DOCTORATE DR.
Resurrection Agriculture
Program Overview
The Doctor of Resurrection Agriculture (D.R.A.) is not an agricultural degree. It is a commissioning. This program trains graduates to heal land, grow sacred food, and establish terrain-driven farms that resurrect ecosystems, economies, and communities.
Graduates of the D.R.A. will be able to:
Launch profitable, self-replicating farms anywhere on earth.
Reclaim dead land using theological and regenerative principles.
Build terrain-driven food systems that nourish the body, restore the soil, and reverse the damage of industrial agriculture.
Lead communities toward food independence, land healing, and sovereign health.
This program combines rigorous agricultural science with biblical law, regenerative terrain practice, permaculture design, and spiritual commissioning.
Degree: D.R.A. – Doctor of Resurrection Agriculture
Length: Self-paced (typically 4–6 years)
Credit Hours: 96
Format: Hybrid – Online Theory + Required Farm Practicums + Apprenticeship
Fasting Requirement: None (land is your fast)
Land Requirement: Students must produce at least 80% of their own food for 12 consecutive months, documented and audited.
Apprenticeship Requirement: At least 12 months of work on an Absurd Health Training Farm or certified affiliate farm.
Establishment Requirement: Each doctoral candidate must establish, document, and sustain a new farm or food production system capable of feeding themselves and others.
Graduation Requirements
96 credit hours completed
Minimum of 12 months producing 80% of own food supply
Apprenticeship completed (minimum 1 year)
New farm or food production system established and operational
Capstone Thesis: A 500-page “Resurrection Farm Manual” documenting land reclamation, terrain systems, and theological integration
Curriculum Modules (24 Total – 4CU)
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Theology of Land Healing
Biblical land covenant, sabbath cycles, dominion vs. stewardship, and prophetic soil redemption.
Assignment: 40-page theological analysis of the Sabbath as agricultural terrain restoration.
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Edenic Food Law and Agricultural Doctrine
Levitical food laws, land commandments, and scriptural farming practices from Genesis to Revelation.
Assignment: Design a terrain-pure farm model applying biblical food laws. -
Soil Biology as Terrain Resurrection
Understanding mycorrhizae, microfauna, mineral structure, and soil microbiome as regenerative foundation.
Assignment: Write a full terrain health report on your current or future farm soil. -
No-Till Farming and Cover Crop Strategies
Eliminating mechanical disruption, protecting fungal networks, and activating soil terrain.
Assignment: Design a seasonal cover crop rotation map for your farm system.
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Permaculture Design Principles
Closed-loop, energy-efficient food production in layered ecosystems.
Assignment: Produce a full permaculture farm design with water, energy, and production maps.
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Food Forest Systems and Perennial Polycultures
Building self-maintaining perennial ecosystems to produce diversified, abundant foods.
Assignment: Design and plant a minimum 20-species food forest on your farm.
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Keyline Water Management and Droughtproofing
Terrain-based water retention, swale design, and aquifer recharge.
Assignment: Complete a Keyline plan for your farm’s hydration and flood control.
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Sacred Grazing and Holistic Livestock Integration
Cattle, sheep, goats, poultry—using animals to heal soil and close nutrient loops.
Assignment: Develop a 3-year rotational grazing plan with multi-species animal management.
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Animal Husbandry in Terrain Agriculture
Breeding, birthing, pasturing, and terrain-consistent animal care from biblical principles.
Assignment: Write and implement a terrain-based husbandry handbook for one species.
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Composting, Waste Cycles & Fertility Restoration
Humanure, animal waste, green waste, and terrain-based nutrient cycling
Assignment: Construct and manage a working compost or humanure system.
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Seed Saving, Landrace Development & Genetic Stewardship
Humanure, animal waste, green waste, and terrain-based nutrient cycling.
Assignment: Construct and manage a working compost or humanure system.
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Farm-Based Carbon Capture and Climate Terrain Healing
Farming as carbon sink: how soil organic matter rebuilds terrain and reverses atmospheric degradation.
Assignment: Develop a soil-carbon monitoring protocol for your farm.
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Farm Economics & Profitable Terrain Stewardship
How regenerative farms become financially independent through value-added production.
Assignment: Draft a profitable 5-year financial plan for your terrain-resurrecting farm.
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Food Sovereignty and Generational Land Security
Land ownership, leasing, title defense, and community restoration through food independence.
Assignment: Write a strategy paper on using farms as land reclamation ministries.
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Agroforestry and Woodland Integration
Silvopasture, alley cropping, and forest management within regenerative farm systems.
Assignment: Incorporate agroforestry layers into your farm’s long-term production map.
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Spiritual Warfare in Agricultural Terrain
Biblical protocols for land dedication, curses, territorial spirits, and prayer over soil.
Assignment: Perform and document a full land consecration ceremony.
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Food Processing and Terrain-Consistent Value Chains
On-farm slaughter, butchery, fermentation, dairy, and grain processing respecting terrain laws.
Assignment: Build a basic on-farm processing plan for one food category.
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Pasture-Raised Meat and Animal-Based Nutrition
Why terrain healing requires animal foods: theological and biological necessity.
Assignment: Develop a pasture-based meat production plan and supply chain.
