Beyond the Field: Cooks Venture Project

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Beyond the Field: Cooks Venture Project

One of the larger projects we've been working on beyond our fields this spring is taking shape across 17 partner farms in the midwest. Cooks Venture, a meat wholesaler based in Arkansas approached our sister organization, Restoration Agriculture Development (RAD), to design and implement an agroforestry iniative across existing farms in their network to enhance biological diversity, poultry health and wellbeing, and environmental integrity.

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Beyond the Field: Water Farming / Managing Agricultural Lands for Clean & Safe Water recently published by Pasa

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Beyond the Field: Water Farming / Managing Agricultural Lands for Clean & Safe Water recently published by Pasa

“Can agriculture transition from a major source of water pollution to a major force for improving water quality and, in turn, for protecting human and environmental health?”

That question was the subject of a white paper titled, Water Farming: Managing Agricultural Lands for Clean & Safe Water, recently published by Pasa Sustainable Agriculture late last year. The downloadable booklet features key approaches and perspectives on specific farming practices to protect and enrich watersheds.

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Beyond the Field: Edible Weeds on Farms / Northeast Farmer’s Guide to Self Growing Vegetables by Tusha Yakovleva

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Beyond the Field: Edible Weeds on Farms / Northeast Farmer’s Guide to Self Growing Vegetables by Tusha Yakovleva

Tusha Yakoleva has authored a wonderful resource guide exploring the crop value of wild plants within the cultivated landscape. The project was funded by a Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Farmer Grant, and has been made available to all for free download…

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Beyond the Field: Ironbound Hard Cider Project

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Beyond the Field: Ironbound Hard Cider Project

A couple of seasons ago, we were approached by Ironbound Hard Cider to help develop their new cider orchards within a regenerative design context. This summer we broke ground on installing a swale system on their sloped field to help mitigate erosion and run-off, while retaining water in the landscape and increasing soil hydration for tree roots. Their new orchard layout will follow the contours of the landscape creating a continuity between agricultural production, and the underlying geographic formations of natural landforms.

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