Forest Garden Shelterbelts: Investment Strategy for Restoring Degraded Land

Shelterbelts/windbreaks have many different benefits
Shelterbelts/windbreaks have many different benefits

Tree shelterbelts are commonly grown throughout the world for windbreaks, privacy, livestock protection, soil management, wildlife conservation, etc. What is not so common is growing food producing shelterbelts for investment purposes.

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The Winter Harvest with Eliot Coleman


“This is Eliot Coleman’s presentation at the Asheville Mother Earth News Fair in April of 2016. Eliot is a celebrated farming expert encouraging people and communities to choose locally grown organic food. He helped pioneer the movement with his first book “The New Organic Grower” published over 20 years ago. He continues leading the way, expanding the limits of the harvest season deep into and through winter at his world-renowned farm in Harborside, Maine.

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Good Time to Buy Foreclosed Farm Land?

JM Fortier’s market garden farm in Canada
JM Fortier’s market garden farm in Canada

I’m hearing reports of large numbers of U.S. farmers going broke due to economic problems, drought, old age and no children to pass the farm down to, and excessive government regulations. Some newscasters are predicting higher food prices or even food shortages this year (2017) in the U.S.

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