WILD PATH COLLECTIVE INCORPORATED

REGENERATIVE LANDKEEPING & AGRICULTURE - OUR ORGANIZATION ACQUIRES, REJUVENATES, MAINTAINS, AND CONSERVES LANDS DONATED, GIFTED, OR PURCHASED BY US. WE STEWARD WILD, RURAL, AND URBAN LANDS UNDER CONVSERVATION EASEMENTS THAT SUPPORT ECOLOGY AND CULTURE.WPC CONTINUED TO ENGAGE IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY WORK AT LILY SPRINGS FARM, AND MAINTAINED THE TRAILS, CAMPGROUNDS, AND PERMACULTURE ORCHARDS ON THE LAND. WE ENGAGED HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED BIPOC, LGBTQ+, AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES IN THIS WORK. WE PRIORITIZED CARE OF HIGHLY VALUABLE AND NUTRITION ELDERBERRY AND ARONIA BERRY CROPS, AND INTRODUCED SMALL SCALE FOOD CROP GROWING AREAS (PRIORITIZING TOMATOES, BEANS, SQUASH, AND CORN) TO THE PERMACULTURE INSTALLATIONS. OUR LAND STEWARDS HOSTED 4 WEEKENDS OF PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON BIPOC, LGBTQ+, AND LOW-INCOME WHITE PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT MEDICINAL PLANTS GROWING ON OUR LAND. APPROXIMATELY 150 PEOPLE ATTENDED, 35-40 PER WEEKEND TO GAIN VALUABLE SKILLS IN IDENTIFYING AND MAKING TINCTURES AND SALVES FROM NATIVE PLANTS. WE ALSO HOSTED A GROUP OF 6 YOUNG INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM THE OGALA LAKOTA NATION OUT ON THE LAND DURING THE SUMMER. THEY PARTICIPATED IN OUR LAND STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES AND LEARNED DIRECTLY FROM WPC EMPLOYEES.

ENVIRONMENTAL, FOLK, & ECOLOGICAL JUSTICE EDUCATION - WILD PATH COLLECTIVE INC INTENDS TO PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS THAT FOSTERS A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS AND FOSTERS SKILLS IN REGENERATIVE LANDKEEPING.OVER 2023, WILD PATH COLLECTIVE PRIORITIZED ITS SOCIAL PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE EDUCATION TO HISTORICALLY VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. WE DESIGNED AND PILOTED A LAND STEWARDS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM THAT ENGAGE 6 BIPOC YOUTH AND ADULTS IN PAID PART-TIME WORK AS APPRENTICES TO OUR LAND STEWARDS CREW. THE LAND STEWARDSHIP FELLOWS SUPPORTED 50 VOLUNTEERS FROM URBAN COMMUNITIES IN VISITING, LEARNING ABOUT, AND CARING FOR THE LAND.