A Tour of Black Dirt Farm with Tom Gilbert (Stannard VT, March 2022)
A virtual tour of Black Dirt Farm, a diversified family farm in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, with owner operator Tom Gilbert. The farm collects food scraps from a wide variety of businesses and institutions in their community/ region, and use that material as a component of the compost forage it produces for its 1,000 bird flock of laying hens. What isn't consumed by the birds is then used to make compost and worm castings. The farm also grows a small number of crops. Their farm is firmly based in regenerative agricultural practices and the creation of sustainable food systems. Black Dirt Farm is committed to a community-scale, systems-based approach to organics management. Tom has played a wide variety of roles in the agricultural and composting sectors for 25 years. Enjoy this virtual tour of one of the Northeast's most accomplished compost models!