Building from Below – building healthy communities from the ground up Building from Below is dedicated to research education and practical experimentation to support the creation of sustainable selfdetermining communities. Our work is based on an organic farm and learning center where we build our vision for a democratic egalitarian and sustainable society by investigating the shifting social and ecological landscape and developing practicable alternative forms of organization such as worker cooperatives agroecological cooperative farming and youth educational programming. Support Seedbed Community Farm Growing thousands of pounds of fresh organic produce using regenerative practices across 100 acres in Mebane North Carolina. Read More Worker Cooperatives Since 2009 Building from Below was been dedicated to growing and supporting worker cooperatives collectively owned local business that create dignified work and living wages for memberowners.