Linda F. Hezel

Linda Hezel started as Ecosystems Steward/Artisanal Producer at Prairie Birthday Farm (PBF) in 1993 convinced that family and soil health are inextricably linked. 

On farm she incorporates the 2008 American Nurses Association resolution for nurses to “serve as role models and educators by participating in and promoting nutritious ingredients from sustainable local food systems to improve eating habits, increase patient and public health, and support the long-term social, economic, and environmental well-being of workers, communities and global health”.  

Fourteen acres host pollinators, wildlife, trees/shrubs, flowers, fruits, herbs, vegetables and native plants. Regeneration includes perennial polycultures, compost, biochar, filtered water, prairie burns, never till sheet mulching, no synthetic chemicals, syntropy, and agrivoltaics demonstration project. Evidence from over 15 years of soil studies confirms increased soil health (organic matter, soil microbiology, etc.). 

PBF LLC is a case study, teaching laboratory to share the science, craft and art of regeneration with chefs, farmers, apprentices and community.