About Me…

Hi! I’m Forrest - co-founder and current steward at Heir•loom. I was fortunate to be raised at one of the oldest intentional communities, nestled into the red sandstone foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Being surrounded by wilderness, sustainable agriculture and abundant community shaped me into a human inspired to share these gifts with a world starving for land based connection. Guided by the question of how to create and sustain real culture, I found answers in the seeds and land-based skills. After studying Ecological Agriculture at the Evergreen State College, I discovered the ways in which seed, subsistence agricultural systems and traditional life-ways create the foundational framework for real culture to emerge. I have managed multiple regenerative farm and education projects including Siskiyou Seeds, White Oak Farm and Education Center, Groundwork, and Firestarters Nature Based Mentoring. Rooted in reverence for the human & more-than-human world, I walk in service to a more beautiful world we all know is possible.

About Heir•loom

Heirloom was started in 2022 as exploratory education project focused on creating real, viable models of cultural renewal and land-based living. Through many iterations, Heirloom has stayed steady in its vision of cultivating authentic, deeply rooted educational experiences for people of all ages. Heirloom’s roots are wide reaching - stemming from many fields and bodies of work including regenerative agriculture, ancestral/primitive skills, natural building, land stewardship, mentorship/rite of passage, wilderness expedition, and more.

Currently, Heirloom houses a few different creative projects including:

-West Elk Tannery

-Firestarters Youth Mentorship and Rite of Passage

-Folk School Courses