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First generation farmer Mike Deahr began farming in the 1980s. They became conservationists shortly after that. “When we first moved to the farm, I bought a couple of cows. At that time the local municipality wasn’t doing a good job of keeping the water free of human sewage. One of my cows died in the creek. I became a conservationist because of that.”
Read MoreAlong with his brother, Doug took over operations of his family’s two century farms outside Wilton in 2004. At the time, they had deep concerns about soil erosion in their community and needed a system which would ensure the longevity of the farm’s living systems. Thus, the two immediately bought a no-till planter, even though they had some initial uncertainty about the practice.
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