For Our Soil's Sake – Details, episodes & analysis

Moritz Passmann manages Crescentwood Farm alongside his wife and in-laws near Russel, Manitoba. Moritz shares the practices they have implemented that support soil health and all the critters above and below the ground. Not only have these changes made farming more interesting, it has reduced stress for him and his family, improved soil quality, and their land’s productivity. Together they have improved yields and their net profit per acre by changing some of their cropping practices over the years. A few methods that are making a big differences: ✨Reducing tillage ✨Seeding different cash crops with mixtures of warm season grasses, cool season grasses, and legumes ✨Reducing inputs ✨Adding compost tea and worm castings into their cover crop seed mix Contact Info: CrescentwoodHof@posteo.ca

Interview with Trevor Atchinson owner of Poplarview Stock Farm in Pipestone, Manitoba. Trevor shares how improving farm practices and working with nature allows him to have more time with his family. 🥩Directing marketing through word of mouth 🪱Improving soil health 🐂Increasing shelter belts for winter grazing 🌾Dual cropping with the incorporation of cattle are things Trevor is working on and talks about in this weeks episode. Instagram: @poplarviewstockfarm

Interview with Joey Fiola and Christel Lanthier owners of Ferme Fiola Farm in Ste. Genevieve, Manitoba. Christel explains how the fleece from their sheep becomes wool. She tells us about the nose to tail practice of utilizing all parts of the animal. Education is everything and the more you know the more you can do with it. Christel and Joey share their experience farming in this weeks episode! Instagram: @fermefiolafarm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fermefiolafarm Website: https://www.fermefiolafarm.ca

Interview with Trent Alexander owner of Little Lane Acres in Lenore, Manitoba. Trent explains the different tools he uses on his farm to improve the land and his production. He digs into what Adaptive Multi-Paddock Grazing is and how it creates more drought resiliency on his farm. https://www.facebook.com/littlelaneacres

Interview with Cam and Liam Hamilton owners of Fair Valley Farm Ventures in Glenboro, Manitoba. The Hamilton’s explain different ecological benefits because of the way they choose to farm and how it impacts animal and plant health. They enjoy doing things a bit different on their farm so it's never boring. Starting with the farm’s context being to manage the farm in a way that improves the land. They work with nature by using cattle to stimulate grow and create more biodiversity in the soil! Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/FairValleyFV Great Tastes of Manitoba Video: https://youtu.be/WMxkxbWMAvk

Interview with Lydia Carpenter owner of Luna Field Farm in Belmont, Manitoba. Lydia and her partner Wian Prinsloo are 1st generation farmers. She shares her experience into farming and the decision making that led them to where they are now. https://www.lunafieldfarm.com

Interview with Michelle Schramm & Troy Stozek owners of Fresh Roots Farm in Cartwright, Manitoba. Share the wonders of regenerative farming and how they go into it. They tell us about the diversity on their farm and what it means to support that beautiful community of living species on the land and below it. Website: https://freshrootsfarmmb.com

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https://www.longwayhomestead.com

Book:

Sheep, Shepherd & Land by Anna Hunter, Photography by Christel Lanthier

Why I started this podcast. From gardener to farm apprentice to program coordinator at Holistic Management Canada. My journey into the world of Regenerative Agriculture and the extraordinary people I meet along the way. Resources from the Episode: Holistic Management Canada - http://holisticmanagement.ca Young Agrarian's - https://youngagrarians.org Savory Institue - https://savory.global Books: Kiss The Ground by Josh Tickell Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith Sacred Cow by Diana Rodgers For The Love Of Soil by Nicole Masters

Gabe Brown is from Bismark, North Dakota. Gabe is one of the pioneers of the current soil health movement. Gabe, along with his wife Shelly, and son Paul, own and operate Brown’s Ranch, a diversified 5,000 acre farm and ranch. The ranch consists of several thousand acres of native perennial rangeland along with perennial pastureland and cropland. Their ranch focuses on farming and ranching in nature’s image.

The Browns holistically integrate their grazing and no-till cropping systems, which include a wide variety of cash crops, multi-species cover crops along with all natural grass finished beef and lamb. They also raise pastured laying hens, broilers and swine. This diversity and integration has regenerated the natural resources on the ranch without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides. Gabe recently authored the book, “Dirt to Soil, One Family’s Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture.”

Contact:

Website: https://brownsranch.us

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brownsranch/?hl=en

 

 

 

 

Funding for this episode provided through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership