Optimizing the health of our communities through the way we grow our food.

Taking the time to set-up systems for your farm will save you time, money and heartache. A well-organized farm enables you to grow healthy plants in a way that is enjoyable. Farming involves a lot of tasks from prepping new growing areas and restoring soil health and nutrient cycling, to planning out crop rotations and intercroppings, projecting sales, setting-up irrigation and managing water use, managing and monitoring nutrients, pests and disease.

Our approach to building soil health and managing pest and disease begins by boosting the nutrient levels of your crops. Plants that are healthier produce more root exudates to feed soil biology and fuel nutrient cycling, have a more robust root system and rhizosphere, and produce secondary metabolites, triggering natural plant immune and defense systems. Reducing pest and disease pressure by optimizing plant nutrient levels and improving soil health is a win-win.

Crop health is limited to the health and function of your soil and soil ecology. The key to improving and maintaining soil health is biodiversity, both above and below ground. We offer perennial ground covers, shrubs and trees that work well in an agroforestry system and are ideal for our North Shore growing conditions. We also offer agroforestry design services.

Soils that have low organic matter, poor air and water space, low biological activity or diversity and that are compacted will create the conditions for plant nutrient deficiencies and high pest and disease pressure. If you are just getting started or have been working on degraded or intensely used land, it is critical that you improve the health and function of your soil if you want to grow healthy crops. We take an active approach to improving your soil health through priority projects.