ESA Friendly!
Bigfoot Nature Homeschool Network
Real food. Real skills. Real childhood.
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Unlock nature-powered homeschooling with state-funded freedom—while helping plant food forests in every city.
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Access up to around $8,000 per child (varies by state, can be higher) in state-funding, with guided support every step of the way.
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Keep roughly $7,000 per child for curriculum, tutors, and experiences your family chooses.
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Support a nature-based homeschool network that funds real food forests and gardens to feed and heal communities.
Call or Text: (813) 586-4769[GROW]
100% voluntary. You choose your path.
Most families start by filling out the ESA & Homeschool Interest Form. It takes 2–3 minutes and helps us know how to best support you.
How Bigfoot Nature Homeschool Network Works
Parents stay in legal control of homeschooling while receiving step‑by‑step support, community, and nature‑based opportunities—all funded through your state ESA program.
Step 1: Unlock Your
State Funds
Fill out a simple intake form and receive clear, guided support to apply for and manage your child’s Florida ESA (Family Empowerment Scholarship) funds—often around $8,000–$10,000 per child per year.
Step 2: Design Your Nature‑Powered Homeschool
Get matched with local pods, micro‑schools, and teachers, plus access to a growing curriculum library focused on nature, entrepreneurship, life skills, and stewardship.
Step 3: Join the Food Forest Revolution
Roughly $1,000 per child supports the Bigfoot Nature Homeschool Network; the rest stays with your family, while the network’s surplus funds community food forests, gardens, and regenerative projects where your kids can learn, play, and eat real food.
Parents remain the legal homeschool decision‑makers. Bigfoot Nature Homeschool Network supports, guides, and connects—you choose how to use your ESA funds within the rules.
Ready to see if ESA-funded nature homeschooling is possible for your family?
“Finding Bigfoot Nature Homeschool Network transformed our family’s education journey. The unparalleled support, vibrant community, and enriching curriculum are worth every penny—we gladly contribute about 10% of our ESA funds because the impact on our kids is priceless. Unlike the drudgery of government schools where they felt trapped and disconnected, now they’re thriving outdoors, deeply connected to nature, bursting with curiosity, having genuine fun, and loving to learn in ways that ignite their true potential. Every parent, educator, and student should join this network—it’s not just education, it’s liberation for the whole child.”
What Your Child Actually Experiences
Instead of sitting under fluorescent lights all day, kids in this network spend real time outside—growing food, moving their bodies, building businesses, and learning how the living world works, all while mastering core academics in a hands‑on way.
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🔑ESA navigation & paperwork support – Guidance through applications, renewals, and allowed uses so you do not feel alone in the process.
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🌳☀️Nature‑based learning days – Regular time in gardens, food forests, parks, and outdoor classrooms focused on foraging, gardening, animal care, and practical life skills.
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📖🌍Real‑world academics – Math through garden planning and budgeting, literacy through nature journaling and storytelling, science through soil, water cycles, and ecosystems.
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🧺💰Entrepreneurship labs – Kids grow, harvest, and create products (like teas, seed packets, or crafts), then learn pricing, marketing, and customer service. They practice real business, not just worksheets.
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❤️🤝Supportive community – Like‑minded parents, educators, and guides who care about freedom, health, and nature, not just test scores.
No coercive grades. Mastery, choice, and consent‑based learning—so kids actually want to learn.
See Kids Thrive at Origins Reclaimed Academy
Nature‑based, garden‑centered education has been shown to improve working memory, reduce inattentiveness, and even raise standardized test scores in subjects like math and English. Regular time in green spaces helps ease ADHD symptoms, autism‑related challenges, depression, anxiety, and chronic stress in children.
Garden programs increase kids’ willingness to eat vegetables and build healthier long‑term food habits—critical in communities where childhood obesity rates can reach 28–35%. Outdoor learning also builds self‑regulation, patience, teamwork, and problem‑solving, while reducing dropout tendencies and improving attendance.
You do not have to stay stuck in a system that hurts your kids.
Where Your ESA Dollars Go
In return for our help, families choose to direct a small portion of their ESA funds to fuel this network and to customize their child’s education.
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Average ESA award in Florida: around $8,000 per child, sometimes more.
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Suggested annual support per child to Bigfoot Nature Homeschool Network: about $1,000 (roughly 10–12% of the ESA award).
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Estimated remaining per child for your family to allocate: about $7,000 toward curriculum, tutors, micro‑schools, resources, and experiences that fit your values.
Surplus → Food Forests & Gardens
After covering essential operations, any surplus is reinvested into food forests, edible landscapes, and regenerative projects in local communities. For every 100 students enrolled, the network commits to creating at least one new food forest or major edible landscape—places where children can learn, families can gather, and communities can access free, nutrient‑dense food.
💎🛡️No equity, no profit extraction, no hidden owners—just a transparent nonprofit model focused on regeneration and freedom.
