Tom Cole and Warren Brush on Resilient Agriculture

Coming from different backgrounds, both Tom Cole and Warren Brush became experts in permaculture design and practice, and spent decades in food sustainability before ever meeting one another in their shared hometown. Warren co-founded Quail Springs, among many other organizations, which has pioneered self-sustaining models for human life and ecological development. Tom, in addition to consulting for numerous food security programs, co-founded African Women Rising with his wife Linda Eckerbom Cole, a global NGO that has helped women displaced by conflict establish sustainable food systems for their communities. After these two Santa Barbara locals finally crossed paths, they put their 60+ years of expertise into prototyping, testing, and launching a revolutioinary perma-garden model with refugees from Northern Uganda with implications for the whole continent - possibly the world. Tune in to learn more about what the future holds for ecological empowerment in this moment of planetary crisis, some of the roadblocks typical NGO’s face with sustainability programming and training, and how Tom and Warren have managed to circumnavigate those hurdles, bring food security to refugees, while restoring the land.Get updates on Tom and Warren’s work with African Women Rising here:: https://www.africanwomenrising.org/Follow Stacy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stacypulice