Yellow Barn Farm Regenerative Farm Cooperative
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Longmont

Oct. 16, 2022

About this Act

The goal is to revitalize the land of the Yellow Barn Farm, and its partners farms, for low-scale, high-quality food production, community supported agriculture, and sustainability education. In partnership with Drylands Agroecology Research Foundation, we are able to research, implement, and cultivate practices of regenerative farming, animal management, carbon sequestration, soil heath, and dynamic/adaptable organizational structures.

We have lived far apart from nature for long enough, and many are hearing the call to return to the land.

This project will take a village, and by implementing circular, closed-loop systems, we can offer services like composting, workshops, farm-to-tables, and more.

This Yellow Barn's Silvopasture is designed to direct the pasture space into a diverse “woodland” ecology filled with trees designed to feed livestock (sheep, pigs, chickens), bear crops, and build strong ecosystem diversity. This diverse Silvopasture will strengthen in productivity with each year as the trees grow towards maturity. Contour swales create beautiful alleys that can be flood irrigated and maintain a positive appearance from neighboring communities as the system establishes.

Once mature, this “woodland” will serve as one of the most productive and abundant areas on the farm. By planting a large variety of trees and shrubs that also produce marketable crops, the potential for multiple yields and harvests makes this system incredibly abundant once mature.

This variety also helps to mitigate crop loss due to early frosts, common on the Front Range. With high diversity, even if some species are hit, many will still fruit. This innovative approach to farming has the potential to rapidly build soil, sequester carbon, and maintain financial viability.

Nitrogen fixing trees and shrubs will be alternated with the fruiting plants to exchange necessary nutrients. These plants are also very nutritious for livestock, as most are leguminous and high in protein. Siberian Pea shrubs, False Indigo shrubs, and Honey Locust trees will be used for this purpose.

We have lived far apart from nature for long enough, and many are hearing the call to return to the land.

This project will take a village, and by implementing circular, closed-loop systems, we can offer services like composting, workshops, farm-to-tables, and more.

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