For over a decade, Kaima has championed our “Farm as Classroom” approach to individual and communal engagement. The increasing legitimacy of this educational construct and the role community-led farming plays in sustaining Israel’s food chain demonstrate the imperative to connect people to the agricultural systems upon which they rely.  Kaima is poised to lead this movement through the future “Training Center for Social Farming"—Beit Kaima.

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        ...On the physical level, Beit Kaima—to be built using green technologies on another two acres adjacent to our fields—will bring together under one roof a newly streamlined packing house, olive press, growing rooms, administrative offices, classrooms, demo kitchen, and more. 

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      …On the educational level, Beit Kaima will serve as Israel's national training center for educators, social change makers, and other professionals working to connect people to their communities through sustainable farming. This will enable us to scale our educational methodology for use with several populations, including disenfranchised youth; those recovering from PTSD, drug/alcohol dependency, abuse, special needs individuals, and others.

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We must move forward with this undertaking immediately, as Israel seeks innovative ways to rehabilitate both her people, who have suffered tremendous trauma, and her agricultural sector upended in the wake of the October 7 war.

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