Manzanita Cooperative
@manzanitacoop.bsky.social
A worker-owned cooperative developing new crops that are suited for sustainable regenerative farming and agroforestry from the native foods of California and the western US.
Winner 2024 National Science Foundation SBIR.
Winner 2024 National Science Foundation SBIR.
Those look great! We love planting native oaks!
March 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Those look great! We love planting native oaks!
We can't wait to see acorns shooting up in reforested areas here in CA... we'll be working not against rhododendron, but against the deforestation caused by Big Ag. 🌰 #acornisfood
February 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We can't wait to see acorns shooting up in reforested areas here in CA... we'll be working not against rhododendron, but against the deforestation caused by Big Ag. 🌰 #acornisfood
Acorns are, indeed, magical. 🌰
February 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Acorns are, indeed, magical. 🌰
We love how much biodiversity oak trees protect; this is one of the reasons we're looking to reforest!
February 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We love how much biodiversity oak trees protect; this is one of the reasons we're looking to reforest!
Adobe is great for fire and climate. It can be problematic in earthquakes, but there are ways to reinforce it. Earth-based building has a lot of advantages and there's a whole movement around those techniques.
February 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Adobe is great for fire and climate. It can be problematic in earthquakes, but there are ways to reinforce it. Earth-based building has a lot of advantages and there's a whole movement around those techniques.
Yes! We just wrote a piece about this a couple weeks ago. We MUST prioritize re-wilding these spaces with native landscape. www.manzanitacooperative.com/musings/fire...
Fire resilience through native landscapes, indigenous wisdom & community — Manzanita Cooperative
Restoring burned land with native crops - and adjusting our current landscapes to remove invasive species in favor of native plants - is a critical step in wildfire resilience moving forward.
www.manzanitacooperative.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Yes! We just wrote a piece about this a couple weeks ago. We MUST prioritize re-wilding these spaces with native landscape. www.manzanitacooperative.com/musings/fire...
Not just where to build, but what to plant. The non-native grasses and plants brought by the Spaniards are a prevailing cause of these kinds of fires. Our L.A. native CMO wrote a piece on this: www.manzanitacooperative.com/musings/fire...
Fire resilience through native landscapes, indigenous wisdom & community — Manzanita Cooperative
Restoring burned land with native crops - and adjusting our current landscapes to remove invasive species in favor of native plants - is a critical step in wildfire resilience moving forward.
www.manzanitacooperative.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Not just where to build, but what to plant. The non-native grasses and plants brought by the Spaniards are a prevailing cause of these kinds of fires. Our L.A. native CMO wrote a piece on this: www.manzanitacooperative.com/musings/fire...