Restoration Agriculture: The Role of Trees

[@WenRolland]

I must says this is one of Mark Shepards best presentation, very to the point.

[@Lavasalsa1]

Wonderful! I wish the agroforestry conference had existed when I could have attended

[@marissagoettling]

I love a succinct, information dense, inspiring communiqué. This talk has it all in spades. THANK YOU!!

[@b_uppy]

He doesn't waste your time at all.

[@johnfitbyfaithnet]

Great info thank you for sharing this listening from Bangs Texas

[@partoftheabsoluteone4960]

Thanks for this excellent video!

[@showmemotion]

awesome info from Mark Shepard

[@hhwippedcream]

Mark, we got the screw bean, prickly pear and jojoba in the south west.

[@cjsloane2636]

At the 24 minute mark, someone in the audience says that we have found oaks that produce annually. Does anyone have a link to that info?

[@Jefferdaughter]

No, but Oikos Tree Crops in Michigan would be a good place to start. They have been breeding selected strains of oaks for many years specifically for heavy acorn production, and for production at an early age. They also select for low tannin levels, but leaching the tannins is not difficult or time consuming. See 'From Tree to Table: Gathering and Processing Acorns' on Arthur Haines KZbin channel.

[@TheWBWoman]

@@Jefferdaughter Very interesting. Thanks!

[@GlenGanaway]

Tried to find the Rad Pioneers site. I wasn't successful. Anyone know?

[@GeauxBig007]

How can we get in touch with Mark? I'm the most ADD person you'll meet and raise 6 species of animals on just a quarter of an acre. I need this

[@Meekseek]

Do they advocate organic means of farming?

[@Jefferdaughter]

Mark Shepard's New Forest Farm is certified organic, and has been operated in a manner that exceeds USDA organic standards since the beginning. He was the 24th farmer to join Organic Valley. The original concept of organic farming has been 'watered down' quite a bit by the USDA standards, but at the least (except when large usually corporate 'organic' operations cheat), it is a huge step toward being less destructive and much less toxic to the environment and to the people eating USDA certified organic food.Mark Shepard does not spray ANYTHING on his crops- nuts, apples, some vegetables (he grows less of those now that his farm is established), and other crops. As with his animals, he provides what they need to thrive, naturally.

[@just_jen]

"I'm supposed to talk about... trees." Lol.

[@MatthewHolevinski]

Where the dang slides!

[@a.N.....]

Wish more people would spread the agriforestry gospel. When my parents go I'm turning their 5.5 acres into a mini oak savanna. Mark is my Shepherd

[@bkspfarmlife3316]

Learning plant better air to 🫁

[@johnbothof8229]

Unicorn land

[@Jefferdaughter]

A low carb diet eliminates that 'food coma' syndrome after lunch.

[@kitty1151]

Awesome..but we live on a plane...not a globe.

[@brianchristopher5461]

Yeah I just keep that to myself, I had to go down every other rabbit hole before my mind could get that one. Its way too against our conditioning and I think you have to really understand just how much of our lives our a lie before you can grasp that. But I can say that now that I understand this I have no more questions after years of searching and can finally rest my weary mind.

[@TheWBWoman]

If you live on a "plane" then what's on the other side of this flat earth? How come the oceans and boats don't "fall off" the world? You flat earthers are so gullible.

[@a.N.....]

Flat earthers are wither naive, obstinate to evidence, ignorant to physics or grifting on KZbin for views and traffic. Please people the ancient world knew the world was a globe long ago.

[@dungeonmaster6292]

@@TheWBWoman these are the BIG BRAIN questions. Just wtf is on the other side of the fat earth?

[@alansarthou3276]

This is a waste of anyone's time. Here we have a lecturer who is presented as someone who's done something related to what he'll talk. And then, not even a single piece of evidence that what he's done can be scaled, replicated, or even if it is profitable on the long run. How much water does the system require? What watering system would be appropriate? What harvest volume did you get over the past years? How much labor did you need to upkeep those acres? Which jobs are the most intensive? What aspects would you prioritize during a design fase of a farm? Can you automate the most intensive labors? This guys talks a LOT, and says nothing. I truly don't know how you go to sleep at night while being such a hypocrite. This video was done just to get some advertisement on a (must be) piece of crap book.

[@joshuamcconnell7918]

Watch some of his other talks. He addresses many of the questions you ask, this is a 30 min talk... As for water he mentions that his farm uses keyline design, I would look that up if you are not familiar.

[@joshua511]

He's answered every single question you've asked in his 2 books. There are multiple tours of his farm on KZbin. He's been doing this on over 100 acres for 30 years. What exactly is a waste of time?

[@NHamel123]

Been replicated around the world.