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Closed-loop, on-farm fertility systems are one of the best ways to bring down costs of amendments, provide robust growing conditions for your farm, and be on the path of climate resilience and adaptability. In this video, we identify how these practices fit into your on farm system as well as the organic movement at large.

Chuck of Freedom Food Farm addresses some of the specifics around his approach to closed loop fertility practices in tandem with growing and certifying organic. Some of these practices include locking in fertility with successional field rotations, cover cropping, compost and mulching, and animal integrations.

Freedom Food Farm is a certified organic farm on 80 acres in Raynham, MA. They started in 2012 and focus on growing a sustainable, full diet on a year-round basis for their community. The farm is operated by a small team of dedicated farmers.