Over Memorial Weekend we went out to visit Mike and Clare's Farm and Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm, which share land just north of Ottawa, Illinois. Jody, Beth, and Mike showed us how they are growing and raising good food.
[cedar valley sustainable farm pigs]
We saw Mike's no-till farming method in action. In his words, no-till "means we can sequester carbon in the soil, keeping a greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere." He and Clare also think a lot about how to make the best use of the soil food web, so they don't have to add much besides compost to the soil.
[in the greenhouse]
[mike]
[flashy lettuce]
[meat birds protected from meadow predators]
[laying hen]
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