Regenerative farming prioritises soil health, biodiversity and ecological restoration, and forgoes most conventional industrial agriculture practices, including pesticides, synthetic fertilisers, or feeding pigs and cows genetically modified food such as corn and soy. Since 2017, he and his wife, Meghan, 31, have run Cedar Springs, a 16-hectare (40-acre) permaculture-focused farm and homestead. “Once you become a soil farmer, you realise that without that soil – that soil microbiology, that living soil – we can’t do anything. It’s a huge commitment.”Cows grazing on the lush pasture at Jake Takiff’s Cedar Springs farm in Colorado. He does not expect everyone who found Cedar Springs during the pandemic to become regular customers.

Source: The Guardian May 08, 2021 05:26 UTC