Testing the Affect of Anaerobic Ferments on Crop Well being
Written by Mary Hathaway, OFRF’s Analysis & Training Program Supervisor, and Samantha Otto, FLT Program participant
Samantha Otto is the founder and farmer of The Woven Trifecta, a 10-acre farm in western Michigan. At the moment in transition to natural, the farm focuses on diversified greens for a CSA, native farmers market, in addition to farm-to-school gross sales all through the varsity 12 months. Samantha raises Jacob sheep for fiber in addition to assorted poultry for meat and eggs. The livestock is rotationally grazed on simply over 3 acres of pasture, with 2 acres of no-till beds in manufacturing.
Samantha has a decade of hands-on farming expertise and is a graduate of Michigan State College’s Agricultural Know-how program. Since she began the farm, her main focus has been on cultivating no-till natural greens and minimize flowers. However as a curious farmer, she is repeatedly exploring progressive approaches to sustainable agriculture. Final 12 months, as a participant within the Midwest GRIT program, she started integrating grains into her system, and she has additionally lately included livestock into her rotations to create a closed-loop system to assist enhance soil fertility.
