Zakarison Partnership Farm - Diversified Wheat, Grain, and Livestock
Monday, June 2, 2008 12:00 PM
This innovative family-run crop and livestock farm produces wheat, feed grains, locker lambs and pastured poultry. With ten acres in transition to organic, Eric Zakarison is experimenting with ‘solar
tractors,’ using draft mule, horse and oxen teams (fueled on-farm), with manure to complete the power/nutrient cycle by enhancing soil fertility. Cover crops are incorporated in rotation, and sheep
and chickens help with their harvest and incorporation. The Zakarisons future plans include producing organic small grains to market locally and minimizing tillage and petroleum consumption. WSU
researchers will present their plans for on-site research on minimizing soil disturbance. Driving Directions: see http://www.tilthproducers.org.
