Mark Shepard is an American farmer and author. Shepard is the founder of Restoration Agriculture Development (RAD) and CEO of Forest Agriculture Enterprises. Shepard coined the term "restoration agriculture", a form of agroforestry that includes raising tree crops and livestock on his New Forest Farm in Viola, Wisconsin. New Forest Farm is a conversion of a typical row crop grain farm into a perennial agricultural ecosystem at the commercial scale. Shepard has advocated for the replacement of staple annual crops with nut crops like chestnuts and hazelnuts.
Publications
Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers (2014) Water for Any Farm: Applying Restoration Agriculture Water Management Methods on Your Farm (2020)
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