Guides, Tools & References
Resources
Everything you need to participate in Farmcraft, connect with our program, and deepen your understanding of Indigenous food systems.
Getting Started
Cleverlike School LMS
The official learning management system for NASEF Farmcraft. Register here to access build challenge prompts, submission forms, and community forums.
Enrollment code: 827333
NASEF Farmcraft: Land Demand
Official NASEF Farmcraft competition page with rules, timeline, and global leaderboards. Open to all ages 8-18.
nasef.org/farmcraftOur Minecraft Server
Join our Paper 1.21.8 server running real Tacoma terrain via the WKit plugin. Creative mode, peaceful, multiplayer.
192.168.1.183:25565
Java Edition · Spawn: Surge South Tacoma
Our Research Paper
Read our full methodology paper: "GROW.BUILD.FEED." — integrating TEK8, Farmcraft, and XiMuRa for Indigenous food sovereignty education.
Read the paper →Build Challenge Resources
Challenge 1: Crops
- Our Approach →
- Indigenous Crop Database →
- USDA IPAD Crop Production Maps
- Our World in Data — Agricultural Production
- Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
Challenge 2: Textiles
- Our Approach →
- Hilary Stewart, Cedar: Tree of Life
- Burke Museum Coast Salish Textile Collection
- Textile Exchange Fiber Reports
- World Wildlife Fund Cotton Impact Reports
Challenge 3: Shelter
- Our Approach →
- Wayne Suttles, Handbook of North American Indians: NW Coast
- M. Kat Anderson, Tending the Wild
- WoodWorks Mass Timber Resources
- Bill Holm, Spirit and Ancestor
Frameworks & Pedagogy
TEK8 Learning Lotus
The eight-petal framework bridging Traditional Ecological Knowledge and modern STEAM education. Each petal maps to a polyhedral die and a domain of Indigenous knowledge practice.
Crystal Cycle
The 10-step daily session rhythm that connects physical agriculture to digital Minecraft creation. Includes an interactive tracker with progress logging.
View the Cycle →XiMuRa GROW.BUILD.FEED.
XiMuRa Tribal Ministries' sovereign infrastructure model. The Living Water OS, Rooted Blueprints, and Sovereign STEAM Infrastructure documents that anchor our approach.
Contact through 7ABCs for access to program documents
Since Time Immemorial
Washington State's mandatory curriculum on tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, and Indigenous history. Our Crystal Cycle integrates STI standards at every step.
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
Key Readings
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013) · Milkweed Editions
The foundational text on reciprocity between humans and the living world. The chapters on Three Sisters, Honorable Harvest, and Serviceberry are essential reading for our Farmcraft methodology.
Tools for Conviviality
Ivan Illich (1973) · Harper & Row
The philosophical foundation for our technology choices. Illich argues that tools should enhance human capacity for creative, autonomous action rather than creating dependence on expert systems.
Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians
Hilary Stewart (1984) · Douglas & McIntyre
Comprehensive documentation of western red cedar use for building, weaving, medicine, and ceremony. Essential for Challenges 2 and 3.
Tending the Wild
M. Kat Anderson (2005) · University of California Press
Documents how California and PNW Indigenous peoples managed landscapes through fire, selective harvesting, and cultivation — disproving the myth of "untouched wilderness."
Feeding the People, Feeding the Spirit
Valerie Segrest (2021) · Sasquatch Books
Muckleshoot food sovereignty activist Valerie Segrest's guide to revitalizing Northwest Coastal Indian food culture. The definitive First Foods reference for our bioregion.
Research & Data Tools
iNaturalist
AI-powered plant and animal identification. Use during the GATHER step to identify plants in the field.
Free app · iOS & Android
USDA IPAD Crop Maps
Global crop production data and interactive maps. Required research source for NASEF Farmcraft challenges.
ipad.fas.usda.gov
Our World in Data
Open-source agricultural production data, crop yields, land use, and environmental impact visualizations.
ourworldindata.org
WA Ecology Smelter Plume
Tacoma Smelter Plume cleanup site information, soil sampling results, and environmental justice data.
ecology.wa.gov
Plants of the Pacific NW
Pojar & MacKinnon's field guide. The standard reference for identifying plants in our bioregion.
Print guide · Essential field resource
Native Seeds/SEARCH
Seed bank preserving 1,800+ heirloom crop varieties adapted to the arid Southwest. A model for seed sovereignty.
nativeseeds.org
Submission Checklist
Before submitting each challenge, make sure you have: