Farm to Crag & Valleponci

This October, we're gathering at Valleponci: a working farm and agriturismo tucked into an ancient valley near Finale Ligure on the Ligurian coast of Italy. Valleponci is a beautiful place and a living project of landscape stewardship, reoccupying a valley awaiting renewal through regenerative agriculture, future-forward vision, and community. Four days of getting our hands dirty, climbing real stone, sharing meals from the land, and building something together.

Finale Ligure is one of Europe's premier climbing destinations, with over 1,000 routes across limestone crags set between the sea and the hills. Only 5 km from the beach, surrounded by centuries-old mule tracks and terraced olive groves.

October 9–12 (Friday–Monday)
Valleponci, Finale Ligure, Liguria, Italy

Scholarship tickets are available! Please use this Google Forms link to apply.
​Application will close June ​31, 2026. 

Program Sneak Peak 

Friday – Arrival
Welcome aperitivo · Valleponci project presentation · Communal dinner

Saturday – Regenerative farm day
Small group activities: Lorenzo Costa: presentation on ecological history & reading the landscape with water · check dam building · olive harvest & milling · agroforestry planting · ecological & historical walk · garden processing
Evening: communal dinner and music

Sunday – Climbing day
Self-organized climbing at the crags of Finale Ligure · return to Valleponci · final dinner

Monday – Departure
Morning yoga · breakfast · check-out