Why did you begin farming? I started farming while in college to make a little extra money one summer and caught the bug. Have you always been an eco-farmer, or did you make a change? Yes, we’ve been farming sustainably since the beginning. What was the biggest hurdle...
To the pressing worldwide challenge of restoring soil carbon and rebuilding topsoil, the Australian soil ecologist Dr. Christine Jones offers an accessible, revolutionary perspective for improving landscape health and farm productivity. For several decades, Jones has...
Have you always been an eco-farmer, or did you make a change? We have been operating our farm using strict organic methods since our farm’s inception three decades ago. Building soil organic matter has been very important to us, as well as sustainably improving our...
Jonathan Cobb interviewed by: Chris Walters This month’s interview swings our focus away from storied veterans to a newcomer, a young farmer trying to forge his way in the middle of Texas. Like a lot of others who dedicate themselves to rational agriculture based in...
Have you always been an eco-farmer, or did you make a change? David was born and raised on a diversified Wisconsin family farm. We conventionally farmed for three years on a farm before this one. At Vermont Valley we’ve always farmed organically. What was the biggest...
