Our Methods
We are committed to growing
delicious, fresh, and healthy food. We feel organic farming practices
best build the soil fertility that flourishes healthy plants, animals
people, and biodiversity.
Village Roots is a small, diversified farm on the Orchard Hill Community in East Alstead, NH that uses a holistic approach to
food production. We use intensive integration of plant, animal and
fungal systems to produce high quality food, while striving always to
build fertility.
A permaculture design approach has allowed us
to work with, rather than against the land that we steward. It is our
goal to use and share this approach as a means by which to rekindle the
rich legacy of food production in our region. By building diverse and
interdependent farm ecosystems, with humans as keystone species, we can
heal land, build soil, sequester carbon and secure our local food
network.
Pasture Raised Animals
Permaculture Practices
In our Permaculture Certification Course
we take a community approach to teach the Practice and Principles of
Permaculture. Topics have included biogregions, design process, soil and
water, working your woodlot, integrated animal systems, orchard
systems, plant relationships, edible forest gardening, solidarity
economics mushrooms and more.
Workshop presenters have included Steve Whitman, Bryan Felice, Marty Castriotta, Rebecca Golden, Eric Toensmeier, Ruffled Feathers Farm, Tom Wessels, The Orchard School, Spiral Goat Farm, Orchard Hill Breadworks, Dave Wichland, The Sustainability Project and much more.
Workshop presenters have included Steve Whitman, Bryan Felice, Marty Castriotta, Rebecca Golden, Eric Toensmeier, Ruffled Feathers Farm, Tom Wessels, The Orchard School, Spiral Goat Farm, Orchard Hill Breadworks, Dave Wichland, The Sustainability Project and much more.
