{"id":722,"date":"2019-09-23T16:28:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T23:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=722"},"modified":"2019-09-23T16:28:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T23:28:58","slug":"our-approach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/about\/our-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Boulder&#8217;s Farm, family-owned and operated, is committed to using sustainable human-scale agricultural and forestry practices to provide our customers with healthy, mouth-watering food and high-quality products from our fields, forest, orchard, and garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sustainable<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0104-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0104-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0104-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0104-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0104-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Our goal is to use as few off-farm inputs as possible. We use no pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers (USDA organic certification in progress). <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 37%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0338-e1569279160227-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Northern red-legged frog on a branch on the edge of Pedee Creek\" class=\"wp-image-719\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0338-e1569279160227-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0338-e1569279160227-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0338-e1569279160227-1600x2133.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Our farm is home to a half-mile of endangered steelhead habitat on Pedee Creek, including five tributary streams that run through our fields and forest. All together, about 25% of our acreage is riparian and wetland. We work with the Luckiamute Watershed Council and various state and federal agencies to protect and restore this vital habitat (Salmon-Safe certification in progress). <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_3489-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-472\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>We are continuously working to to reduce our carbon footprint, including weaning ourselves off of petroleum-based fuel and products and seeking alternatives to burning agricultural and forestry waste. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Human-scale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0507-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mike and James checking the weight a bale of hay\" class=\"wp-image-609\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0507-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0507-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0507-1600x2133.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>We limit the scale our operations such that all of the work can be done by a few people aided by draft animals, occasionally supplemented by power equipment or by neighbor\/volunteer work parties.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3478-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Mark S. and Mike after getting a load of loose hay\" class=\"wp-image-721\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3478-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3478-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3478-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3478.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>We design our daily, weekly, and seasonal schedules to spread difficult or monotonous tasks out so that we end the day satisfied and pleasantly tired rather than discouraged and exhausted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0161-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-605\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The farm\u2019s infrastructure\u2014fields, orchards, fences, roads, outbuildings, etc.\u2014is designed and built primarily for people on foot, for horses, and for horse-drawn vehicles. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_2082-e1561159240645-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Splitting maul leaning against a stack of firewood\" class=\"wp-image-354\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bouldersfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_2082-e1561159240645-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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