Practicing Regenerative BioDiverse Agriculture
We re thrilled to announce that Henri Spaan, a Fellow with the Quivira Coalition, is now making pastured poultry available again this season to customers looking for wholesome, organic, pasture-raised chickens and turkeys. Henri interned here for a season several years ago as part of his schooling, and has decided that farming is where his future The post Pastured Poultry available again this…
We re continually asked, What s going on on the farm? This is a seemingly simple question, but with a complex answer. The narrative we ve built upon goes something like this: We re no longer involved in day-to-day production. But that doesn t mean the farm has been put to rest. To the contrary, the garden is going full The post We Continue to Build for the Future appeared first on Indian Ridge…
The Shavano Conservation District has awarded Indian Ridge Farm as the Soil Heath Producer of the Year! The District encompasses 2.5 million acres of land in Western Colorado, three drainages (the Uncompaghre River, the Gunnison River and the San Miguel River), and five counties (Ouray, San Miguel, Gunnison, Delta and Montrose). The organization has as The post Indian Ridge Farm recognized with…
Waking up to the sound of a Western Kingbird is truly a joy. We ve never heard this particular songbird before, but its call is glorious. This assumes that you re a morning person, someone who awakens before the sunrise and at the crack of dawn. Because the Western Kingbird likes the time just before daybreak, when The post Summer of 2023 is in full-swing appeared first on Indian Ridge Farm .
Farm life is vibrant once again! We are happy to report that after a couple years of challenging times with the Covid virus raging, the drought holding tight and continued labor difficulties, the farm is back in full-swing this growing season. Anne LeFevre and her two boys are back for their sixth season managing the The post It s that time again some updates! appeared first on Indian Ridge Farm .
We re transitioning from summer to fall and ultimately to winter here at our high-altitude farm in southwest Colorado. That means Anne s been busy harvesting root vegetables and more from the garden, and we re winterizing and cleaning up the place, while still taking care of livestock, some of which are due for processing soon. The mountains The post Some current images from the farm appeared…
Our most recent Post, entitled It s Time for a Reset was widely mis-interpreted by readers as an announcement of our imminent retirement from farming. This could not be further from the truth. We are taking a year off, yes, from commercial livestock production. But there s still a farm to run! The living farm organism requires The post Mid-summer updates appeared first on Indian Ridge Farm .
Planning for the Future A beautiful sunrise greeted us one-morning last fall, an omen of good things to come! Farming is not for the faint of heart and 2020 presented its own unique set of challenges. The logistics of marketing during a pandemic, wondering if we were going to have enough water to see us The post It’s time for a “reset” appeared first on Indian Ridge Farm .
We’ll start this post with a photo of a sunrise, taken this fall from our farmhouse. Sunrises are powerful. They signify a fresh start to another day. We can wipe clean the slate and start again. A new day offers hope. It offers strength. It provides us with an opportunity to live life. Again. To The post An end to a challenging season appeared first on Indian Ridge Farm .
It’s now the beginning of August and through this most unusual, some would say dystopian time, the seven of us farming at Indian Ridge Farm have continued to mostly shelter in place since we started the farm season in March. We’re doing this to protect ourselves, as we don’t want to introduce the Coronavirus to The post The farming doesn’t stop for a pandemic! appeared first on Indian Ridge Farm .