regenerative exploration center
For us, regenerative means creating thriving, resilient ecosystems and communities. Newledo
provides space for a diverse range of regenerative practices, from transforming degraded pastures and riparian
zones into healthy habitats for native flora and fauna, to R&D experiments and low tech demonstrations in farming
and food production, waste-to-value, clean energy, and natural building materials.
Our range of immersive experiences includes co-learning experiments, collective-based activities, hands-on
workshops, presentations and inventors’ demonstrations.
community hub
Building community together is at the core of our mission. We aim to do so through welcoming
collaboration in our projects, donating use of our land to other projects that create community through collective
involvement and partnering with other organizations to drive momentum, for community, throughout the region.
land
Newledo is an 18 acre farm on the Oregon Coast,
situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Coast Range.
The farm is located in a valley that was formerly a mixture of meandering
creek and flood plain, patches of conifer trees and wide open meadows.
Salmon and beavers abound in the creek that came to be named Beaver Creek.
The land comprising Newledo is located within the traditional homelands of the Clatsop, Chinook, Klickitat,
Molala, Kalapuya, Tillamook, Alsea, Siuslaw/Lower Umpqua, Coos, Coquelle, Upper Umpqua, Tututni (including all the
lower Rogue River Bands and those extending up the coast to Floras Creek and down to Whales Head), Chetco
(including all of the villages from Whales Head to the Winchuck River), Tolowa, Takelma (including the Illinois
Valley/mid-Rogue River and Cow Creek peoples), Galice/Applegate, and Shasta. Each of these tribes has a unique
individual history, culture and legal relationship with the federal government, which was brought to be
incorporated into the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. For more information visit them here
In the late 1880s, there were fruit orchards throughout the valley, hence the name Fruitvale Road, on which the
farm is located.
Since the early 1900s, the site was part of a larger scale dairy operation. In the 1960s-1990s, it was the
Edenfeld Dairy, operating with 100+ dairy cows.
The current site has wide open pastures, two creeks, a pond and wetland areas and a 6000 SF barn.
In Summer 2026, the north 10-acre pasture will undergo a sizable restoration project to return Beaver Creek from
its current trench to a meandering waterway, once again providing habitat for salmon and beaver.
who are we?
Nicole Cousino Director
Nicole is a regenerative and creative practioner, entrepreneur, systems thinker
and strategist. Her background includes mission-based startups, documentary film, industrial design,
permaculture and sustainable sanitation. Nicole collaborated on a ground breaking waste grease-to-biodiesel
project in the mid 90s. In 2015, she launched Nature Commode, the first portable compost toilet company in the US. Her
creative work in video and installation has shown domestically and internationally, including at the Museum of
Modern Art, in NY and Madrid Abierto in Spain. She holds a Masters in Fine Art and Landscape Architecture.
She is passionate about meaningful impact in response to our climate and environmental crisis.
Richard Haskell Chief Technical Officer
Richard is a web developer, industrial designer, machinist, fabricator and the network tech here at Newledo.
His
work is informed by his ongoing interest in physics, AI, appropriate technology and clean energy innovation.
He
is
an advocate for alternative transit, an avid bicyclist and outdoor adventurer.
Current projects include:
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Mastering the use of a simple kiln he built for turning wood chips into biochar, a soil supplement.
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Procuring and expanding the use of distributed energy systems at Newledo.
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Finishing the roll out of version 1.0 of a web application Newledo is developing for regenerative events and involvement.