When Daniel and Linda Marquardt purchased their first farm in Spring Green, Wisconsin in the mid 1990s, the 40-acres of land was not in good shape. “It was heavily eroded – pretty much destroyed,” said Daniel.
Maggie Taylor, owner of Delight Flower Farm, grew up with a mom and grandpa who were avid gardeners. As a kid, her chores were weeding and mulching. “I hated it actually,” says Maggie.
Advice about what trees to plant is one of the most common requests we get at the Savanna Institute and at Canopy Farm Management, two organizations working to scale up tree-based agriculture in the Midwest.