An Agroecosystem

A central goal of our vision at Joseph & Josephine's is to serve as a real-life agroecosystem, a system that incorporates all of these practices:

• Achieves the integration of natural biological cycles and controls
  
• Protects and renews soil fertility and the natural resource base
  
• Optimizes the management and use of on-farm resources
  
• Reduces the use of non-renewable resources and purchased production inputs
  
• Promotes opportunity in family farming and farm communities
  
• Minimizes adverse impacts on health, safety, wildlife, water quality and the Environment.
  

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We strive to challenge ourselves and the next generation of landowners to address the issues that have plagued rural, island communities like ours: rural exodus, rural poverty, unsustainable farming techniques, lack of education and lack of social capital for the promotion of rural entrepreneurship.
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While these can be big, complex issues to tackle, we hope to start with an uncomplicated approach:  Each one, teach one.  This means that we document our process, share what we've learned, and invite like-minded people to join our community of agro-enthusiasts.