A Kiss the Ground farmer feature article profiling Nuss Farms, a 5th-generation, 1,000-acre specialty vegetable operation in Lodi, CA run by patriarch Dave Nuss and sons Derek, Tim, and Tyler. Covers the farm’s history (originally an asparagus powerhouse decimated by NAFTA), Tim and Tyler’s 2018 launch of The Modern Acre podcast as an entry into ag innovation, their connection to Farmers Footprint and then Kiss the Ground’s Farmland Transition Program and Soil Health Academy (with Gabe Brown, Ray Archuleta, and Allen Williams), and their ongoing regenerative transition: cover cropping, vertical tillage, livestock integration trials with Pasturebird (pasture-raised poultry through moveable coops), organic corn certification, and a pivot toward biological nutrient management with Advancing Eco Agriculture. Notes the farm’s goal of becoming a replicable model for conventional specialty-crop growers.
