Our Community of Practice
Under construction…
Through our growing nationwide membership, the Institute of Ecological Agriculture is building a nationwide Community of Practice to accelerate the extension and adoption of regenerative agriculture.
To strengthen connections and enhance knowledge sharing, we are experimenting with Kumu, an innovative visual network mapping tool.
Once built out, Kumu will allow IEA members to easily connect with one another, facilitating knowledge exchange and support for members to advance their knowledge and understanding across all eight Knowledge Circles identified within the IEA accreditation process.
With this interactive platform, the IEA Board of Directors’ vision is to help members navigate the network, discover expertise, and support peer-to-peer learning in a dynamic and engaging way.
Search by body of knowledge or location…
Kumu has the ability to shape-shift our member list into different configurations.
By first experimenting with a small test map of our Board of Directors, we’ll be discovering the features of Kumu and the best way to arrange views of relevance such as:
- Cluster members by state
- Cluster by ‘Knowledge Circles’
- Cluster by agricultural interest
We’ll be sharing a link soon for a pilot run of Kumu for members to experiment with how to use it.
Click through to take a look at Kumu yourself to get a sense of what our vision is.