How Mark Shephard’s Farm THRIVES on Neglect (Extended Version)
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- čas přidán 23. 01. 2022
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Permaculture Designer Mark Shepherd of New Forest Farm in Wisconsin talks about his strategic total utter neglect method for large-scale farming.
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I like the way Justin lets us listen. He seems to sense just when and what questions to ask for the comprehension of his audience. Much appreciated.
He's a master
Seriously sounds like more rigging. Farmer that has to rent land. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Social engineering. $$$ is the goal. How can he possibly have certified organic with round up in the next field?
When thinking about growing your own food I would think a family needs to learn about the different options of gardening. Each property is different, each zone, each soil, personal time to dedicate to the garden, etc. You don’t have to farm like these suggested ideas, but you can take from it what you can use and feed your family healthy food. If you don’t like the way a farmer farms, don’t buy his products
I agree - that’s where a lot of interviewers fail.
@@smas3256 I think he owns the land corporation that rents the land to his farm corporation. Layering your businesses such a way allows for more tax deductions and different types of grants, financing, ect.
So- ORGANICS > PERMACULTURE > DIVERSIFICATION > CO-OPING > PROFIT SHARING. All of this strategy has been around since the 1970s and for some reason, it faded away. Glad to see it is making a comeback! Our 350 acre farm is balanced to take care of us. We are farming the same way our grandparents farmed. No pesticides. Grass-fed beef. Prime hay and sustainable logging. Our farming neighbors buy from us, as we buy from them.
They have organic produce/organic eggs/chicken/pork/lamb/honey/ and so on. Life is good in New Hampshire.
Sounds like heaven!
Has it faded away? I don't know. All of this supposedly "new" way full of "new" terminology, is simply the way farming has always been! I'm 61 and my grandparents farmed the same way that new farmers are, they just didn't use all the new terminology!
Darla Herbst- I am 71. You are correct that that way of farming I learned in the 1970s was partially taught to me by my Grandmother Hazel and her brother Ray. Those methods came straight out of rural New Hampshire 1935! The other half came from Helen & Scott Nearing, Elliot Coleman, Rodale Press Organic Gardening & Farming and Mother Earth News. Then the noise surrounding Mother Earth farming and going back to the land died away in my corner of the world, to be brought out again partially by You Tube homesteaders, which is a good thing. And Rodale Institute is still going strong in PA and I believe THE FARM is still around. Like you, we are carrying the torch in Central New Hampshire. Our working farm looks like it just stepped out of 1940! ~ Diane
Portillo Family - Thank you. We are a little slice of Heaven. Our hay fields spread across the open ridge , overlooking a lake that is surrounded by miles of forest. That said, we are the last working farmers in our family. Our 4th and 5th generation boys, do not want to want to farm, therefore, the farmland has been placed in a private land trust. Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust in Central New Hampshire. Upon our passing, the acreage can be sold, but not subdivided, thus keeping open land for the public to enjoy via hiking, horseback riding, etc.
@@dianehall5345 If your next generations don’t want it I’ll take it! 😆
In all seriousness, if you guys needed a hand on the property I would love to work on an operation like that. I’m 25 and married last year. Fled NJ last year as well for various reasons and currently in MT. NH is on our list of of places we are looking at for our long term. If I could be of help feel free to contact me! I can reply with an email if I hear back. 👍
I love it this guy is a genius.
he's like the farmers special forces
Farmers that don't own and rent the land.. SERIOUSLY. Now farmers have landlords. Did you here the guy say and point and say, gmo and round up is right next door.
And this farm has certified organic food. HOW the heck is that even possible!!!
The wind carries pretty far into fields all around.
@@smas3256 he doesn't grow varieties that would cross. he specializes in nuts and fruit. he doesn't agree with cereal grain consumption either. Perennial edibles and rotational grazing of livestock finished on pasture, fruit and nuts not commercial grains. If he grew a bunch of cereal grains the gmo cereals his neighbors are growing them you might be right in that context.
I could listen to this wizard speak for hours. So interesting & practical. Makes perfect sense. He has an amazing amount of wisdom & knowledge acquired throughout his existence. Irish man loves this.
Mark is my hero. I’d love to spend a couple seasons with him to grow and absorb all those nutrients from that amazing mind of his. Dude is RAD
You said it, man.
