Pavement
to Pasture,
Stewart Farm

Improve Soil Health

Stewart Farm uses compost tea made from cow manure as a staple natural fertilizer.  Using compost tea, rather than applying composted manure directly to the soil , prevents further propagation of weeds.  Lann often adds a bit of molasses to the compost tea to increase the good biom, which is extremely beneficial to plants and soil.  Over seeding of pastures is another important component with regenerative farming.

Increase Nutritional Value

Better soil yeilds more nutrious veggies.  Many large organic growing operations yield vegetables with low nutritional content due to the lack of minerials in and health of the soil.

In addition to using compost tea made from cow manue, composted chicken droppings are used for fertilizing plants.  Stewart Farms utilize the deep litter method with local wood shavings for chicken coop bedding.  Cleanup is easy.  In a nutshell, you add to the bedding regularly, but only clean out the coop 1 time a year.  Since the composting process is ongoing,  upon cleanout,  it’s ready to add directly to the gardens.