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under conservation easement, the farm uses grass-based, management intensive grazing, no plowing, and no pesticides or fertilizers. They have just begun marketing grassfed, antibiotic-free beef and will soon have chicken and lamb available.
After the presentations came the demonstrations. Chad Vogel, a professional horse logger, demonstrated felling and hauling a log with Belgian work horses, explaining why horse logging supports sustainable forestry. Horses compact the soil much less than big machines, are less damaging to surrounding timber, run on solar fuel and are “self-renewing - you never find little baby skidders in the woods,” said Vogel.
Other demonstrations included Chris Bird, a master at cutting, milling and building with local hardwoods, with his transportable sawmill; Bruce Westfall, a talented craftsman and woodworker who has restored several bams at Mt. Vernon farm; furniture-maker Peter Kramer; Luther Steve Marquisee, and Steve Morse, who manufactures wood veneer panels using sustainable, rapidly renewable and recycled content. Artist and potter Jeannie Drevas displayed items from her “Conversations with Nature: Gleanings from the Forest” collection.
At the conclusion of the event, under glorious spring skies, a free lunch of Mt. Vernon-grown grass-fed beef, hot off the grill, was sponsored and served by the members of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection.
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