Southern (SWAG) Sustainable Agriculture Working Group's video series titled Natural Farming Systems in the South provides an easy, economical way to take a virtual tour of some highly successful farming operations in the region. Compiled in partnership with the USDA's Risk Management Agency, these broadcast-quality videos focus on featured farmers who relate in detailed, plain-spoken terms the whole farming system and each component unique to their particular operation.
Videos in the series include:
- two small-scale organic vegetable farms
- a farm practicing management intensive grazing of beef cattle
- a pastured turkey operation
- a fresh cut flower production and marketing farm
- a family farm involved in meat goat production
- pastured broiler production on a limited budget
- artisan cheese production and marketing
- pasture-based dairy farming - our latest video, released in November 2007
Check them out. They might give you some ideas to help your operation.
