Linda Poole
NCAT Regenerative Grazing Specialist
A June, 2022, article by Kelsey Ogletree in Modern Farmer shares the impressive success of Brenda Smola-Foti in using well-planned landforming techniques to capture and hold more water in her farm's soil:
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Read the full article at:The farm itself is like a billboard for her efforts: Even through record-breaking heat in the Willamette Valley last summer, Smola-Foti’s land remained green, while acres around hers browned. Both she and Weiss are on a mission to show that it’s the collective small actions of many that will ultimately make the biggest difference.
“If a majority of farms and public lands throughout the American West implemented decentralized water retention [as Tabula Rasa Farms did],” says Weiss, “we could reverse drought, greatly reduce flood and fire and prevent our coming water scarcity crisis within a decade.”
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How One Oregon Farmer Implemented Permaculture Techniques to Conserve Water
At Tabula Rasa Farms, Brenda Smola-Foti has purposefully designed rainfall-catching ponds, terraces and water gardens in an effort to hydrate the land for years to come.
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