By Rose High Bear (Deg Hit’an Dine, Inupiaq), Founding Director Becoming an Elderberry Wisdom Farm founding donor means that you make a small monthly donation to Elderberry Wisdom Farm. In return, the funds are used to recruit and provide stipends to Native American and other interns, many of whom are economically challenged. This helps strengthen their career pathways into conservation careers. They then learn how Traditional Ecological Knowledge can integrate with conservat

By Rose High Bear (Deg Hit’an Dine, Inupiaq), Founding Director EWF was featured for the second time in 2025 in Civil Eats this month. They are one of those generous publications that offer free access to their articles without requiring a subscription and feature gifted journalists who cover issues like food policy, farming, health and climate. We felt honored to be featured in the Civil Eats article by journalist Rose Garrett. You can read her article here . I discovered th

Joaquin Ocana (Kaqchikel Peoples), Native Plant Nursery Coordinator The last few weeks at the farm have been some of the busiest and most exciting of the year. With all the support and hard work from our team of interns and volunteers, we have succeeded in expanding our native plant nursery and are caring for and growing almost 2000 plants! Now that our interns have completed their Fall TEK Internship and shared their final presentations, we can still enjoy their recordings p

By Rose High Bear (Deg Hit’an Dine, Inupiaq), Founding Director We regard our sacred landscapes as a precious inheritance gifted by our ancestors seven generations back that we care for and then bestow upon our children seven generations into the future. This and other teachings inspire us. They heal us. They sustain us. This is one of the reasons why I’m grateful to be living and teaching in the mid-Willamette Valley on Elderberry Wisdom Farm. We are releasing the Elderberry

By Rose High Bear (Deg Hit’an Dine, Inupiaq), Founding Director The public is growing increasingly aware that high levels of polyphenols and other powerful plant compounds in blue elderberry support our immune systems and reduce the severity and duration of colds and flu. Early research on the properties in Sambucus may eventually document its capacity to combat cancer, support cardiovascular and digestive health, alleviate diabetes symptoms and even reduce cognitive decline.