In August 2023, they hosted a Conservation Field Day and served a meal from all on-farm products. The crew of Boerson Farm grow around 45 different crop types, and of these, over 33% are grown in seasonal high tunnels to help maximize the system’s benefits. The high tunnel practice helped them continue to realize their goal of better producing healthy, locally grown food, such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, carrots, celery, herbs and 6 different greens. “Using the high tunnel puts us in a better position to produce a higher quality product, sometimes even better than growing in the field,” said Dani.
With some assistance from NRCS, the Boerson Farm has expanded their high tunnel growing space to 3 separate buildings, allowing them to increase their growing quantity, quality and variety. The completion of an additional multi-purpose building has improved CSA’s farm pick-up system, houses their coolers to keep produce fresh and supports another bank of solar panels that helps offset the farm’s energy usage, and offers a great view of the farm’s prescribed grazing system and the neighboring Green Lake community they serve.
Future Plans
Boerson Farm strives to create a resilient, community-supported operation that makes deep-rooted improvements to the environment by producing certified organic produce and pasture-raised meats using systems that sequester carbon and build soil health. They continue to work with NRCS on their two Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) contracts, implementing a pollinator planting, field border, bale grazing, forage stock piling, and providing technical assistance to set up better prescribed grazing infrastructure on a neighboring property they are looking to lease long-term.
Source : usda.gov