Who: We are farmers, activists, and scientists. We are educators, designers, and researchers. Together, we are DAR: a collective born to holistically regenerate our land and the life that it nurtures.

What: Through research, design, and implementation of water-harvesting agroforestry systems, we’re starting a movement to replenish communities and ecosystems while restoring our planet to a thriving state.

Why: We do this because the mistreatment of our land has disrupted culture, community, and climate.

We believe that the stewardship of land gives birth to the stewardship of people, community, and culture.

How: Everything we do starts beneath our feet.
Turning drylands into lush ecosystems.
Replenishing. Restoring. Regenerating.

DAR’s work serves to heal the human-land relationship and human-human relationships by reconnecting people with the natural world, with their food, and with their deepest inner wisdom. It’s an impact that’s deeply interconnected: from the micro of the flora and fauna, to the trees and their many inhabitants, to the animals who feed from their fruits, to the water they depend on, and to the communities that raise them - it’s all from the ground up.

Where: Elk Run Farm
12191 North Foothills Hwy
Longmont, CO 80503

When: 5:30-9pm Sept. 13th

5:30pm - Arrive, Mingle & enjoy cocktail hour

6:15pm - Farm to table dinner by Forage Sisters

6:45pm - Video & Update from the co-founders

7:15pm - Paddle Raiser

8:00-9pm - Dancing & Live Music from Banshee Tree

This annual event is a time of celebration and inspiration for us all as a community in connection with land. Without healthy land, there is no healthy community. At a time when there is so much upheaval and suffering on our planet, we come together to seed hope for the future.

The night will begin with cocktails, mocktails, wine and beer, followed by a welcoming prayer and farm-to-table dinner with food grown at our project sites prepared and presented by our dear friends, The Forage Sisters. You’ll hear from inspiring regenerative leaders, plus Nick DiDomenico and Marissa Pulaski, DAR’s Co-Founders will share an update on the 2025 season, and look ahead to the future.

The evening will close with a paddle raiser where you'll have an opportunity to support DAR’s critical work followed by dancing & live music from Banshee Tree! The whole family is welcome - there will be childcare on site. We hope to see you there, and are deeply grateful for your presence and belief in a livable future!

To learn more about DAR, visit our website.

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DAR's Fueling a Fertile Future

By Drylands Agroecology Research

DAR's Fueling a Fertile Future

2025 Fundraiser