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."
Funding for this video was provided by the USDA North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Service (www.northcentralsare.org/).

[@dylnthmsn420]

As a Central Massachusetts native/resident, I know all about where Mark grew up, but the inspiration I get from this "self-professed asshole" is immeasurable. I'm on rental property and every year i'm here it gets better, because I know that people will always be here. Why not leave some quality food behind? Thank you Mark! You're a huge inspiration to this Worcester native!

[@klaussemand]

"When you're doing an ally-crop systems, you end up with option." Great quote and thanks for an insightful tour of your land.

[@gnarmarmilla]

Marvelous. I’m so thankful for this man and for what he is doing. I pray to God that more farmers will become wise like he is, for this method of farming is indubitably better for the planet and for the human race over all. Thank you very much for running this.

[@steben3318]

Stunningly good way of interacting with nature, his way of letting nature take its course is fabulous. I pray for mother nature for him to go viral/global and replace modern agriculture completely. 3,000 likes .

[@showmemotion]

Mark Shepard has so cool stuff happening on his farm. I hope others consider restoration agriculture on their farms

[@roberthite966]

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

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Always great hearing Mark Shepard! Very impressive cinematography too.

[@manalonemedia]

Thanks! [o]

[@dylnthmsn420]

Hey Pete, You're not too shabby either ;-) You guys ALL give me hope that maybe we can right the ship in time. As an aside man, I just got paid $15 an hour to mulch down 22 bags of leaves into hero compost, and had it all delivered to my yard for free, seriously? This Permaculture stuff just seems to fall into my lap now! #pounddirt

[@ranierioliveira4911]

good job, my respect from Brazil. One day I´ll get there, it´s a great inspiration.

[@lpmoron6258]

New to the channel. Beautiful.

[@Mario-sw4en]

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

[@justsayin2375]

That's the pork I wanna eat. Did you see those happy pigs in forest eating grapes?

[@elzeliendejong1393]

Dit lijkt toch zo'n super logische, slimme manier van boeren. Echt geweldig.

[@MarkShepard]

One of the best Mark Shepard videos ever! (of course I'm kind of biased since my name is Mark Shepard too! LOL)

[@kosherwhitewine5879]

ahaha my name is Mark Shepard as well

[@Sarnarath]

my name is Mark Shepard as well

[@ChrisSmith-gl6fb]

excuse me, my son is also named Mark Shepard

[@magnuseng3345]

@@ChrisSmith-gl6fb My son is named Jeff

[@tj21bem]

There are blight resistant American chestnut being sold in Alachua, Florida. I think Mr Sheppard should plant them, too.

[@b_uppy]

Those night be more appropriate for Florida, but I think Mark may be able to refer people to them...

[@dou40006]

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

[@SavannaInstitute]

The future, indeed!

[@b_uppy]

One of the points his other videos make is that you hear diverse birdlife in Mark's fields that is missing in monocropped fields. You certainly get more soil life, especially mycelium.

[@ActionEcology]

Great video. Always like to hear more about Mark and his system - arguably one of the best examples of RegenAg in action anywhere. Would love to see more.

[@b_uppy]

His variation aka Restoration ag really deserves more attention. This video is nowhere near as good as the book.

[@beewinfield]

One of the best examples of regenerative farming and permaculture anywhere for sure. Of course Merri Bee Farmacy in Nannup Western Australia has been at this style of growing for 35 years, growing soil, reversing climate change, feeding people nutrient dense food like New Forest Farm. Yay for silvo pasture !

[@Discover_the_world3]

Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰 Awesome nice 👍 work

[@AgroforestryAcademy]

Love the poly culture agroforestry systems!!

[@deerfish3000]

Nature knows best. It's when we try to "fix" it is when we create problems.

[@LutherMarshOrganics]

Beautiful! We're looking at ordering trees from him next year, we're 1 hour from Toronto,Canada :)

[@organicconsumer]

Great video! Thanks So much for making it!

[@scottmartinetti4875]

They only have one bad day.. that's a good way to look at it

[@haribo666adler]

Great vid! I’ve got to tray the idea of planting asparagus with native grasses... but before that I guess I need more research but I’m looking forward to it!

[@loosenatural8171]

Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia

[@sunlight8299]

Fascinating and inspiring...can I? I hope so! 🤠

[@PrincessTS01]

SIMPLY STUNNING

[@TylerLukey]

Great set up!

[@wolfgang5912]

The Bill Murray of permaculture.

[@preetkherasahota7550]

Inspirational! 🙏🏼

[@kevinwharem6464]

Amazing!!

[@Timmy2951]

Excellent content

[@umu-i-d2785]

Amazing man!

[@nataliefleming5929]

Hi Mark!

