#regenag

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Huzzar! It’s finally here. I’ve been looking forward to getting hold of this one for months. Anyone read it already? #regenag #gabebrown (at Somerton, Somerset) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo87swsgll3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1v3te1fdu21vp

[betweenthewoodsandthewater]

Nice little triplet arrived a few days early. Grazing rye vetch wonder crop in the sun. . . . #organic #spring #lambs #agriculture #organicagriculture #regenag #regrarians

[homesteadalternatives]

Here you see one cover crop mix used at our home farm, Mt. Folly, made of daikon radish, crimson clover, rye and wheat. Except for the radish, the mix will be green and photosynthesize all winter, with the radish breaking hardpan as it grows in the fall and then, on freezing, adding organic matter to the soil.

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Though cattle belch methane, as all ruminants do, their manure and hooves contribute to soil health, sequestering more carbon than methane released. This only holds true for cattle raised on pasture rather than in confinement. These are the cattle that graze Mt. Folly Farm, our home farm where our organic hemp is grown.

[russellembruncan]

Posted @withregram • @againstthegrainfarm Check out this interview with @laststrawdistill and Shelley to learn more about locally sources whiskies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeStU5tmiyI&ab_channel=LastStrawDistillery #heritage #heritagegrains #regenerativeagriculture #regenag #agroecology #ecological #farming #seed #biodiversity #seedsaving #smallfarm #ottawa #ontario #whisky #distillery https://www.instagram.com/p/CVRR-89FuTj/?utm_medium=tumblr

[russellembruncan]

Posted @withregram • @againstthegrainfarm A slice of apple pie (made with ATG's barley flour crust) a day keeps the doctor away! 🥧 Barley flour pie crust 🥧 Makes one 9 inch (23 cm) pie crust Ingredients: - 3⁄4 cup (175 mL) ATG Barley Flour - 1⁄2 cup (125 mL) ATG Amber Wheat Flour - 2 tbsp (25 mL) granulated sugar (optional) - 1⁄4 cup (50 mL) cold butter - 4–5 tbsp (50–65 mL) cold water Directions: 1. In food processor, combine flours, sugar and butter. Process just until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. 2. Add water and process until mixture holds together. Shape into a ball. 3. On a lightly floured surface, roll into a circle slightly larger than a 9 inch (23 cm) pie plate. Gently fold in half and lift into pie plate. Pinch over-hanging pastry to form an edge. 4. Refrigerate for 15 minutes. #heritage #heritagegrains #regenerativeagriculture #regenag #agroecology #ecological #farming #seed #biodiversity #seedsaving #smallfarm #ottawa #ontario https://www.instagram.com/p/CT3K8U7lHff/?utm_medium=tumblr

[homesteadalternatives]

Befriending nature dovetails with what we’ve been doing at Mt. Folly since 1982, though the name of the type of farming has evolved…from odd-ball farming to natural farming, to sustainable, then organic farming. Now what we are doing is called real organic farming and regenerative farming…and our knowledge has increased almost exponentially.

I was barely an adult when I made it my mission to get antibiotics out of animal feed. Decades later, I have a team and we raise plants to benefit our customers, including Hemp for Homestead Alternatives CBD products. We operate an AirBnb so that customers can come see the farm and learn (and get some time away), operate a distillery to use the small grains so important to organic farming systems, run a farm-to-table restaurant to showcase our pastured beef and poultry, and local fruits and vegetables. Now, we aim to complete the circular system by restoring local buildings and recruiting young people to our small rural town, so it will thrive.

In sum, our job as regenerative farmers is to enhance the medicinal virtue and nutritional integrity of what we grow. Imitating nature is the one big lesson. The balance of the numerous January meetings was a discussion of how best to do this. All land is different, so it’s a project of continuous improvement, which will take lifetimes.

[homesteadalternatives]

Dear Friends,

By now you may realize that Laura’s Mercantile is part of an effort to build a regenerative agricultural system. For our part, this involves our regional Laura’s Homestead Alternatives accounts and our online store. In addition (this is Kentucky, right?) it also includes a distillery, Wildcat Willy’s!

One of the key practices of regenerative agriculture is planting cover crops after the cash crop is harvested. Not only do cover crops — which grow all fall, winter and spring – photosynthesize and sequester carbon, but their root mass below ground increases soil health. We’ve been doing this at Mt. Folly since 2011, but the practice has been adopted by only 4% of farmers because of poor economics.

Enter American Farmland Trust, Brown Foreman, the Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association, and the Kentucky Agriculture Development Fund. With a new program to grow whiskey rye for Kentucky distilleries, they are breaking new ground. Most of the corn for our bourbon distilleries is grown in the state, but most rye is grown in the northern plains, Canada and Europe, including former members of the Soviet Union.

Here at Mt. Folly, we have some experience growing rye, which is marketed through Laura’s Mercantile and the distillery. But this gives us new, expanded markets, and we are thrilled!

Below is a link to a blog post I made about Mt. Folly and Regenerative Ag. Hemp is part of our program and now so is rye. We grow rye on land that once was owned by Daniel Boone. I hope you’ll check out the site to learn more. Laura’s Blog

USDA-certified organic hemp is an important crop for us, and customers who support us are most important of all.