- I'm looking at food sovereignty in the DeJope and Madison area.
Access to land is a big issue.
It was a bit of a challenge for me
to find small acreage to rent.
I mean right here we're inside the city limits.
I had a conservationist out here couple years ago
and she just kinda laughed,
"Let's find you some better land."
But I like it cuz it's rich soil.
And you know just the technique that I'm using
of plowing these little strips and then just mowing,
it prolongs your soil fertility.
This approach here is building up the soil.
If I didn't do anything,
it'd be all reed canary grass like that.
But might not look that impressive,
look kinda weedy but mow enough
and really take care of the corn til it's big enough
and you can pretty much let it go.