Salamander Springs Farm Permaculture and Natural Building Systems
Links to learn more!
Overview of Permaculture and Natural Building Systems at Salamander Springs Farm: Click on each topic to open a set of
educational workshop slides about Salamander Springs Farm systems and hands-on workshops.
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Seed Selection and Stewardship presentations: Slides from workshops given by Susana Lein at Tennesee Local Food Summit, December 2023, and Cumberland Seed Commons Conference at Berea College, April 2024.
Presentations include the influence of Indigenous wisdom and science on Susana's work at Salamander Springs Farm in developing locally-adapted seed, and low-tech methodologies of seed selection, breeding, cleaning and storage.
Farming with Permaculture: Slides from workshops given by Susana Lein Winter-Spring 2023. Includes overview of permaculture principles and zoning methodology, with a focus on regenerative agriculture, soil health, permanent beds, hugelkultur, organic no-till with diverse "relay" cover crops earthworks like contour swales, and food forest.
No-till Cover Crop Strategies for Small Scale Farms: Presentation slides of given by Susana Lein for 2024 Organic Association of Kentucky annual conference. These slides replace similar no-till cover crop presentations by Susana in 2023 (OAK/EKFC conferences). OAK members can access videos of conference presentations.
A 3-hour no-till cover crop workshop at the 2024 OAK conference by Susana Lein and Jesse Frost is on YouTube.
Organic Association of Kentucky Field Day at Salamander Springs Farm, July 2022: Summary & Resources
Workshop slides on Salamander Springs Farm Permaculture Systems until 2019
Earlier powerpoint teaching slides by Susana detailing holistic permaculture farm systems through 2019.
NO-TILL MARKET GARDEN PODCAST with Jesse Frost, January 2020, or listen on Youtube
Susana discusses no-till systems at Salamander Springs Farm and much more.
No-Till Organic Relay Cropping in Kentucky, Ryan Maher, Cornell University, Small Farms Quarterly January 2018,
details the integrated no-till systems of dry beans, grains, cover crops and poultry at Salamander Springs Farm.
No-till Staple Crops in a Permaculture Production System: Susana's workshop slides from Organic Association of Kentucky 2020
Annual Conference, Louisville
NO-TILL MARKET GARDEN PODCAST with Jesse Frost, January 2020, or listen on Youtube
Susana discusses no-till systems at Salamander Springs Farm and much more.
No-Till Organic Relay Cropping in Kentucky, Ryan Maher, Cornell University, Small Farms Quarterly January 2018,
details the integrated no-till systems of dry beans, grains, cover crops and poultry at Salamander Springs Farm.
Passive Solar Tiny House at Salamander Springs Farm:
Principles and building methods.
Earthworks at Salamander Springs Farm
Contour swales, ponds, garden beds
Solar Dehydrator at Salamander Springs Farm
construction and function also shown in farm tour video
Permaculture in Practice Workshops at Salamander Springs Farm
Hands-on practicums on farm systems
Clay Slip Straw Building workshops at Salamander Springs Farm
INHABIT film Susana and Salamander Springs Farm are featured in the award-winning internationally acclaimed permaculture documentary film, INHABIT, which premiered at the North American Permaculture Voices conference and the International Permaculture Convergence in London in 2015. (Translated into 7 languages).
Earthen Floor Workshop at Salamander Springs Farm (one of first in Kentucky) 2007!
Susana's PERMACULTURE PODCASTS with Scott Mann:
Reflections on a tour of Salamander Springs Farm in Berea, KY, Two Wheels of Cheese: Harvesting Kindness on small farms across the Midwest (Wordpress), May 18, 2023
Field cover crops and soils: CRAFT farm tour
Granary, Grain Mill & Corn Crib construction and use.
Salamander Springs Farm Annual Corn Harvest & Husking Parties
Ideas from Salamander Springs Farm, tristansunkraut.com, July 18, 2022: solar dehydration, no till grain production, no-till cover crops, intercropping diversity, polyculture cornfield, low-input farming..
Carbon Farming: Yale Climate Connections Salamander Springs Farm in KY uses carbon-farming techniques to improve soil health and capture carbon..."
If you learned about Susana and Salamander Springs Farm through another site on the web that may be useful to others if linked on this site, feel free to let me know on the contact page. Susana livesoff-grid at Salamander Springs and does not use internet or social media.
-Sandra (website manager +long-time fan & customer of Salamander Springs Farm)
