Regenerative Farm Course
The Regenerative Farm Course is a holistic approach in growing vegetables, fruits, and flowers with nature using no-till methods
Whether you are gardening for the first time, beginning your farming adventure, or transitioning your existing space to a more regenerative approach, the Regenerative Farm Course gives you and your soil the tools and confidence needed to thrive.
This experiential 4-class course yields easy to understand regenerative principles and no-till methods you can use to grow, harvest, and maintain a thriving garden or farm right away. Each class focuses on key strategies, systems, and approaches in both lecture and interactive learning forms giving you the confidence needed to grow your own food.
“I looked forward to it every week. Patrick is very easy to listen to, well-paced, incredibly informative and knowledgeable, and with easy to understand explanations of complex topics.”
— Maureen S.
Course Outline
The soil underneath our feet is teaming with life. If we want healthy, nutritious food to come from it we must understand and care for it. Learn no-till methods, regenerative principles, and comprehensive ways to prepare your site and vegetable beds.
Class 2
Class 1
The Soil Food Web
Planning Ahead
A successful growing season starts with a crop plan. Regardless of size, each growing operation greatly benefits from carefully selected varieties, planting strategies, and succession crops. Learn when to sow your seeds to reap the greatest rewards.
Instead of controlling a complex system, we’ll learn how to grow within one and help steward its process. Explore how to effectively manage weeds, watering, fertility and pests in a regenerative system.
Class 3
Sowing and Growing
Class 4
Learn key strategies to sowing seeds and planting seedlings and systems to ensure they thrive. Discover ways to plant plants without sprays or chemicals, and instead rely on nature’s abundance, fertility, and cycles.
Ecology Stewardship
“The class was filled with practical information with all the resources you need to start your own regenerative farm… Great class”
— Mika T.
Regenerate your role within the cycle
Shed your self doubt to establish a regenerative system that benefits you and your soil
Confidence
Understand the complexity of a nuanced system where you become the steward of your growing environment
Knowledge
Master the skills needed to grow beautiful, nutritious vegetables without the need for fertilizers or chemicals
Skills
Receive guidance, clarification, troubleshooting, and mentorship from Patrick and his years of farming education
Support
Connect with fellow like-minded classmates who want to make a positive change to their food systems
Community
Learn From Patrick Deasy
Owner and Farmer of Stepping Stone Farm
Often touted as having ‘the most beautiful vegetables at the market’, Patrick Deasy has been growing vegetables, fruits, and flowers regeneratively using no-till methods for over 10 years in Napa, CA.
Following his career in youth development, Patrick’s first farming position was a chef’s co-op in the heart of downtown Napa, a 2-acre culinary garden providing fruits flowers and vegetables for local restaurants.
After gaining the valuable experience of production farming, Patrick became the farm educator of a local Waldorf school teaching school-aged kids the importance of soil health, interconnectedness, and hard work.
Patrick went on to become the farm field manager for The Restaurant at Meadowood, a 3-starred Michelin restaurant in the heart of Napa Valley. His passion for rich diversity, no-till methods, and educating others propelled him to take the step into cultivating his own small farm in 2019 - Stepping Stone Farm where educates others on how to connect deeper with nature.
“Patrick has a very professional speaking style, relaxed and very informative at the same time. He doesn't take long pauses to search for words or use "um" or "ah" or "like" or any of those sentence fillers that many speakers use. It was a treat to listen to him talk about something that he is so passionate about..”
— Ginger G.
Join the 2025 Regenerative Farm Course
Regenerative Farm Course held February 1st, 15th, March 1st, 15th (every other Saturday) from 10:00am-1:00pm at Stepping Stone Farm.
Questions about the Regenerative Farm Course
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The Regenerative Farm Course is for anyone who wants to grow more with nature to regenerate the power of their soil and ecosystem. Brand new growers, backyard gardeners, raised bed planters, and small scale farmers have all taken and benefitted from the Regenerative Farm Course.
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Hosted at Stepping Stone Farm in Napa, CA, the Regenerative Farm Course is an in-person class consisting of interactive lectures, hands-on growing experience, relevant supplementary media, and plenty of Q&A. Each class is from 10:00am-1:00pm
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After completing the Regenerative Farm Course, you will posses the knowledge, skills, and confidence to begin a small regenerative farm if you so please. While some members take this course in pursuance of that, many attend the course and apply what they learn on a smaller, backyard scale.
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This course begins at the foundational level of soil life, health, and fertility, exploring how to regenerate our ecosystems in order to grow fruits vegetables and flowers with nature. In that sense, everyone will be beginning at the same place. We will build our knowledge and skills gradually throughout the course by either adding information into our already developed toolkit or build a new one in real time. Class content will be understandable and relevant to both beginners and experienced growers.
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This course is an excellent starting point to hit the ground running when and wherever that may be along your path.
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This course is not recommended for those who intend on using chemical means as a way to feed plants and control pests. Although tractors are a useful part of a small growing operation, this course is not intended for those who plan on using one to practice frequent tilling, plowing, or row crop production.
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