October 1-3, 2025
Williamstown, MA
Green River Regenerative Farm
About the Academy
What You Will Learn
- Discover how regenerative farming improves food nutrient density and quality
- Explore the direct connection between healthy soils and better nutrition
- Learn how regenerative agriculture restores ecosystems and promotes well-being
- Understand how healthy soils lead to improved nutrition, overall quality of life, and revitalized communities
- Gain hands-on experience of how to incorporate regenerative farming practices in your own garden, homestead, or farm
- Understand how food grown in healthy soils enhances nutrition, wellness, and vitality
Who Should Attend?
This academy is for anyone interested in learning how soil health and regenerative farming practices can directly impact nutrient density ad quality of our foods. This course is for anyone who is a parent, healthcare professional, educator, chef, restauranter, grocery wholesaler, community leader, or simply someone passionate about nutrition and food quality. This course is for anyone committed to fostering a healthier planet and improving the health of individuals and communities through regenerative agriculture and soil health practices.
Registration & Getting There
Cost of Tuition
Tuition of $1,500.00 includes
• Regen Ag 101 course ($499.00 value), which SHA recommends completing before the first day of class
• In-person attendance at the SHA, along with course materials, daily snacks, water, and lunch each day
• Access to quarterly alumni Q&A conference calls with SHA instructors and the graduate portal on the SHA website
*Please note that Regen Ag 101 access will be sent to you within 1-3 business days of registration taking place.*
Cancellation Policy
The down deposit of $500 is non-refundable, but can be transferable toward any academy held in 2025 or 2026.
Financial assistance through scholarships are available to help with the cost of tuition. To apply for a scholarship, please register for the academy, then submit a scholarship application. Scholarships are made possible thanks to the generous support of private organizations and individual donors.
Classroom & Farm Location
Classroom
The Williams Inn
101 Spring St.
Williamstown, MA 01267
Farm
Green River Regenerative Farm
2480 Green River Road
Williamstown, MA 01267
Hotel Information
The Williams Inn
101 Spring St.
Williamstown, MA 01267
Lodging costs are separate from tuition. While it is not mandatory to stay at the accommodations listed here, we encourage attendees to book nearby lodging for the convenience of traveling to the classroom and farm locations.
Closest Airport
Albany International Airport
737 Albany Shaker Rd,
Albany, NY 12211
Meet the Host Farm
Meet Green River Regenerative Farm
In 2024, the regenerative agriculture consulting firm Understanding Ag, LLC, and Green River Regenerative Farm, Inc., the new owners of the farm, created the joint venture, Green River Regenerative, LLC, to establish a high-level, regenerative agricultural education and training program and to expand the farm’s regenerative cropping and livestock production systems. The joint venture leases the farm from its current owners and manages the farm’s day-to-day operations. Both joint venture partners will share in the resulting farm production profits, once production is underway.
The 235-acre farm, formerly known as Modern Dairy, the Langer Farm, and Green River Farms, is on land which was used in part for farming and as hunting grounds by the Mohican people and was later settled by former British soldiers garrisoned at Fort Massachusetts and Fort West Hoosac.
The farm lies in the western shadow of Mount Greylock, highest point in the state of Massachusetts, and has the Green River running through it on its way north to the Hoosick River, which eventually meets the Hudson River. The history of agriculture in this area, the Berkshires of Massachusetts, is largely rooted in wool and dairy production along with leather, timber, spinning, and cheese. The value-added products were transported west to the Hudson River, only 30 miles away, providing a conduit to the major markets of Albany and the upper Hudson Valley.
The mission of Green River Regenerative, LLC, is to establish a profitable working-farm which serves as a viable demonstration model and learning center for regenerative agriculture students and practitioners predicated on the Six Principles of Soil Health and Three Rules of Adaptive Stewardship harnessing the Four Ecosystem Processes™ (6-3-4™), and to validate through research, the ecological, economic and human/community health benefits of soil health improving regenerative agriculture principles and practices.