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Join Joe and Holly for a conversation about the organizational audit and optimization process that we went through with our nonprofit consultants, Prospera Partners. We reviewed all of our foundational paperwork before delving into a values conversation, drafting a memorandum of understanding and then designing how we would like our board process and community engagementContinue reading “The Prospera Partners Process for Crooked Forest”

Thank you to Escher Bowers of Freeman Films for putting together this video on the construction of our Thrival Cabin Prototype! This short film is 11 minutes long and features the audio of when Joe Kennedy and Holly Noonan were interviewed on KURU 89.1 FM community radio. While we are SO proud to show youContinue reading “New Video– Prototype Cabin”

Our Executive Director, Holly Noonan, just got selected to the Lincoln Institute For Land Policy’s Lincoln Vibrant Communities 2025 Fellowship Cohort 🎉 In this Fellowship, she will learn to: >>>Address critical and complex challenges facing counties and cities, such as housing, climate readiness, land use and water management, transportation, municipal finance, and social equity    >>>LearnContinue reading “2025 Lincoln Institute Fellowship Cohort”

Greetings Mimbres Valley! The Board of Directors at Crooked Forest Institute would like to invite you to come for a walk with us on the 52 acres that the nonprofit purchased in October of 2024. Join us for a walk around the property on Saturday, March 22nd at 10am. It is located on the westContinue reading “February Mimbres Messenger Column”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6qzne-17eca8b Tune in for this 27 minute segment on the January 24th “Local Flavor” show, when Joe and Holly talk about the origin story of Crooked Forest Institute, and what they see coming for 2025.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-t2bpe-17ebdbd Join us for this deep-dive interview with Coakee William Wildcat, an Ecorestoration and Syntropic Agroforestry educator who originally hails from the Oklahoma Seminole Nation. He celebrates having two lenses to navigate the modern world; He integrates the western science studies of soil biology, botany, ecology, Miyawaki reforestation and ecology/climate physics–including the Biotic Pump Theory–Continue reading “Ecorestoration and Indigenous Agroecology Traditions”

The potluck, DJ and silent auction starts at 5pm. Bidding stops at 7:30. Join us at 1915 N Swan Street, in Silver City. Check out these amazing donations!! Thank you SO much for donating to the Benefit for Jade’s Thrival Cabin, but also to our whole cause. We are on a mission to create healthyContinue reading “All set! Hope to see you at the Silent Auction Dance Party tonight!”

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