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Designing Your Perennial Farm – Restoration Agriculture with Mark Shepard

Natural Building Blog Posted on January 5, 2017 by Kelly HartJanuary 5, 2017

“Mark Shepard, manager of New Forest Farms and author of the book Restoration Agriculture, will offer a critique of annual crop-based staple food production, while laying the ecological framework and reasons for designing a perennial staple food crops farm.

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Posted in Landscaping | Tagged agroforestry, alley cropping, forest garden, fruit and nut trees, homestead, land restoration, permaculture, sustainable agriculture, sustainable farm | 3 Replies

Regenerative Agriculture: Beyond Organic

Natural Building Blog Posted on August 15, 2016 by Kelly HartAugust 15, 2016

You hear the term regenerative agriculture more and more these days. What does it mean? “Regenerative agriculture is a sub-sector practice of organic farming designed to build soil health or to regenerate unhealthy soils. The practices associated with regenerative agriculture … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscaping | Tagged eco friendly, organic farming, organic gardening, permaculture, regenerative agriculture, regenerative farming, sustainable, sustainable agriculture | Leave a reply

Restoring Degraded Land: Growing Crops on Bedrock

Natural Building Blog Posted on July 6, 2016 by Kelly HartJuly 6, 2016

This blog post is part of an ongoing series on how to restore degraded land. Good land is hard to come by and often not affordable unless you’re rich. The facts presented here are from the video Building Soil with … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscaping | Tagged building soil, degraded land, DIY, eco friendly, marginal soil, natural farming, organic, permaculture, sustainable agriculture, sustainable farming | Leave a reply

Badgersett: Woody Agriculture Research and Development

Natural Building Blog Posted on July 2, 2016 by Kelly HartJuly 2, 2016

Badgersett is one of the largest forest gardens in the US. “With roots going back to 1978, Badgersett Research Corporation works on bringing “Woody Agriculture” into the mainstream world of full scale staple food production.” In summary, their ideas show … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscaping | Tagged farming, food forest, forest garden, organic, permaculture, sustainable, sustainable agriculture, woody agriculture | 1 Reply

A Future of OUR Choosing: Coppice Agroforestry

Natural Building Blog Posted on December 13, 2015 by Kelly HartDecember 13, 2015

Lots of builders such as Ben Law use coppiced wood for building.

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Posted in General | Tagged agroforestry, coppiced wood, coppicing, natural building, sustainable, sustainable agriculture, sustainable building, sustainable forestry, wood coppicing | 4 Replies

Transition Forest Gardens Part 2: Alley Cropping

Natural Building Blog Posted on December 12, 2015 by Kelly HartDecember 12, 2015

In my first blog post about Transition Forest Gardens I outlined some of my ideas about how to make a forest garden on degraded land. Today’s blog post covers some of my newest ideas for a transition forest garden.

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Posted in Landscaping | Tagged alley cropping, building soil, degraded land, food forest, forest garden, permaculture, restoring degraded land, restoring land, self sufficiency, sustainable agriculture | 3 Replies

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