Exactly
@@kristineodongo9357 the one thing I did notice is that Mark (Love that guy) is giving away his information FREE of charge but then justin turns around and charges people to get Mark's information
@@irenegeorgemessinger1671 mark is amazing! But how do you know that Mark gave the information away? Is it possible that Justin paid for this interview? Even if he didn’t, can you think of any other forms of capital Mark might have gained from this interview? Also, I don’t know about you but I haven’t paid to watch this video… some advertisers might have, but the information is freely given for me to absorb.
@@johndehaven943 my point exactly, it should be FREE for all of us to watch, what I don't like is Jusin putting it on abundance plus so people have to PAY to get the link for Mark's information. Justin reminds me of a snake in the grass trying to grab money any way he can. Bad Karma
I love this gentleman’s love and pride in his food forest. Truly inspiring.
Stephan would love this he would be feeding the birds in the corner
He grows grass and other fruits etc together
And runs chickens down his orchard
Much love xoxox looks great
Thank you Justin! This was truely amazing. I wish farmers everywhere were listening and HEARing about this method of producing food. Wow! So much to take in and be inspired by.
I’m only 30 minutes into this so far but I’d love to see an aerial view of this farm! 🤞🏼
This was great, my daughter just told me about this guy last week and said I should look him up. I'm slowly implementing a lot of his principles and didn't even know it.
Are you talking about the socialist farmer that loves farmers that have to pay rent? Sorry. I'm just ticked off about that creep that said, next field over has gmo seeds and round up and this field is certified organic food. The wind spreads the poison. The bees don't know the difference. Have you tasted organic honey from other countries? So delicious. Better than ours today and from 60 or 70 years ago when they started spraying everything. No wonder we are so stupid and sick.
Good keep going. Bless you
What an amazing video! I have been watching Justin for a few years and this has got to be one of my top favs. Thank you so much both Justin and Mark for sharing ALL of this with us.
From 2005 to 2019, I used to ride my motorcycle with brothers & friends through this area of Wisconsin & the Root River valley. Beautiful area, great roads to ride.
Thanks Justin for the great content! (As always!) Mark is such a great example of practical permaculture! His book RESTORATION AGRICULTURE is a must read!
Thank you Justin to present Mark. 🙏
This gentleman is so interresting and passionate with his smart approach to modern permaculture.
I learn.
This is a real treasure of a video...grab a notebook take notes....
THIS GUY IS REAL...BRILLIANT!! HES SPEAKS FACTS...N WHY GO DISTURB D NATURAL GROWTH??? THANK U JUSTIN FOR THIS MANS EXPERIENCE N FACT FINDING...
I had never heard of Mark. Full of knowledge and wisdom. Thank You. Now I want to see the first one they made.
Thank you so much for bringing us this knowledge. I’m going to use that this year.
Wow! That is a lot of information to digest. Extremely interesting! Thank you!
I just love it. As I just turned 60, I thought I would need something where I can spend my time when retired. Therefore I have started planting my (3 acres only) in the same way as Mark, just pop small trees in the gound grassland, here in Demark. It seem to work, but it is always nice to see that it has worked over a longer time period other places with similar climate 🙂 I was looking for some confirmation, that this kind of "wild planting" works. Therefore something like Marks place is just what I was looking for ❤ Thank you, Justin!!!
But he did a lot of land shaping first. The entire property has been shaped in keyline design. I guess it’s a bit wild but very designed and purposeful.
This was so informative. I learned a lot just by listening to this video. Thank you for sharing this with us!
The outreach that he mentions at the end! Amazing!
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@@datteslatho8264 NASCAR! wahoo!
Fascinating! I could listen to Mark all day. I love his farming concepts and the idea of all perennials.
I love Mark's enthusiasm and his philosophy of low inputs and small but many returns. The contrast between his green oasis and the green desert of his neighbour is striking. He is also very smart in his grasp of economics, I love the story about buying the apple trees.
Mark is a very smart man, resourceful, and knowledgeable. I have had the opportunity to take many workshops and classes with him and had the opportunity to work for him back in 2015 on a project for Alcoa in Arkansas, I think it was over 1000 acres of land restoration near one of their aluminum manufacturers. It was via RAD and PermaEthos. Great experience and Learning opportunity. Love him and his family.
Did you asked about the gmo roundup right next to his property and contamination? It's just boggles my mind how no one is asking about it in the comments and Justin didn't had the courage to address it either
Brilliant! Thanks for posting! Didn't know how much I didn't realise from the first one..
