FoodTrust - Connections

Lori knows her farm very well. She knows which fields produce the best yield, which ones need to be watched carefully for pests and disease, and which ones create the greatest concern for soil conservation.

Some of the strategies Lori incorporates in her farm’s operations include conservation tillage, farming across the slope, strip cropping, and adding mulch to erosion prone land in the fall. Lori’s family has also planted over 15 kilometers of hedgerows between fields to reduce wind erosion and have extended buffer zones near waterways.

Next time I’ll tell you about some of the bigger projects on the farm.

Scott