Most families direct about $1,000 of their ESA to fuel the network, plant food forests, and unlock nature-based learning—while keeping roughly $7,000 for their own child’s customized education.
Already convinced? Join & Support the Network Now
💎🛡️Financial Transparency
The Humans Behind the Homeschool Revolution
This network is led by parents, educators, and visionaries who live what they teach—growing food, raising kids outside coercive systems, and building nature‑based alternatives.
Emily Mock
ESA Guide & Nature‑Based Teacher
A current educator who has successfully used ESA to organize nature‑based learning for kids, Emily coordinates programs, brings in local professionals to teach real‑world skills, and makes the process look easy, fun, and welcoming for families.
Brigitte Endrulat
Treasurer & Practical Mom
As the network’s treasurer and Cory’s mother, Brigitte brings lived experience with homeschooling, local parent networks, and strong frustrations with schools ignoring basic financial literacy; she helped organize earlier homeschool groups like “Teen Knights” to offer healthier social environments.
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David Rodriguez
Gatto Protégé & Education Reformer
Co‑author and protégé of legendary teacher John Taylor Gatto, David founded Valor Academy (a virtual high school for rapid diplomas, apprenticeships, and early graduation) and leads the GATTO Project, bringing options not only to children but also to teens and educators seeking true alternatives.
Cory Endrulat
Young Author & Freedom Educator
A self‑taught author who started studying nutrition at 13, Cory helps lead this project, interviews students about their school experiences, and speaks about how children can thrive when education is voluntary, nature‑based, and aligned with real life.
Jim Gale
Visionary Permaculture Dad
Motivational speaker, author, and permaculture designer living off‑grid on a 50‑acre food forest in Central Florida, Jim has inspired families and world leaders to grow their own food and his own kids participate in Emily’s nature‑based school.
Ryan “RPG” Golembeske
Bigfoot Researcher & Food Forest Co‑Creator
A world‑renowned Bigfoot researcher featured on TV and in films, Ryan co‑runs Bigfoot Food Forest in New Port Richey, Florida, and as a father of four who has already used ESA through this program, he loves helping other busy families access the same support.
Want to talk with a specific guide?
Bigfoot Nature Homeschool Network operates with full financial transparency and clear, nonprofit boundaries—families can see how funds are used for staff, services, and community food forests each year.
Perfect For You If…
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🌿You feel traditional school “feels like prison” to your child, and you want a gentler, more respectful, consent‑based approach.
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🏞️You want your kids to spend more time outside, moving, creating, and growing food—not just sitting at a desk.
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🤗You are open to homeschooling or hybrid micro‑schools but feel overwhelmed by paperwork, curriculum choices, and logistics.
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💫You like the idea of state funds being redirected away from coercive systems and into your family and your local ecosystem.
Probably Not a Fit If…
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📏You want strict, top‑down discipline, heavy testing, and conventional grading as the core of your child’s education.
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🏫You are not comfortable with nature‑based, voluntary, or learner‑led educational models.
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🏢You prefer to keep all ESA funds inside conventional institutional programs.
Is This Right for Your Family?
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Questions Parents Ask Q: Are ESA funds guaranteed? ESA programs are administered by the state and subject to their eligibility rules, caps, and policy changes; the network guides families through the application and renewal process but cannot guarantee funding decisions or amounts. Q: Who is legally responsible for my child’s education? Parents remain the legal homeschool decision‑makers under Florida law; the network provides support, resources, and community, but does not assume legal responsibility for homeschooling compliance. Q: Is this a school, a co‑op, or something else? It is a homeschool support and regenerative education network: a nonprofit that helps families access ESA funding, connect with nature‑based pods and micro‑schools, and participate in food forests and regenerative projects. Q: Are there contracts or long‑term commitments? There are no long‑term contracts; families voluntarily choose to direct around $1,000 per child per year from their ESA funds to support the network and can adjust or discontinue participation in future years. Q: Is this religious? The network is rooted in permaculture, spiritual ecology, and voluntaryist principles rather than in any single religious doctrine; families from diverse backgrounds are welcome if they align with nature, freedom, and respect. Q: How is child safety handled? Educators and site hosts should follow background check protocols, safety guidelines, and child‑to‑adult ratios, with clear non‑coercive codes of conduct and parent feedback loops to ensure quality and responsiveness.
Bigfoot Nature Homeschool Network does not provide legal, tax, or financial advice. Families are encouraged to consult their own advisors about homeschool laws, ESA rules, and tax implications. ESA programs are administered by the state; participation is subject to government eligibility and policy changes. Parents remain ultimately responsible for complying with homeschool and ESA regulations in their jurisdiction.
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Join the Homeschool Revolution
Every year, more families leave coercive schooling behind and choose freedom, nature, and real‑world learning for their kids. Having access with this program means that working‑class and middle‑class families can finally access options once reserved for the wealthy.
By joining the Bigfoot Nature Homeschool Network, your family not only reclaims education funding—you help plant food forests, heal land, and model a new way of learning for the world.
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