What is important to the farm:

  • regenerating the land

  • healthy soil

  • giving animals a good life

  • delicious & nutritious food products

  • positivitely impacting the earth and its inhabitants

  • 3 questions to ask: is it good for the land, good for the animals, good for people?

What is our story:

  • Founded in [insert year]

  • made the switch from conventional to regenerative farming in 2016.

  • Our farmers know the importance of starting with the microbiology of the soil – if our soil is healthy, our animals and produce will be too.

  • We know and understand the importance of Working With Nature, not against it. We are approaching the century-old practice of regenerative agriculture with modern knowledge and technology.

  • We aim to demonstrate that regenerative farming isn’t just for the small homestead farm, it’s for every farm, no matter the size. As we innovate, we ask ourselves, “Will this change make our land, animals, and people healthier?” If it doesn’t, we find a better way.

  • Our farmers know the importance of starting with the microbiology of the soil – if our soil is healthy, our animals and produce will be too.

  • We are committed to caring for our land like the Earth’s health, and our own, depend on it.

The Bodock Tree: General Facts

  • native to south central US (more like Texas/Oklahoma)

  • love deep, fertile soil but is hardy and able to grow almost anywhere

  • very rot-resistant/decay-resistant, nearly indestructible

  • used as wind-breaker (hedge) on prairies

  • hardwood used for tools, bow & arrows, fence posts, woodwind instruments, furniture etc

  • used before barbed wire as a hedge fence; used in farming as a natural fence.

Stewardship of the Land:

Our goal in stewarding the land is to look back at what nature intended and replicate that in our farming practices. We are committed to caring for our land like the Earth’s health, and our own, depend on it. The land we farm was once overworked for cotton and corn and left devoid of life. Now, this land holds potentially the greatest ecological diversity of any Alabama farm. We are putting carbon back in the soil where it belongs, rather than into the atmosphere. We have more than 120 different plant species in our pastures with dozens of the species being native to the southern tallgrass prairie. We continue to verify the health of our land by taking annual biological soil samples, plant species diversity documentation, and documentation of beneficial insect and bird populations.

We are committed to the health of the land AND those it nourishes (that’s you). Since 2017, our soil biology has improved more than 400% and water infiltration rates has improved more than 300%. BDA Farm does not use any kind of synthetic fertilizers or chemicals. Our land is Certified Organic - No herbicides, insecticides, or fungicides are ever used on our fields and pastures. Our animals graze and forage the rich nutrients in our prairie, which ultimately nourishes you.