Thegoodshepherdinstitute.org Website Review

THE GOOD SHEPHERD INSTITUTE WILL PRESERVE ESSENTIAL BIODIVERSITY AND BE A UNIQUE MODEL OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE, The Good Shepherd Institute is an educational hub for breeding poultry, training fa*mers, chefs, and students, partnering with institutions, and engaging the public. It serves as a model for system-wide agricultural and ecological innovation, and is dedicated to ensuring the long-term viability of the poultry industry. Read some recent coverage of our ongoing work here: Building the Mecca of Heritage Poultry in Kansas The mission of the Good Shepherd Institute is threefold: to preserve and protect biodiversity via ongoing heritage poultry breeding; to teach poultry breeding, regional variation, humane an*mal husbandry, culinary traditions, and diverse agroecology; and to scale the Founder Frank Reese has been a tireless advocate for the preservation of heritage poultry genetics for decades, and yet the knowledge of how to breed, raise, and cook heritage poultry is under severe threat from corporate factory fa*ming nationwide. The design and construction of the Good Shepherd Institute will provide a hub for urgently needed education, training, and engagement, and will cultivate change The Institute will broaden the reach of Frank’s innovative fa*ming methods and extensive knowledge of heritage breeding through The Institute will cultivate powerful collaborations between a diverse group of stakeholders. Fa*mers, community groups, agricultural advocacy organizations, universities, government agencies, thought-leaders, chefs, and students will all learn from the The Institute will build an economic market that prioritizes biodiversity, ecological health, an*mal welfare, and resilience over The Institute will participate in the active rebuilding of rural infrastructure that has been destroyed by industrial-scale agro-business and that is necessary for the redevelopment of regional economies, food systems, and communities.