Agriculture - Sheldon, IL, us
We are working to transition the Zumwalt family conventional row crop farm to an agroforestry-based model of regenerative agriculture in East-Central Illinois. This includes starting a perennial nursery, transitioning 12 acres of corn/soy fields to organic alley cropping, and cultivating horticulture. We are also using dead trees on-site to produce biochar which is then mixed with compost and soil to apply to the land in order to capture carbon and increase soil health. We are producing systematic field-based studies with different soil amendments to better understand how these practices can be most effectively applied here in the Corn Belt.
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