Organic Diversity | Nate Powell-Palm - Cold Springs Organics

The Intellectual Agrarian: Philosophy From The Farm

One of the pleasures of producing this show and being involved in farming is to get to see people that bring a passion to their work of choice, to not only the agrarian work but the ideals that make Regenerative and sustainable labels mean something.

Our guest today is such an individual, Nate Powell-Palm from Cold Springs Organics, raising Organic beef and grains on his diversified operation in Bozeman Montana, and is additionally an Organic Inspector.

Today we’ll be talking to Nate about what first interested him in agriculture at an early age, nuances to raising Organic wheat, the privilege of being an Organic inspector, marketing your whole crop rotation and much more.

Show Notes

• Nate farms outside of Bozeman MT, raising a diversified Organic grain rotation along with Certified Organic beef cattle.
• The major difference between raising Organic Wheat rather than conventional is the lack of spraying chemicals and fertilizer.
• A primary component to raising quality grains on Nate’s operation is his robust Crop Rotation.
• Utilizing his full Crop Rotation, besides feeding alfalfa hay to his cattle, Nate works with Annie’s and the Organic Trade Association to market his full Crop Rotation.
• With an early start in agriculture, Nate was involved in 4H, raising a steer at age 9.
• Nate’s second Organic inspection was from Margaret Scoles, who encouraged him to become an inspector.
• As an Inspector, Nate balances it by prioritizing his farm because the farming is less forgiving.
• Organic Agriculture and food has a large potential in the market place with 1% of farm land Certified Organic and 5% of the Food Market share.

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