What people are saying about our courses
“Clear, accessible and paradigm shifting. Didi is the only person I know of worldwide making this foundational science information available to the general public in a palatable format. The understanding she provides is at the core of climate change and the future of farming. We all need to learn from these seminars, to make our regional environments more resilient, and for professional development. I strongly recommend you take up this opportunity."
– Phyllis Tichinin, NZ Dairy farmer, Soils consultant, Eco-nutritionist
“This will be an incredible course. Didi Pershouse is one of the best educators around.”
-- Nicole Masters, Integrity Soils
“If you want to learn how to make your farm more resilient to droughts and floods, then here is your chance! Didi is fantastic at explaining how to fix our broken water cycle.”
-- Gail Fuller, Farmer/Rancher, Co-Founder of Great Plains Regeneration
"This workshop would be a fantastic preparatory class for policy makers and global influencers. It should be required for anyone voting on soil or agricultural issues."
-- Participant
"Brilliant. I was absolutely blown away by some of the facts I learned about cloud formation and water cycles. I found it exciting and even though I am too shy to participate live (and watched the recordings) I truly felt part of the group movement and really loved some of the stories shared."
– Melita Coggins
"This was 12.5 hours of rich content: it was granular in content, while covering the gestalt of what healthy landscapes of various types look like and require to thrive. It is experiential, uses a variety of teaching methods, and is illuminating. Participants are from around the world. Each brings relevant experience to the workshop, some shared in the whole group, some in breakout rooms. Didi is a paramount expert, mentor and facilitator of equal participation and teaching by those attending. She exudes patience, calmness, humor, and fierceness."
– Phil Bush, Board Member Sustainable Lebanon (NH, USA)
"Dynamic, challenging and soulful. An opportunity to study with an outstanding teacher to really understand how we are all connected and how we can actively be engaged with climate change."
-- Jeannie Simmons (UK)
"Didi is a remarkable educator and has been inspiring students from around the world about soil health and watershed function."
-- Judith Schwartz, Author of Cows Save the Planet, Water in Plain Sight, and The Reindeer Chronicles
"I thought that the workshop that Didi facilitated this weekend with Walter Jehne was stellar. I count it as one of the best educational experiences of my life. The intimacy and community-building of the three days at Lake Morey Inn was a significant part of the experience."
-- Dave Chapman, Longwind Farm, Vermont, and Founder of The Real Organic Project
"I found like-minded people who want to regenerate soil, and I liked hearing their experience and ideas about modern-day problems in agriculture. I want this workshop to continue!"
— Recent Participant, India
"An amazing group of people from all backgrounds gathering to share, learn and discuss soil issues."
-- Bailey Scott, Farmer, Minnesota USA
"Didi is a great facilitator. I loved the practical aspects, as well as the conversations and the storytelling. Also, finding community. I felt more confident in sharing–with the use of drawings–what it is that I am studying; making the knowledge more accessible. [The course] gets to the base of what life is, giving an understanding of why our planet needs support from individuals like us, in a way that matches with our integrity. I really appreciate this course being offered as part of the SFW school: hearing farmers who are participating in this change is life changing."
--Aude Mulliez, Activist
"As a child farming my carrots, I would never have doubted being one with the universe. There is a sense of travel back to that oneness in this course, entangled with my own journey of healing trauma that has a lot to do with culture–and culture has a lot to do with how we farm and treat each other in general, including the more-than-human world. Thank you so much for this space and the teaching. Both the holistic content breadth and the art of conveying the living facts have been a wonderful experience. I feel I can show up more fully with my unapologetic wounds to make a change."
-– Heide Maria Baden, Plant ecologist & storyteller, Denmark
“I recommend this class to anyone interested in learning more about soil health.”
-- Kristin Ohlson, Author of The Soil Will Save Us
"My perception has changed of where I fit in, relative to the whole world of soil health and the impact that a relatively small number of people can have. The biggest thing for me was hearing people who are out there already doing this or are extremely excited to get involved in some capacity."
-- Haven Trahan, Texas, Power Systems Engineer in Renewables
“Didi Pershouse is an awesome teacher. I highly recommend studying with her if you're interested in regeneration and building resilience to drought, fire, and floods.”
-- Rebecca Burgess, Founder, Fibershed
“I can’t speak highly enough of Didi’s work. If you’d like to understand soil health and regeneration: this is a must.”
-- Gregory Landua, CoFounder, Regen Network
“Didi was amazing! I loved learning how the planet is able to heal and work without human interference.”
"I liked meeting the other workshop members, hearing different perspectives from their situations. The breakout rooms were a really good way to bring the group together. I found groups doing good work that I wasn't aware of, and gained insight into the challenges facing people in other parts of the world. I am thinking more deeply about how or where I can best direct my energy...Didi's facilitation/presentation skills are excellent with a calm and consistent welcoming of questions and ideas, while stimulating us to think more systemically."
“I now have a whole new view of life, and a new thought process….Great class, great teacher. This class will get your wheels turning!!!”
-- Jim Williams
"Fun, inspiring, deep, purposeful, and grounded. Surprisingly fulfilling and expansive. Positive and realistic:. It is a journey co-created by the amazing attendees....I liked the surprise and the 'that was so cool' feeling of being expanded after each workshop."
--Jen Jackson
"I liked Didi’s style of knowledge sharing, and it was very interesting to have a big global community participating. The session on money and investing was an eye opener."
-- Recent Participant
"I liked listening to different perspectives and seeing so many people interested in the topics. It offered a good overview of soil health, an introduction to the issues around promoting and implementing soil health principles, and a warm invitation to learn more and get connected with others. The last 2 classes were most helpful for me: thinking about how this work relates to me personally, and to cultures and systems, as a key to finding pathways to move ideas forward. I gained valuable insights from Didi as well as many people in the group to help guide some of the work that I’m doing."
-- Jonah Roberts, Landscape Contractor, North Carolina, USA
"Didi does an amazing job of presenting with a different perspective that challenges mainstream thought."
“This course challenged me to think about issues from alternate perspectives and to consider problem solving in a different way.”