About Us

Almost Heaven Farms is a permaculture research, design, and training center located in Ilam, Nepal

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Founded in 2013, AHF has become one of the leading voices in Himalayan agroecology — designing regenerative farms, restoring degraded landscapes, and empowering farmers with tools rooted in soil health and ecological balance.

Hands-on experimentation in agroforestry, soil biology, and resilient farm systems

Direct farmer partnerships that prioritize practicality, equity, and local knowledge

Training programs and internships that build real skills and real systems

Field-based consulting that supports businesses, communities, and entire districts

Whether it’s planting nut-based agroforestry systems in remote mountain villages, inoculating compost with native microbes, or co-developing food resilience strategies with rural women, our work is radically practical, deeply ecological, and unapologetically hopeful.

Where We Work

We’re based in multiple sites across Koshi Province — in the heart of Nepal’s eastern hills — and our impact stretches throughout the bioregion and across borders through partnerships with farmers, cooperatives, NGOs, and government bodies. Our farms are both a living models and highly functioning production sites.

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Koshi Province

What Makes AHF Different?

Tested in real soil

We don’t just teach — we do. Every system we design has been tested in real soil, under real conditions.

Develop local solutions

We don’t rely on imported inputs or theory-heavy trainings. We develop local solutions using local resources.

Work with farmers

We don’t work from offices — we work in the field, on terraces, in forests, with farmers.

Rigorous ecological design

We combine rigorous ecological design with decades of community development experience