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Community-Supported Agriculture and Ministry Farming
Running CSA models, church-supported farms, and ministry-based food production.
Assignment: Design a member-supported food ministry business model.
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Emergency Agriculture and Post-Industrial Farm Recovery
Terrain medicine for collapsed farms: soil remediation, rewilding, and post-disaster food systems.
Assignment: Develop a disaster-recovery plan for reclaiming chemically damaged land.
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Prophetic Planting Cycles and Lunar Agriculture
Biblical harvest festivals, lunar cycles, prophetic seasons, and terrain rhythms.
Assignment: Track and align your farm’s planting schedule to spiritual seasons.
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Farm Mentorship and Terrain Training Models
Teaching, scaling, and commissioning new land healers from your farm model.
Assignment: Develop a training curriculum for future Resurrection Farmers.
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Farm Consecration and Land Priesthood
Your farm is an altar. This module prepares you to consecrate land and serve as a terrain priest.
Assignment: Conduct your farm’s inaugural consecration and document the process.
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Capstone Project – Resurrection Farm Manual
A 500-page thesis documenting your farm’s terrain transformation and its theological framework.
Assignment: Submit a comprehensive written Resurrection Farm Manual, including theology, financials, design, and protocols.
D.R.A. Required Reading Curriculum
This curriculum is divided thematically but presented as a single master list—required books first, then a Recommended Supplemental section.
Each book carries terrain relevance, healing depth, or theological significance. Together, they form the core of the D.R.A.. program.
Biblical Agriculture & Theology of Land Healing
Healing the Land and the Nation – Donald E. Messer
Scriptural foundation for national healing through land restoration.
Food and Faith – Norman Wirzba
The theology of food, farming, and creation as covenantal practice.
The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs – Joel Salatin
A Christian mandate for humane animal stewardship and land regeneration.
God’s Health Plan – Elmer Josephson
Land sabbaths, Levitical law, and food purity from a biblical agricultural perspective.
The Manna Protocol – Absurd Health
A prophetic framework for land-based fasting agriculture and holy farming.
Holy Fire on the Land – Absurd Health
The warfare of land healing, Sabbaths, and reclaiming Eden through regenerative work.
Regenerative Soil Systems & Farm Design
Dirt to Soil – Gabe Brown
How no-till, cover crops, and animal integration restore dead land.
Restoration Agriculture – Mark Shepard
Perennial food systems designed as ecosystems for permanent abundance.
Water for Every Farm – P.A. Yeomans
Keyline design and hydration strategy to drought-proof and heal terrain.
For the Love of Soil – Nicole Masters
Soil as the living foundation of human and animal health.
The One-Straw Revolution – Masanobu Fukuoka
A spiritual manifesto of non-intervention farming rooted in terrain faith.
Permaculture, Forestry & Sacred System Building
Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual – Bill Mollison
The definitive system for designing closed-loop, regenerative landscapes.
Gaia’s Garden – Toby Hemenway
Accessible blueprint for food forests and polycultural terrain design.
Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture – Sepp Holzer
Terrain-aligned, high-altitude farming with minimal human interference.
Tending the Wild – M. Kat Anderson
Ethnobotanical wisdom of Native American regenerative land management.
Grazing, Animal Husbandry & Integration
Holistic Management – Allan Savory
How rotational grazing repairs ecosystems, builds soil, and sequesters carbon.
Salad Bar Beef – Joel Salatin
Building terrain-friendly, pasture-based beef systems as economic engines.
You Can Farm – Joel Salatin
Turning regenerative food production into sustainable businesses.
Sacred Cow – Diana Rodgers & Robb Wolf
Defending animal foods as ethical, terrain-correct, and environmentally mandatory.
Seed, Waste & Nutrient Cycling
Seed to Seed – Suzanne Ashworth
Seed saving as the foundation of sovereign agriculture and genetic legacy.
The Humanure Handbook – Joseph Jenkins
Transforming waste into fertile ground: terrain’s nutrient cycle in action.
The Resilient Farm and Homestead – Ben Falk
Designing resilient, terrain-centric systems for extreme climates.
The Soil Will Save Us – Kristin Ohlson
The global solution to environmental collapse: terrain healing through soil.
Capstone Theological & Strategic Texts
Oil, Water, Blood, and Bone – Absurd Health
A theological exploration of food, farming, and sacramental creation.
Farming While Black – Leah Penniman
Land reclamation, sovereignty, and farming as reparative action.
The Biblical Basis for Modern Agriculture – Gary North
Scriptural blueprint for sustainable, ethical, and terrain-correct food systems.
The Hidden Half of Nature – David R. Montgomery & Anne Biklé
The unseen soil microbiome as terrain’s regenerative force.
CEUs and Professional Path
CEUs recorded via Absurd Health Continuing Education Council
Eligible for designation as Certified Terrain Protocol Architect (C.T.P.A.)
Access to teaching positions in the Terrain Doctrine Faculty
Entry pathway into Chancellor-level consecration or Crown Authority appointment in Absurd Health
Tuition
Standard Tuition: $39,000
Monthly Installments: $1,300/month x 30 months
Scholarship Pathways:
Kingdom Farmer Path: 50% tuition reduction for ministry-affiliated candidates
Global Terrain Rebuilder: Full tuition waiver for land-healing mission teams establishing international farms
