Mark Shepard
CEO of Forest Agriculture Enterprises, author of Restoration Agriculture, owner New Forest Farm, featured in INHABIT. a documentary film on permaculture
Mark Shepard is the acclaimed author of Restoration Agriculture, a guide to perennial ecosystem agriculture. He is the CEO of Forest Agriculture Enterprises, and runs New Forest Farm, the 106-acre perennial agricultural forest considered by many to be one of the most ambitious sustainable agriculture projects in the United States. Trained in both mechanical engineering and ecology, Mark has developed and patented equipment and processes for the cultivation, harvesting and processing of forest derived agricultural products for human foods and bio fuels production. Mark is also founder and board President for the Restoration Agriculture Institute, and serves on the board of the Southwest Badger Resource Conservation and Development Council. He teaches agroforestry and permaculture worldwide. Mark is a farmer member of the Organic Valley cooperative, the worlds largest organic farmer’s marketing co-op, and is the founder and chief Cydermaker for the Shepard’s Hard Cyder winery in Viola, Wisconsin. Mark Shepard's work at New Forest Farm is included in the feature length documentary film INHABIT.
CEO of Forest Agriculture Enterprises, author of Restoration Agriculture, owner New Forest Farm, featured in INHABIT. a documentary film on permaculture
Mark Shepard is the acclaimed author of Restoration Agriculture, a guide to perennial ecosystem agriculture. He is the CEO of Forest Agriculture Enterprises, and runs New Forest Farm, the 106-acre perennial agricultural forest considered by many to be one of the most ambitious sustainable agriculture projects in the United States. Trained in both mechanical engineering and ecology, Mark has developed and patented equipment and processes for the cultivation, harvesting and processing of forest derived agricultural products for human foods and bio fuels production. Mark is also founder and board President for the Restoration Agriculture Institute, and serves on the board of the Southwest Badger Resource Conservation and Development Council. He teaches agroforestry and permaculture worldwide. Mark is a farmer member of the Organic Valley cooperative, the worlds largest organic farmer’s marketing co-op, and is the founder and chief Cydermaker for the Shepard’s Hard Cyder winery in Viola, Wisconsin. Mark Shepard's work at New Forest Farm is included in the feature length documentary film INHABIT.
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Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard
Around the globe most people get their calories from “annual” agriculture — plants that grow fast for one season, produce lots of seeds, then die. Every single human society that has relied on annual crops for staple foods has collapsed. Restoration Agriculture explains how we can have all of the benefits of natural, perennial ecosystems and create agricultural systems that imitate nature in form and function while still providing for our food, building, fuel and many other needs — in your own backyard, farm or ranch. This book, based on real-world practices, presents an alternative to the agriculture system of eradication and offers exciting hope for our future. Visit www.forestag.com to purchase the book. |
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