May 8, 2021
On Legacy Circle Farms, Tyler and Erin Bernsen start their growing underground: nourishing "challenging Ozark soil" with compost, mulch and intensive grazing. Vibrantly visible are their crops of vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, nuts, high value herbs like turmeric and ginger, and heirloom varieties of garlic.
Recent addition of high tunnels boosted productivity from the quarter-acre the Bernsens farm. Their big-picture stewardship of Legacy Circle's 71 acres in Lonedell, MO embodies a unique exchange: a rent-free relationship with their landlord from which Tyler and Erin are seeking like-minded "landless" farmers to share their place for a farming start.
Legacy
Circle Farms proudly holds Golden Beet Certification from Known &
Grown St. Louis, our regional local food brand, a program of
Missouri Coalition for the Environment. With advance reservations,
tours are welcome. Goods are available through a local farms online
collaborative, at the Wildwood, Washington and Point
Labbadie Farmers Markets.
Listening to this interview before May 22? Legacy Circle Farms is
hosting Open House on 5/22/21 - consider a visit!
THANKS to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms engineer, and
for KDHX production support from Jon Valley and Andy
Coco.
THANKS to Jenn DeRose of Known & Grown STL for
coordinating this special series, Earthworms On The Farm.
Related Earthworms Conversations:
Fungus Farming for Food & Fun: McCully Heritage Project (Feb
2018)
Project Garlic: Crop-Sourcing the Super Bulb with Brian DeSmet (Oct
2015)