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Regenerative by Design

Principles

Living cover year-round

Diverse plants above, life below

Diverse plants above, life below

We keep living roots in the ground as much as possible so soil stays protected, fed, and ready to soak up water.

Diverse plants above, life below

Diverse plants above, life below

Diverse plants above, life below

We seed and encourage a mix of grasses, forbs, and legumes so the soil biology underneath has a full buffet to work with.

Multi-species grazing

Diverse plants above, life below

Long rest between grazes

Cattle, sheep, and poultry move across the same ground in sequence (with pigs in future silvopasture) to cycle nutrients and break parasite and pest pressure.

Long rest between grazes

No routine synthetic inputs

Long rest between grazes

Paddocks get long recovery windows—often 90+ days depending on season, so plants can fully regrow and roots can push deeper.

No routine synthetic inputs

No routine synthetic inputs

No routine synthetic inputs

We design for biology first, relying on grazing management, diversity, and time instead of routine synthetic fertilizers or herbicides.

Plan, monitor, adapt

No routine synthetic inputs

No routine synthetic inputs

We plan every move, watch how the land responds, and adjust course instead of forcing a one-size-fits-all program.

AMP Grazing (How it Works)

  1. Animals enter a small, temporary paddock at higher density for a short window, usually 1–3 days or less.
  2. Animals enter a small, temporary paddock at higher density for a short window, usually 1–3 days or less.
  3. They take the top bite, trample the rest into the soil surface, and fertilize as they go.
  4. We move them to fresh ground and let that paddock rest 60–90+ days (season and recovery dependent).
  5. We repeat this across the pasture and future silvopasture, adjusting paddock size and timing based on what the land is telling us.

Hoof-Planted Seeds

Sometimes we just let the herd do the planting for us. We broadcast seed ahead of a graze, the animals’ hooves press it into the soil, and manure plus trampled grass act like a mulch layer. A few weeks later, new species start showing up without a plow or heavy equipment.

How We Measure Progress

Infiltration after a hard rain

Earthworms per shovel

Species diversity in each paddock over time

Annual soil tests and photos from fixed points

Animal Welfare & Safety

Low-stress handling, portable corral/headgate, predator-safe paddocks, livestock guardian dogs, and clear SOPs.

The Wildwoods Farm

Hadley Township, MI, USA

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