Iginia Boccalandro ~ Fat Pig Society Worker Cooperative

Iginia will share lessons learned being a member of a Workers Cooperative with the mission of finding a crop for organic farmers to increase their revenue. Hemp for CBD became the crop that could make the farmer a lucrative supplemental income to help them survive and set up their succession plan . We are currently a fully vertically integrated USDA Organic Hemp farm practicing regenerative agriculture and producing a high quality CBD product line. We focus on education and have a strong internship program, Our farm is a WWOOF USA site and we work with community volunteers all the year long Sharing the challenges, rewards, lessons and more when one is positioned in a nascent, booming industry of the most remarkable and amazing plant in a world of predatory capitalists who like sharks in a blood thirsty frenzy are driving the industry.

BIO: Iginia is the founder of the Carbon Economy Series, a non-profit, dedicated to teaching sustainable workshops and practices on college campuses. She grew up in Venezuela in a family of cattle ranchers and is an entrepreneur that has owned and operated a private practice in alternative health for over thirty years in addition to marketing natural, whole food products harvested in the wild. Iginia graduated from the University of New York (SUNY) with a Bachelor of Science degree and has had a private Rolfing practice in Structural Integration since 1988. She has worked in Vermont, Utah, California, Texas, Venezuela, and New Mexico prior to moving to Colorado. Iginia is a two-time Olympian in the sport of luge and has helped other athletes succeed in their careers and lives with mentorship, coaching and alternative health care.

She created the Carbon Economy Series (CES), an educational 501(c)3, in 2011. CES teaches sustainable principles and practices in Colleges in New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado. As a Certified Permaculture Designer she is involved in many sustainable projects and initiatives in the Americas. She has studied with Dr. Paulo Lugari, Toby Hemenway and Dr Elaine Ingham. She comes from a ranching family in Venezuela and has been an agricultural producer selling at the Santa Fe Farmer’s Market two specialized crops: Mara de Bois French strawberries and giant dahlias with Althouse farm. Iginia moved to Colorado in 2015 to be a hemp farmer and is a founding member of the Fat Pig Society, a worker cooperative dedicated to pioneering alternative crops for organic farmers. Their mission is to create greater income for farmers while building soil, increasing bio diversity and rewarding organic farmers for their commitment to a more sustainable planet. The coop has grown hemp and is producing organic CBD for the lowest price to the largest amount of people possible. They have a USDA organic certified farm that is vertically integrated and produces edible, topical and smokable CBD. Iginia has been a pioneer, activist and innovator in alternative health, peak performance and sustainability. She is a regular speaker and educator both nationally and internationally on topics such as organic hemp production, regenerative agricultural practices, Permaculture Design, Cooperative business structure and ways to sequester carbon through sustainable practices.