Awesome Mark! Just awesome 👍 Thank you Justin… for filming and sharing.
Thank you for not talking and letting the education flow from the expert you visited! I am so proud of you and why I watch your travel to other farm videos. The farm tour and this video AMAZING 👏
Love it! Can’t wait til you get back to vlogs
Excellent how you give light on other super youtubers !! You are so generous !! Have a good deserved rest with your family !
That gives people the opportunity to follow and suscribe to the tons of you tube families who are sooo active in the three rivers pantry challenge !!! On vous aime de France ! Bénédictions+++!!!
Great re upload
Don’t think I saw this one before thank you for sharing
I'm like in a euphoric coma of delightful mind bursts of visions and ideas and possibilities to love Mother Earth and be blessed in countless freakin ways!!!! It's like at this very moment..where I am..right now..65 yrs old..in this time period..I have a major aahhhaaa moment..because of you..ty..xoxo (I'm soooo overwhelmed with the knowledge that you just shared...my mind is having explosions of answers I've looked for...FOREVER!!!
many years...🥴😁..thank you for who you are..God bless your family and way of life..I'll be back...
i loved this loved this he is interesting , makes sense , and shows a proven on his words he speaks , awesome
Love Mark's mindset, He is an absolute genius!!
“Paused” and grabbed note book 📝 😂😂🙏🏼
This is really awesome (except the major overstretch of comparing interns that actively seek out training from farmers to the enslavement of Africans 🙄). But otherwise great discussion!
Just the first 30 mins and mins blown already. Thank you for uploading this. I can take my suburb food forest to the next level
Fantastic video! I love Mark's systems and ideas.
There’s a great tour of the farm on Kirsten Dirksen’s CZcams channel as well. Mark is a dynamic figure that needs to get the attention of people looking to make changes for a better future. I need to make the pilgrimage out to his place and take a tour or class.
One of your best videos
Love the vids man
This is so much information I feel like I should have a paper on the wall acknowledging that I watched the whole thing in one sitting. If we only had real teachers like this. Not in school bring the kids here to learn from him directly.
Justin
Great video., full of priceless knowledge.
Thank you
Linda from Ct
I am TOTALLY captivated by this video. My sister lives just an hour away. Amazing that the mastodon roamed there and in my area of Texas.
Thank you guys for this
Blessings to all!
Thank you Justin you’re the best! ✅✅✅👏👏👏👍👍👍💯💯💯
Thanks for a wonderful video! ♡
GOD BLESS you & your family.
The trick is to make products that cannot be duplicated by the industrial machine and reflect the unique eco-cultural fingerprint of a discrete Place. So many organic "versions" of non-organic products that are limitations of farmstead products originally. Pizza effect. Add artisans to the site and you have value added. Thank you Mark and Justin for discussing the under-discussed economics of regen/permaculture
Man, I really enjoyed this video.
Thank you Justin!
This guy's philosophy is exactly what all homesteaders should aim for... for one very simple reason....he grows crops which will require less manual labour as he ages and he lives in knowledge that even if he does not plant a single plant one year- that his land will still produce a tremendous amount of food. This is what long term self sufficiency is all about. Although there are fantastic homesteaders making videos out there... not enough of them emphasize the importance of planting for the long term future rather than just the next year. Too many people concentrate mainly on annual crops- but they will run into trouble if they ever have one single season when they are unable to farm due to illness etc. And if you are thinking about leaving a legacy to your kids- a system like this will be fantastic for the next generation..... I would love to see much many more homesteaders actually implement this guys philosophy into their homesteaders and/or farms
VERY informative!!
Congrats and blessings!!
I love how he had to stop to smell the flowers. I’ve been trying to grow milkweed and cant get it to grow from seed here in west texas
I sure hope to afford a property soon!
The pure seeds are important .
Thanks!
Yes! Love this.
Damm it! How did he know about our plans? My Canadian platoon is targeting his farm now.
I love this guy. I'm following your lead.
He shouted out the Geology Museum in Madtown! Love
Amazing!
Wow, just before the Dr pepper remark, I got an add for pepsi soda. I first thought the add was part of the video for some reason.
925k subs man over night success in 2018 what you had 30k subs great job keep at it in 2 more years you will be at 2 million subs
This family just doesn't stop, they just keep hitting it on the mark. Justin was drop shipping boards while in college. His destiny is success and then more success. He is prospering because he is dedicated to the job at hand. And this family gives back, and stays true to their beliefs. All I have is admiration and love for them, for what they are doing. They don't give place to the haters and jealous people. Good job guys. Love from Alabama.
