Newforestfarm.us Website Review

NEW FOREST FA*M IS A DIVERSE RESTORATION AGRICULTURE RESEARCH SITE IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA OF SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. Founded and stewarded by the Shepard family for over 20 years, the land is one of the country’s most ambitious large-scale conversions of former degraded corn fa*m into a perennial agricultural ecosystem. Panel 1 New Forest Fa*m is a planned conversion of a typical row-crops grain fa*m into a commercial-scale, perennial agricultural ecosystem using oak savanna, successional brushland and eastern woodlands as the ecological models. Overall, the land attempts to mimic the oak savanna biome. Trees, shrubs, vines, canes, perennial plants and fungi are planted in as*ociation with one another to produce food, fuel, medicines, and beauty. Hazelnuts, chestnuts, walnuts, apples, and elderberries are the primary woody crops, and are planted along a keyline™-inspired water management pattern. Between the tree crops, the gras*y alleys are often grazed by cows, pigs, turkeys, sheep, pigs or chickens. These systems are building soil, retaining water, sequestering carbon, diversifying habitat, and cultivating the human being and our ecology. The fa*m is entirely solar and wind powered and fa*m equipment has the capacity to be powered with locally produced biofuels that are not Come witness and learn from this twenty year old large scale perennial polyculture experiment! Come join us for a beautiful afternoon walk at the fa*m. This is tree crops harvesting season where the apples, pears, gra*es and chestnuts are bountiful.  Please arrive at this event on time, as we’ll be getting started promptly at noon. Connect with Karen to register for Journey under thousands of chestnut trees, venture through the hazelnut maze, observe Keyline-inspired ponds and swales, and meet the pigs, chickens and any other critters who are grazing beneath the heritage apple trees. COST: $250 flat rate for 1-13 attendees, then $20 per additional person — group rates available