategies that benefit connected communities of people, plants, animals, and water life. Through hands-on farm projects and interpretive tours around the island, resident farmers will study agricultural methods of varying levels of sustainability, from watershed ridges to the famous Caribbean reefs. This program will be a‚ first-step‚ requirement for qualified 2010 apprentice positions.
Program Components:
- Participate in urban community garden creation in Frederiksted
- Training in sustainable systems (alternative energy, composting, construction, waste management, and more)
- Annual and Perennial Crop Production
- Book/Movie Study Club
- Whole Systems Agriculture Perspectives
- Integrated Pest Management
- Permaculture Design
- Silviculture Management
- Nature Awareness Techniques
- Agricultural Economics
- Community Farmers Market Participation
- Caribbean Ag-Fair Role
Beneficial Consulting
Beneficial Farming is the VISFI brand of an integrated agricultural skill package that fuses elements of organic agriculture, agroecology, Permaculture, silvipasture, business, and natural resource conservation. It’s beneficial because it strives to heighten biodiversity in ways that strengthen community health, increase the stock of natural capital, and produce economically viable goods and services. It also just happens to make food taste better. Beneficial farming does not settle for a zero balance. It does more than just make it. It makes it better.
