Mark Shepard - Agroforestry Farm Tour Video Series

Mark Shepard of New Forest Farm operates an edible woody crops nursery, Forest Agriculture Enterprises LLC, and is the author of the book "Restoration Agriculture". Mark says that his goal is to convert his farm in southwest Wisconsin into a "perennial polyculture agroforestry system that mimics the oak savanna."

[AngelaMontenegro]

That is so beautiful that he feeds them on the trailer the last month of their life, to make it seem natural and easy when it’s their day to die. Sometimes, I imagine how much fear and misery is in the meat we eat. I think that God did give us animals to eat, but we should really do it in the way that Mark describes.

[Mario-swen]

Great way to farm.
More farmers need to learn from what you are doing.
👍✌

[roberthite]

Thank you for the Hazelnut trees. Their doing great.I was amazed to see them flowering the first year.

[TheWoodlandOrchard]

Mark has been an inspiration over the years, as I developed and learned about my site. Would be good to see more footage from/about him as recent video appears to be sparse. Thanks for the upload.

[dou]

Suffice to say that your crop fields look much different and much less depressing than the corn fields of the Midwest where you can’t spot a single tree in miles. This the future, I love chessnut and they’re are beautiful trees of excellent wood

[brianmozer]

Are the chestnut hybrid trees for sale? I want to use them for hedgerow for my farm in Damascas, Md. Have you tried intermixing within a row using chestnut, hazelnut etc? Cool farm.