Center for Rural Livelihoods
Regenerating Landscapes & Remaking Society
Check out our new Agroforestry videos!
We’re excited to announce that the videos produced as part of our SARE grant are out in the world. The first two can be found below, and we’ll be releasing several more over the next couple of months.
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Learn more about our agroforestry program here. We also have a few more free agroforestry workshops coming up - check them out here.
Back from the Land: Fellowship at the Center for Rural Livelihoods
This six-week fellowship is for those who take seriously the possibility of a popular movement for economic and climate justice by doing the work of understanding one specific place together — Cottage Grove, Oregon. In the 1970s, 10,000 communes sprung up in the back-to-the-land movement as the social movements of the 1960s were in retreat. Now, facing end times fascism and climate chaos, we are orienting back-from-the-land. CRL has been rooted in Cottage Grove since 1981 — long enough to have community but also long enough to know what we don't yet know about this town. This intensive program is physically, socially, and intellectually demanding with bread labor in the morning, and some community work in the afternoons and evenings that contributes towards power mapping the region. The program culminates with a gathering of partners and allies where we will present and get feedback on the inquiry. Fellows will read and discuss Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor's forthcoming book, End Times Fascism.
Dates: September 12-October 24, 2026
Check out more about what we’ve been doing at the Center for Rural Livelihoods below.
Featured Projects
Mushroom Cultivation
Rotational Silvopasture
Biochar
Do you need Free Firewood?
Center for Rural Livelihoods is helping to provide free firewood as mutual aid for our community. If you or someone you know is in need, please reach out!
Remaking Society
Center for Rural Livelihoods (CRL) works to remake society in collaboration with a broad base of friends, neighbors, and community members – collectively building a fair economy based on ecological regeneration.
Regenerating Landscapes
Center for Rural Livelihoods’ (CRL) work teaches, demonstrates, and advocates for the regeneration of our common resources through collaboration and creativity.
Upcoming Events
Check out our upcoming events, including Open House Tours, Workshops and Trainings, and more!
We also offer event rentals and invite you to make the best use of our forty-acre Cottage Grove campus - contact us for details.
Our Mission
To create and strengthen pathways to rural livelihoods that harmoniously advance social, economic and ecological resilience.