Over Labor Day weekend Wild Abundance took 'field recording' to a new level by sitting down to talk with farmer, writer and passionate grass-based farming advocate Matt Rales in an actual field on his Potomac, MD farm. In this conversation we explored:

• How Matt came to pursue his life's work
• Matt's experiences at Polyface Farm (the farm featured in the Omnivore's Dilemma, Fresh, Food, Inc)
• Grassential - Matt's new farm in Potomac, MD
• Raising rabbits
• Chickens crave protein or else they get cranky
• Grass-based farming, land healing and holistic farm management
• Why Potomac?
• Farming in urban areas
• The growing grass-based farming movement
• It all starts with the sun
• What's next at Grassential

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew Rales now operates a grass-based livestock farm and forage-fed rabbitry in Potomac, Maryland called Grassential, LLC. He offers farm consulting, teaching and tours. Matt spent three years working for Joel Salatin at Polyface, Inc. and continues to lead farm tours there. He received a BA in Environmental Studies from Middlebury College.

More information about Matt and Grassential is available at www.grassentialfarm.com