Mt. Folly Farm

Led by Laura Freeman, Mt. Folly Farm has been pioneering regenerative farming practices for more than 4 decades. These practices include management intensive grazing in all three phases of cattle production: a cow herd; weaned and backgrounded calves; and grain on grass finished steers. In 2011, the farm began transitioning its hay and crop fields to organic ones, the initial ground certified USDA organic in 2014. Now, three quarters of Mt. Folly’s hay and crop ground is certified organic and the remaining 25% is farmed with no tillage. A roller/crimper is in its second year of trial on the organic crop land, part of an attempt to deploy no-till organic. American Farmland Trust is the lead on this 5-year trial, while Freeman continues to vary practices and measure soil organic matter and soil carbon in managed pasture, crop ground and farm woodlots.

Winchester, Kentucky