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Regenerating the soil with an integrated set of approaches to convert conventional farmland to organic farmland 

 

 



Investing in the future of the earth by
growing delicious, healthy food and
naturally fixing nitrogen
while re-sequestering carbon and
contributing to a more sustainable environment 
at the same time we earn a return
on our impact investments

The Opportunity


The IRL’s Cooperative Farms & Foods Model, the Stone-Spirit System, integrates the insights of ReGenerative Science and Design (that helped end the African famines of the 80’s), bio-dynamic agriculture, soil re-mineralization, intensive European row techniques, keyline design, a generation of experimentation with low impact organic farming and other regenerative approaches all under the Permaculture Umbrella. 

The opportunity to participate in a renewed (food based) economy in the Lake Champlain and Hudson River Valley, Vermont, and the greater Berkshire region is inviting (the Greater Hudson/Champlain Valley, GHCV).  Such a re-vitalized economy can:
  • supply healthy food to local and regional markets (over 50 million people live
    within a one day drive),
  • create jobs with livable wages for our
    emerging adults,
  • naturally fix nitrogen to build healthy soil
  • sequester carbon reducing green house gasses, and
  • help ReGenerate the land for long term sustainability

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Of the 10 million acres of farmland in the region
  • 70% of the tillable land is planted with commodity crops that are dependent on chemical herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers that create toxic runoff and biological dead zones
  • This system is oil dependent, ecologically suspect, and lacking in terms of both taste and nutrition
  • These biological “dead zones” are the largest cause of soil runoff into streams and rivers, creating hazards for both human and animal populations


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