[@stk.plantation2912]

Bagus sekali mr..saya suka informasi nya terimakasih

[@sonbuingoc5108]

Tôi là người Việt nam Tôi rất thích video của bạn. Nhưng tôi không giỏi tiếng anh. Rất mong bạn hãy ra video có phụ đề. Xin cám ơn bạn.

[@b_uppy]

Under settings in the corner of the video it offers auto-translate under captions, and Thai is one of the languages offered. Hopefully it works better than auto-translate for some Turkish videos I've watched..

[@brandencasey6761]

Wow! I really like how you accumulate biomass from your asparagus hills!

[@jahpickney2640]

Good man

[@b_uppy]

Beautiful pigs. Tamworths or Tamworth crosses?

[@ActionEcology]

Berkshire I believe. 🤔

[@b_uppy]

@@ActionEcology The red one isn't.

[@ActionEcology]

@@b_uppy Tamworth & Tamworth X Berkshire (@4:20 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3qxnJ59i9CWbbM )

[@brianmozer3112]

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.

[@tormodundheim259]

Hi! I recommend Marks book about restoration agriculture. He talls about the fact that you cannot simply get a seed or seedling from his farm because that might not work at your location, even though you live in the same state, county or perhaps same area of a town. Every farm is unique in it's setting. Different soil, different pests, different topography and so and so. I am currently listening to the audiobook version of said book, and it is quite an eye opener! 👍😊 Greetings from Norway!

[@commentarytalk1446]

His business sells nursury stock - if you google it - he has a webpage that sells them - they tend to sell out fast each year however! G'luck.

[@hatchling88]

@@tormodundheim259 Yes, exactly. What grows well in Wisconsin won't grow well here in Florida where I live. I can grow citrus and mangoes in my subtropical suburban yard, not apples, for one example. We must respect the climate and environment or we won't have success regenerating the land.

[@b_uppy]

Elsewhere in the commentary someone mentions that there is a place in Alachua Florida that sells what you are looking for...

[@alphasxsignal]

I don't eat meat. But do like his growing ideas.

[@Tubring22]

no one asked????

[@latinospammer8441]

"Ebryone luk im began, pls praise me"

[@jadenquinn6977]

Be nice children

[@raykarenmeuchel5086]

@@Tubring22 In Oregon picking hazel nuts by hand would be crazy. They would probably cost $30/lb

[@b_uppy]

@Ray & Karen Meuchel Exactly. And this way the livestock produce a superior, healthy meat while avoiding typical grain problems of shipping, chemicals, poorer healthm etc..

[@latinospammer8441]

Crowley turned into bobby?

[@user-kv6df2gh2q]

Lol)))

[@susanbigknife]

"treated with strategic total utter neglect" lol

[@redcorsair14]

Not sure I could treat pigs(or any other animal) like pets with names and so forth and then send them to slaughter. Seems like a betrayal to me. Trust me, I love pork chops, burgers(we drive past cow pastures and call them steak with legs), steak and ribs, couldn't survive as a vegetarian. But knowing their last thoughts were likely along the lines of "what did we do to our friend to deserve this?" would bug me. Neat video though.

[@benavshalom6348]

If you're gonna think too much, think it through all the way. Would you prefer an abused pig grown in a cage that never had a name or a happy loved pig with a name that possibly felt the feeling of betrayal for a few minutes?

[@georgehilas8454]

Yeah, I think you may be adding some human emotions to your pig friend. There only thought is probably, hmmm grass and dirt, hmmm food, hmmm ooops and done.... However, in a production setting there is real suffrage by these guys up until the end. I raise my own meat birds and do the deed myself, this way, up until the end they have no idea since they are used to me handling them.

[@commentarytalk1446]

I think it is better: Respect for their ethical standards of behavioural biology and then they are converted into useful produce for humans (which is needed). You cherish their life and eventually they give life-giving meat in return. Likewise with hunting: A good hunter respects the ecosystem and what they take is balanced by their own input back into the system - humans are capable of increasing biomass and diversity of ecosystems ie we have potential to be the greatest of ecosystem engineer animals....

[@hatchling88]

I don't normally eat meat, as their husbandry on factory farms and feedlots is too often cruel. But an animal that lead a good life, humanely dispatched as Mark put it "on that one bad day", is a different thing. All living creatures die... how much better to have lived well up until the last and not suffered.

[@pksnides13]

Do you really think that pigs are comprehending their own actions as they relate to their impending slaughter?

[@hatchling88]

I haven't eaten meat aside from some free range poultry and fish for 20 years. But if I knew for certain that any pork available to me was raised humanely, with sound and careful animal husbandry, I'd eat that pork. Humans have eaten meat since the beginning of humanity, and we all know that animals will eventually die. If a pig or cow leads a good life until [as Mark puts it] that "one bad day", I could see myself including humanely raised [and dispatched] animals. It's the cruel and environmentally unsound practices of most commercial factory meat production I can't support.

[@bsmythe3214]

He eats his friends!?!