The Learning Farm is an:  

Who We Are:
The Learning Farm (TLF) was initiated in 2005 by World Education to address the lack of skills, opportunities, and hope amongst vulnerable Indonesian youth. The Karang Widya Foundation, an Indonesian not-for profit equivalent is TLF’s organizational home was also established in 2005 and now solely responsible for management and governance of the programs. Located at the Maleber Tea Plantation, bordering the Gede Pangrango National Park in Cipanas, West Java, The Learning Farm’s goal is to enable youth to become more economically self-sufficient, capable, and productive members of their communities through participation in a residential training program where they learn about organic farming, enterprise development, and valuable life skills. The organic farming interventions transform participants’ values, outlook, and expectations of self and community and equip them with tangible, marketable skills while working and participating in a purposeful, communal, environment.

What we do:
The Learning Farm:

• Equips participants with knowledge and practical experience in organic agricultural production, marketing and management.

• Builds a sustainable, socially-oriented business enterprise through marketing organic produce and value-added products to help finance operating costs.

• Initiates a networking centre that facilitates the sharing of gained knowledge and experience between individuals, organizations, and communities involved with vulnerable youth and sustainable agriculture.  

• Develops communities through alumni-initiated organic farming enterprises and alumni-led organic farming extension and marketing support efforts.