Welcome to Feral Farm!
Feral Farm is an Agroforestry Project located in the North Cascade Mountains. We have been pioneering new lifeways, in harmony with our environment, since Fall of 1997.
We take our inspiration from the likes of Masanobu Fukuoka, Sepp Holzer, Mark Shepard, and Martin Crawford, as well as the indigenous tribes of the area. Through long-term observation, we are developing food production models devoid of outside inputs. Our goal is to create a highly productive agroforestry food system that also provides the ecological functions of a forest. We believe horticultural societies provided the most diversity and thus represent a peak in the human experience and its relationship to the natural world.
Not domesticated, but not fully wild... we aim for a middle path.
Thank you for visiting us!
We take our inspiration from the likes of Masanobu Fukuoka, Sepp Holzer, Mark Shepard, and Martin Crawford, as well as the indigenous tribes of the area. Through long-term observation, we are developing food production models devoid of outside inputs. Our goal is to create a highly productive agroforestry food system that also provides the ecological functions of a forest. We believe horticultural societies provided the most diversity and thus represent a peak in the human experience and its relationship to the natural world.
Not domesticated, but not fully wild... we aim for a middle path.
Thank you for visiting us!
~ Behind the Scenes ~
Matt Van Boven
Creator of the Feral Farm Mythos
With over 20 years’ experience, Matt has designed and implemented many models of forest gardening, which range from mimicking natural systems to intensive agroforestry production. He has developed a vast understanding of what plants thrive in the Pacific Northwest that are most useful to humans. Through long-term observation, Matt's collected knowledge has helped him to cultivate a highly productive agroforestry food system devoid of outside inputs... This is Feral Farm.
With over 20 years’ experience, Matt has designed and implemented many models of forest gardening, which range from mimicking natural systems to intensive agroforestry production. He has developed a vast understanding of what plants thrive in the Pacific Northwest that are most useful to humans. Through long-term observation, Matt's collected knowledge has helped him to cultivate a highly productive agroforestry food system devoid of outside inputs... This is Feral Farm.