Morning Owl Farm Workshop

2009 Food Safety Workshops

Morning Owl Farm

June 13, 2009

Boise, Idaho

Morning Owl Farm (Mary Rohlfing & Judith Hibberd) raise ducks for their eggs, but the ducks also provide them with an effective fresh and composted fertilizer. Morning Owl Farm is dedicated to building relationships of integrity, trust, responsibility and earnestness with their eaters while ensuring that their soil remains nutrient-rich to sustain ongoing life.

In 2006, Morning Owl Farm began reclaiming 3.5 acres of wasted horse pasture to begin building what will eventually be thriving, rich and fertile soil suitable not just for the production of livestock forage, but also vegetable crops for human consumption. The "engine" for this reclamation project is a flock of 250 ducks, who are rotated through the pasture in moveable paddocks to eat weeds and pests and leave behind their non-burning manure. In 2008, Morning Owl Farm received a grant to track the effectiveness of using ducks to weed and fertilize small pastures.

Speakers: Mary Rohlfing, Morning Owl Farm

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