Farm stories

The Smallest Living Things

May 2, 2023 • Leah Call

Shade Haven is part of the radical change needed in our food system. Lewis Family Farm in Essex, NY, is one of many farms using Shade Havens to improve animal welfare,… Read more »

First generation farmers, Adam and Allison Young purchased their Staunton, Virginia-based farm, Hayou Farm, in 2018. With minimal infrastructure in place, they started with fencing; then came the sheep. Today,… Read more »

Turning the Page: Soldier to Rancher

January 17, 2023 • Leah Call

When Marine Corps Lt. Colonel Jason Smith retired from the military and took over his 130+ year-old family farm, he made a major lifestyle change. He also significantly changed the… Read more »

Minnesota Grazing

December 13, 2022 • Leah Call

Mike and Bridget Klein heal the land with cattle Since moving to their 40-acre farm in Eden Valley, Minnesota in 2006, Mike and Bridget Klein have been rotational grazing to… Read more »

Shade Aids Organic Valley Pasture Project

December 14, 2020 • Leah Call

Since it began in 1988, Organic Valley has embraced farm practices that protect land, livestock and human health. The cooperative’s farm and land program involves ongoing research on cover crops,… Read more »

Grazing Right in Missouri

August 17, 2020 • Leah Call

When Ron Locke gets into something, he is all in. After retiring from the Air Force 20 years ago, this southwest Missouri farmer got into raising registered Angus beef cattle…. Read more »

Better Soil, Better Grazing

March 14, 2020 • Leah Call

Tennessee Beef farmer and rotational grazier John Abe Teague looks forward to implementing new regenerative farming strategies in the 2020 grazing season. “We are embracing regenerative agriculture to improve our… Read more »

Grazing with Shade in Alabama

September 17, 2019 • Leah Call

BDA Farm is a 6,200-acre certified organic produce and livestock operation in Uniontown, AL. With a focus on regenerative agriculture, BDA produces more than 40 varieties of vegetables and herbs… Read more »

Shade Improves Pasture Fertility in NC

July 10, 2019 • Leah Call

Diversity reigns at Reverence Farms in Graham, North Carolina. Suzanne Nelson Karreman and her husband Hue operate this 400-acre farm with a focus on building soil and improving… Read more »

Five Years with Shade Haven

June 13, 2019 • Leah Call

Jason Leavitt is the fourth generation to work his family farm situated between the Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River in Owings, Maryland. Leavitt transitioned from mostly grain to grassfed… Read more »