Infrastructure Layout & Deployment
Land Evaluation
& Acquisition
Farm Planning, Ecological Design & Install
Personnel Management
Community Outreach
Water Systems
“Our services allow our clients to get a lot more work done as well as access a large network of potential partners and consultants whose knowledge and perspective can be implemented directly into the soil, social and ecological context as well as the economic model of projects.
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As demonstrated by the projects and clients that SLR works with, we firmly believe that now is the time to get together, scale, aggregate, and put capital to work. Let’s talk less and plant more while putting natural ecological practices to work on farmland.
SLR has 5 years of experience in Ecosystem Restoration and an academic background in systems thinking.
A rural upbringing filled with manual labor and working in every phase of the modern food systems from harvesting greenhouse tomatoes in Finland to working in food processing has also shaped how SLR interacts with the realities of the food industry.
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SLR is not afraid to take on large projects, bringing together other experts and specialists as needed. The best consultants are those who know how to work with others toward a shared goal.
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- Ben Stromback
Agroforestry and Regenerative Agriculture Consultant & Land Manager
Key Services
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Land search and Regenerative Real Estate (i.e., support of farm purchases and farm planning, particularly for combined tree, animal, and water management)
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Water management design and installation of swales, berm, and ponds systems to improve hydrology and climate resilience of farms
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Planting design and install, generating plant lists, and sourcing trees and other crop species
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Farm infrastructure planning and installation oversite such as road improvements, employee housing, and livestock resources (e.g., chicken brooder & tractors, geodesic dome construction, permanent and movable livestock fencing, deer fencing)
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Miyawaki Forest Design and Install
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Soil Health: cover cropping, mulching, compost extracts, and aerobic composting making (e.g., Soil Food Web approach)
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Introduction to other consultants, farmers and industry leaders when it benefits the client and project
Values & Aspirations
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Popularizing nutrient-dense perennial foods that are a "waste" product of ecological farms
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CO2 sequestration and Hydrological Health
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Being aware of how little we know and therefore trusting in nature and ecological systems that have developed over eons
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Permanent, profitable, ecologically functional food systems
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Rural vitality and social progress
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Building "Economies of Scale" that benefit others with shared goals
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Diversity of skills, crops, species, perspectives, and life experience
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Striving for equitable and profitable economic systems as a means to eventually provide healthy, regional, and regenerative food to the average consumer