Amazing
@54:04 to 54:46 😍 Just look at the huge tree they walked right by too busy tackity blabbin'! I'm like, Look at the size of that -- is it an oak? a maple tree? Goodness!! It is quite the Matriarch! Great walk and talk on Mark's place. Thank you.!
I was wondering the same thing! I want one!
Good one. But will need to watch it a couple of times to get all the info rooted.
Dutch Miller - It would be helpful if he wrote a book on the subject or a publication.
Mark Shepherds book is called Restoration Agriculture
Woooooow,Justin, YT and Mark....THANK YOU ALL for the opportunity to hear such social and economic sustainability from DOERS. XXXXX
I met a guy in NC who grew endangered trees for the state. Started them from cuttings. He would say... I don't mow around the seedlings because I want the tree to know their "treeness" meaning what it is like to grow as a real tree.
I know a farmer in maine who does this with cannabis. dead serious.
He got that from Joel Salatin. Because Joel talks about the pig-ness of the pig and so on.
Anyone know the natural environment for pear trees? What would they grow well with and what grows well under/around them?
Soooo interesting!
Outstanding. Any chance he would share how he controls the squirrels from getting all the nuts?
Justin Rhodes, do you still love this MAN .😢.
Wow nice thinking
fantastic
This guy is good
It’d be awesome to incorporate that on a regenerative farm that’s livestock heavy. Wonder if Mark let’s visitors come and learn a little??
amazing
Mark is a genius. Learned so much from this video. Thanks.
Wow this guy has his shit figured out
I’m going to listen to this 500 times before I’m through…
Unbelievable, informative, and left me with why why why... I wish I could afford to buy local NWNC 1/4 beef/pork and chicken. My girls are laying hens (comets or Rhodies, not sure), 8yo and going strong.
So Justin, now that I have seen this video what are you doing or plan to do like his example. Are you planning swales, are you planting fruit and nut trees, cherry trees, black berries and elderberries , etc.?😊😊😊😊😊
So you mean you can farm without having to spend every hour of every waking day for the rest of your life working?
Mark is a fellow wisconsinite!!
Who doesn't want to hear more from this guy?
Nice
"if you can call potato chips food"😂😂
What hardiness zone is Mark Shepherds farm located in? I am in growing zone 5a which I believe is the same as his and I would like to know what kind of hazelnuts and chestnuts varieites he uses that are not subject to the blight?
Wow! I love the speech he makes about the rigged system!! The awakening is in full affect! ❤️🌷🌳🐝🦋🇬🇧
Drone footage would make it extra special...
I’m a big fan of the systems that people are using. With cover crops or animals keeping the soil covered allowing seed beds to regrow. Has anyone ever recommended burning as a way of starting or maintaining over the years. Or is the burning method outdated?
Mr Justin Rhodes you said Joel Salatin is a LUNATIC....LOL....is Mark Sheppard good enough for you LOL even more. I am quitting my job TODAY , Thanks for all the information you and your family bring to us.
I'm trying to find a whole sale fruit trees
Here in Ohio, farms are getting chopped up ,divided and it breaks my heart. If a farmer doesn’t want that to happen, maybe they need to look outside the family. I live on a corner lot in the city of Rittman in Wayne County and have 8 raised beds and I grow a lot of food. Can you imagine ,how much you could grow and help others with the land of a farm and passion for the process. I know it would be so much more work but the passion would push a person to get through and being able to educate and feed others. I grew up on 3 1/2 acres and had animals. Those are found memories. I just don’t get the fast gratification of making money on the division of land and not the generational pass from one to the next. They say close to 85% of our meat is imported. It can be deemed USA ,if,it is cut or ground here in this country. We need to know what is going into these animals that we eat. Watching your show and Jess and Jeremiah’s show, really makes one think of a better way of life, healthy and whole.
Riveting listening
A zombie-proof homestead - awesome!
I know people here on the shore in Maryland that are being paid by the Govt NOT to plant anything. Some of these people had no intention of farming. One has as little as 15 acres, blows my mind the waste it is paying these people. I live with hundreds of acres of fields of corn and soy behind me and in front. I grow organic, but wonder how organic it is with all these acres being sprayed over summer.
Any one have links to how he structured those businesses that made up the farm?