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Mark Shepard is an American farmer and author. [1] [2] [3] [4] Shepard is the founder of Restoration Agriculture Development (RAD) and CEO of Forest Agriculture Enterprises. [5] Shepard coined the term "restoration agriculture", a form of agroforestry that includes raising tree crops and livestock on his New Forest Farm in Viola, Wisconsin. [6] [7] [8] New Forest Farm is a conversion of a typical row crop grain farm into a perennial agricultural ecosystem at the commercial scale. Shepard has advocated for the replacement of staple annual crops with nut crops like chestnuts and hazelnuts. [3] [9] [10] [11]
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Mark Shepard is an American farmer and author. [1] [2] [3] [4] Shepard is the founder of Restoration Agriculture Development (RAD) and CEO of Forest Agriculture Enterprises. [5] Shepard coined the term "restoration agriculture", a form of agroforestry that includes raising tree crops and livestock on his New Forest Farm in Viola, Wisconsin. [6] [7] [8] New Forest Farm is a conversion of a typical row crop grain farm into a perennial agricultural ecosystem at the commercial scale. Shepard has advocated for the replacement of staple annual crops with nut crops like chestnuts and hazelnuts. [3] [9] [10] [11]