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Soil Is Key to

Sustainability

Insight From a Regenerative Agriculture Consultant

By Christy Caplan

You’ re not alone if large sections of your lawn are mostly exposed soil. Some days, you’ d rather walk the dogs on your pasture than actually let them out to run because the yard is so muddy. This is a common frustration for any homesteader with a few acres who dreams of having a nicer lawn.

Now, however, there no longer needs to be an uprising against muddy paws.

After talking with Judith Horvath, shepherdess at Fair Hill Farm and regenerative agriculture consultant, the latest movement among hobby farmers and homesteaders focuses on the incredible life in the soil.

Hobby farmers, chicken keepers and homesteaders can consider soil to be the foundation of all agricultural life and refer to themselves as soil farmers. There are

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Soil Is Key to

Sustainability

Insight From a Regenerative Agriculture Consultant

You’ re not alone if large sections of your lawn are mostly exposed soil. Some days, you’ d rather walk the dogs on your pasture than actually let them out to run because the yard is so muddy. This is a common frustration for any homesteader with a few acres who dreams of having a nicer lawn.