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Mark Shepard (farmer)

Mark Shepard is an American farmer and author.[1][2][3][4] Shepard is the founder of Restoration Agriculture Development (RAD) and CEO of Forest Agriculture Enterprises.[5] Shepard coined the term "restoration agriculture", a form of agroforestry that includes raising tree crops and livestock on his New Forest Farm in Viola, Wisconsin.[6][7][8] New Forest Farm is a conversion of a typical row crop grain farm into a perennial agricultural ecosystem at the commercial scale. Shepard has advocated for the replacement of staple annual crops with nut crops like chestnuts and hazelnuts.[3][9][10][11]

Publications

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  • Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers (2014)[12]
  • Water for Any Farm: Applying Restoration Agriculture Water Management Methods on Your Farm (2020)[13]

References

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  1. ^ Schultz, Zac (2023-11-23). "Farmer Practices Restoration Agriculture". Wisconsin Life. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  2. ^ Olzen, Jake (2012-12-10). "The giving tree: Agroforests can heal food systems and fight climate change". Grist. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  3. ^ a b Tortorello, Michael (November 23, 2011). "Chestnuts Worthy of Song". The New York Times.
  4. ^ English, Oliver; English, Simon (2024-01-01), Feeding Tomorrow (Documentary), Rishi Kumar, Creative Commons, retrieved 2024-03-27
  5. ^ Homestead Paradise: got barren land, boosted it at a profit. Retrieved 2024-03-28 – via www.youtube.com.
  6. ^ Chang, Vera L. (2016-03-16). "How Carbon Farming Could Reverse Climate Change". Civil Eats. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  7. ^ Kanter, Rob (2015-12-03). "Restoration agriculture as a path to land health". Illinois Public Media. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  8. ^ "'New Forest Farm' a living, breathing sustainable agriculture practice". WPR. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  9. ^ LA, DOC (2022-09-24). DOC LA - Feeding Tomorrow. Retrieved 2024-03-27 – via Vimeo.
  10. ^ "Renowned author Mark Shepard to speak at Sustainable Agriculture Speaker Series". Winona Post. 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  11. ^ Wisconsin Life | Sustainable Farmer. Retrieved 2024-03-27 – via www.youtube.com.
  12. ^ Shepard, Mark (2013). Restoration agriculture: real-world permaculture for farmers. Austin, Tex: Acres U.S.A. ISBN 978-1-60173-035-0. OCLC 822667977.
  13. ^ Shepard, Mark (2020). Water for Any Farm: Applying Restoration Agriculture Water Management Methods on Your Farm. Acres U.S.A. ISBN 9781601731463.


 

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