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Field projects, soil under our fingernails.

An original photo archive from soil-restoration work, regenerative farms, community workshops, conservation travel, biodiversity projects, and the people doing the work.

Volunteers planting and restoring a backyard micro-farm in California
A cyclist riding along a tree-lined path during a conservation field visit
Volunteers posing together in a limestone mountain landscape
A volunteer repairing a wooden structure at a forest project site
The Big Soil co-founders speaking onstage at a community event
A sustainable agriculture partnership workshop and presentation
Graduation day
A traveler looking across a rural landscape during a field visit
Two conservation volunteers standing in a tropical garden
A volunteer observing plants during a rainforest field visit
A volunteer working in a flooded rice field
Amphibian study in La Fortuna Rainforest, Costa Rica
Nighttime biodiversity observation with a flashlight
Cyclists crossing a bridge near a rural village
A farm-to-table meal in a tropical garden
Walking a floating-village garden
A volunteer holding animals during a conservation project visit
A volunteer and local guide walking through a tropical farm
A conservation volunteer traveling by boat during a field project
A community gathering at a rural farm workshop
A volunteer planting seedlings in dry soil
A volunteer on a boat in a limestone karst landscape
Taro farm restoration project in Oahu, Hawaii
Two conservation volunteers smiling during a field visit
Cycling through the rain
Two project volunteers together outdoors after a field visit
The Big Soil co-founders receiving a business recognition
A seedling growing in a recycled glass jar
A community member preparing local food at a workshop
Two founders at a food and entrepreneurship event
Riders traveling by horseback through a tropical forest
A quick check-in from the field
A volunteer pulling a utility cart at a project site
A volunteer walking through a tropical food forest
Community visit with children at a rural village project
A volunteer learning from local farmers at a field workshop
A project organizer working on a laptop
Volunteers gathered for a community project
Lotus pond boardwalk
A volunteer at a mountain conservation project
A volunteer tending large tropical leaves on a regenerative farm
A volunteer overlooking a river during a rainforest field visit
A speaker at a community graduation event
A volunteer working with soil in a raised garden bed
Walking through rainforest rain
A volunteer working beside raised garden beds
The Big Soil co-founders outside the California State Capitol
Volunteers planting trees at a community restoration site
A volunteer standing in a tropical forest
A volunteer standing in a sunflower field
Out on the water
Community volunteers filling a raised garden bed with soil
Travel to a rural field project by van
Two project volunteers visiting an agricultural community
A pig in a regenerative farm enclosure
A volunteer learning traditional food preparation
A volunteer planting rice in a flooded field
A gentle snake encounter
A volunteer mixing compost in a raised garden bed
A volunteer visiting goats at a small farm
A volunteer observing a forest restoration site
Two conservation volunteers meeting an elephant at a project site
Walking the land
A volunteer arriving at a biodiversity project by electric cart
Two volunteers on a boat wearing life jackets
A volunteer feeding animals at a conservation site
In the jungle
A volunteer traveling by boat through a floating community
A volunteer taking field notes at a farm project
A project volunteer reviewing information during travel
Two project volunteers sitting together during a field visit
Checking the papaya trees
The Big Soil co-founders at a MAMAS community event
Two volunteers traveling by boat through a forest
A volunteer tasting a local plant during a tropical field visit
Two conservation volunteers traveling through a flooded forest by boat
A volunteer walking beside an elephant at a conservation project
A volunteer greeting a horse at an animal care project
A volunteer drinking from a natural spring
Kalo planting in the wet fields
A volunteer sitting beside a wetland restoration area
A volunteer holding a small frog during a biodiversity study
Volunteers and community partners gathered outdoors
On the water with local partners
A volunteer tending a backyard micro-farm garden bed
Community members traveling together to a field project
A volunteer overlooking a river during a conservation trip