A well-deserved amount of attention along with billions of dollars are being devoted to finding solutions to mitigate climate change. What is the most effective agricultural practice to capture carbon and battle climate change? While cover crops are a way for farmers to prevent runoff and keep soil and nutrients on the field, recent […]
00Leah Call/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shadehaven-mobile-shade-people-animals-grazing-logo-transparent-300x181.pngLeah Call2023-06-12 10:16:212025-08-11 06:55:53Grazing: The Climate-Smartest Practice
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, boost soil health, and focus on the smallest things that are critical to human health. Watch & Listen Shade Haven customer, Sandy Lewis, owner of […]
00Leah Call/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shadehaven-mobile-shade-people-animals-grazing-logo-transparent-300x181.pngLeah Call2023-05-02 13:20:452023-05-02 13:20:45The Smallest Living Things
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, 200 Katahdin sheep rotationally graze across 350 acres of pasture along with two SH1200 Shade Haven mobile shade systems. “Our farm has a lot of pasture, […]
Grazing guru Dr. Allen Williams shares insight on adaptive grazing rules and how he uses Shade Havens in his own grazing practice. Dr. Williams is a sixth-generation farmer and the founder of Grass Fed Insights, LLC, Understanding Ag, LLC, and Soil Health Academy. He helps farmers and ranchers graze successfully and profitably using the three rules […]
00Leah Call/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shadehaven-mobile-shade-people-animals-grazing-logo-transparent-300x181.pngLeah Call2023-04-05 14:07:052025-10-13 07:50:503 Golden Rules of Grazing
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 way the farm operated. This fifth-generation rancher in Mt. Hermon, Louisiana, implemented regenerative grazing practices that enrich the soil and ensure he can leave the […]
https://shadehaven.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Jason-Smith-5-scaled.jpg12802560Leah Call/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shadehaven-mobile-shade-people-animals-grazing-logo-transparent-300x181.pngLeah Call2023-01-17 10:28:262025-10-13 07:46:04Turning the Page: Soldier to Rancher
Shade Haven customer Ron Locke shares the story of his Long Lane, Missouri farm with Hay & Forage Grower, January 1, 2023. Excerpt: For years, providing shade in some of Locke’s paddocks proved to be a challenge and limited his ability to move cows to certain areas during the hot Missouri summers. Trained to be […]
00Leah Call/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shadehaven-mobile-shade-people-animals-grazing-logo-transparent-300x181.pngLeah Call2023-01-16 10:50:212025-07-25 02:35:21From special ops to a special farm
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 build organic matter in the soil and heal the land, damaged from many years of row cropping. In August 2021, they further increased […]
University livestock programs throughout the U.S. give Shade Haven mobile shade systems an A+ for improving animal wellness and boosting pasture health. Shade Haven systems are part of grazing and livestock programs at USDA facilities and universities in Arkansas, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee, with increasing interest from other institutions throughout the […]
00Leah Call/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shadehaven-mobile-shade-people-animals-grazing-logo-transparent-300x181.pngLeah Call2022-10-24 14:25:112025-07-29 02:59:01Shade Haven Passes the Test
By Reed Doerr, Shade Haven President With inflation dominating the headlines, wouldn’t it be nice to get a break on the cost of something that improves the lives and health of your livestock? Throughout this year, I have received countless phone calls from NRCS field agents around the country excited to learn more about the […]
00Leah Call/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shadehaven-mobile-shade-people-animals-grazing-logo-transparent-300x181.pngLeah Call2022-09-12 09:34:532025-11-17 14:55:11Shade Grant Funding for Mobile Shade
By Vince Hundt Being a seventy-year-old Wisconsin farmer, trending is not a word that I use very often. For most of my life, a “trend” was a noun, generally about hairstyles and the length of skirts, but it has recently become a verb. That’s life: the language changes, people change, the climate changes, agricultural practices change. […]
Grazing: The Climate-Smartest Practice
/in Farm practicesA well-deserved amount of attention along with billions of dollars are being devoted to finding solutions to mitigate climate change. What is the most effective agricultural practice to capture carbon and battle climate change? While cover crops are a way for farmers to prevent runoff and keep soil and nutrients on the field, recent […]
The Smallest Living Things
/in Farm practices, Farm storiesShade 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, boost soil health, and focus on the smallest things that are critical to human health. Watch & Listen Shade Haven customer, Sandy Lewis, owner of […]
Hayou Sheep Graze with Shade
/in Farm stories, Rotational grazingFirst 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, 200 Katahdin sheep rotationally graze across 350 acres of pasture along with two SH1200 Shade Haven mobile shade systems. “Our farm has a lot of pasture, […]
3 Golden Rules of Grazing
/in Farm practices, Rotational grazing Grazing guru Dr. Allen Williams shares insight on adaptive grazing rules and how he uses Shade Havens in his own grazing practice. Dr. Williams is a sixth-generation farmer and the founder of Grass Fed Insights, LLC, Understanding Ag, LLC, and Soil Health Academy. He helps farmers and ranchers graze successfully and profitably using the three rules […]
Turning the Page: Soldier to Rancher
/in Farm storiesWhen 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 way the farm operated. This fifth-generation rancher in Mt. Hermon, Louisiana, implemented regenerative grazing practices that enrich the soil and ensure he can leave the […]
From special ops to a special farm
/in NewsShade Haven customer Ron Locke shares the story of his Long Lane, Missouri farm with Hay & Forage Grower, January 1, 2023. Excerpt: For years, providing shade in some of Locke’s paddocks proved to be a challenge and limited his ability to move cows to certain areas during the hot Missouri summers. Trained to be […]
Minnesota Grazing
/in Farm practices, Farm storiesMike 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 build organic matter in the soil and heal the land, damaged from many years of row cropping. In August 2021, they further increased […]
Shade Haven Passes the Test
/in Farm practices, NewsUniversity livestock programs throughout the U.S. give Shade Haven mobile shade systems an A+ for improving animal wellness and boosting pasture health. Shade Haven systems are part of grazing and livestock programs at USDA facilities and universities in Arkansas, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee, with increasing interest from other institutions throughout the […]
Shade Grant Funding for Mobile Shade
/in Rotational grazingBy Reed Doerr, Shade Haven President With inflation dominating the headlines, wouldn’t it be nice to get a break on the cost of something that improves the lives and health of your livestock? Throughout this year, I have received countless phone calls from NRCS field agents around the country excited to learn more about the […]
Regenerative Agriculture is Trending
/in Farm practicesBy Vince Hundt Being a seventy-year-old Wisconsin farmer, trending is not a word that I use very often. For most of my life, a “trend” was a noun, generally about hairstyles and the length of skirts, but it has recently become a verb. That’s life: the language changes, people change, the climate changes, agricultural practices change. […]