We were thrilled to be featured on an episode of Minnesota Bound about soil health and water quality! Our segment starts at the 14:30 minute mark. Can’t thank producer Kyle Heidenreich enough for telling the story of regenerative agriculture so clearly and compellingly!
I was very honored (and extremely nervous) to be invited to participate in a conversation with Minnesota Public Radio’s Angela Davis about farming, extreme weather, climate change, and regenerative agriculture alongside Heidi Roop, director of the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership, and Ariel Kagan, the Climate and Working Lands Program Director with the Minnesota Farmers Union.
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In partnership with the Pine County Soil and Water Conservation District , the Minnesota Ag Water Quality Program, and our local NRCS office, we will be hosting a conservation cookout and soil health field day on Friday, August 5th from 4-7pm.
We’ll be giving a tour of the farm followed by serving beef and lamb burgers and breakout sessions for those interested in going more in-depth.
Be sure to stick around as Jason’s band A Heartbreak Affair will be playing live music in the barn afterwards starting at 7pm!
Please RSVP to grace.guyette@co.pine.mn.us
The grass has been slow to grow up in northern Minnesota but the cattle are grazing and enjoying a feast of dandelions. We now have a respectable herd of 46 cattle, mostly Shorthorn and Hereford/Red Angus crosses.
I have been doing a lot of grass monitoring to determine what size paddock this many cattle need. We already know the biology in our soil is not super active as it had never been grazed before our arrival. But now that we have a real herd, we can reach more of our pastures with rotational grazing.
The more we graze, allowing the proper rest time, the more the soil biology will be stimulated to wake up and do the work of feeding the grass. The more the grass is eaten and regrows, the more it pulls carbon from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and stores it in the soil.
The more cattle we can get rotationally grazing the land, the more carbon is sequestered. The more YOU eat grass fed beef and lamb, the more we both fight climate change.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! This year we've had so much gratitude for you--our family, friends, and customers!
- Jason finished building our home and we moved in just as grass growing weather and grazing began.
- We bred our 8 mature ewes and lambed our first flock of 9 bouncy, fluffy lambs on the hillsides outside our new house.
- We got a third, and then fourth livestock guardian dog to keep the livestock safe from coyotes and wolves...
