| Farm/Organization Name: | Ozark Akerz Regenerative Farm |
| Contact Name: | Mike Hansen |
| City & State: | Ramseur, NC |
| Region: | Triad NC |
| Crowdfunding Campaign Name: | Regenerate Forest with Endangered Cattle |
| Crowdfunding Campaign Summary: | Hello everyone,
I’m Mike, a farmer at Ozark Akerz Regenerative Farm, farming in harmony with nature. My wife Sue and I have been restoring and regenerating forests on our farm by allowing endangered Pineywoods Cattle to forage in them since 2015. So far their varied appetite and wild foraging has helped restore 15 acres. Please help us fence another 63 acres) of forest so we can allow our Pineywoods herd to eat and control invasive plant species (they eat brambles, greenbrier, kudzu, privet, even poison ivy!), improve biodiversity and allow trees to capture over 800,000 lbs) of CO2 annually. The funds we raise will be used to cover the cost of: – Surveying Visit Ozark Akerz Regenerative Farm’s GoFundMe. |
| Farm/Organization Description: | Ozark Akerz Regenerative Farm is a woman-owned and family-run farm located on Lumbee, Occaneechi and Skaruhreh/Tuscarora Land near Coleridge, North Carolina. We farm with respect for the gifts that wild and domestic plants and animals provide and the soil on which they thrive. Heritage breed Pineywoods Cattle, Cotton Patch Geese, Bourbon Red and Blue Slate Turkeys and a variety of heritage chickens are some of the animals that call Ozark Akerz home. |
| Type of Farm/Organization: | Sustainable | Livestock Farm |
| Woman-Owner/Operator | |
| Crowdfunding URL: | Fundraiser by Mike Hansen : Regenerate Forest with Endangered Cattle (gofundme.com) |
| Campaign Monetary Goal: | $73,500 |
| Campaign Topic: | Infrastructure Expense |
| Campaign Type: | Donation-based (Organizer isn’t obligated to pay back donors or give them anything else in return for their contributions. Platform example is GoFundMe.) |
