The Dawn Institute
Dawn Institute is an educational nonprofit in Indian Falls, California, offering farm-based learning, school field trips, sustainable agriculture education, regional food-system collaboration, community events and resilience programs across the Lost Sierra region.
Learning grows from the ground up.
Established in 1945, Dawn Institute is an educational nonprofit serving students, educators and community members with hands-on agricultural experiences, workshops, curriculum support and environmental stewardship.
Education, food systems and resilient communities.
Dawn Renewal Project
Post-wildfire restoration of infrastructure, land and educational capacity following the Dixie Fire.
Learn more →EPIC Regional Food Systems
Regional collaboration among growers, ranchers and food-system leaders across Plumas, Sierra, Lassen and Modoc counties.
Learn more →Emergency Food Access
VOAD partnership planning for a community-based food response network during wildfire, weather or supply disruptions.
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Come visit the farm.
The reference appointments page invites local school teachers and homeschool groups to request farm field trips and become part of a hands-on learning experience.