Regenerative Ag Field Tour

Event Summary

Ray Archuleta speaking at a field day.

Hosted by the Western Lake Erie Basin Advisory Group, this tour offers you the chance to see effective farming techniques in action that enhance soil health, protect water quality, and produce high-quality, nutrient-dense food. Join us for an immersive field tour in the Upper Maumee watershed as you explore firsthand the impact of sustainable farming practices on vegetable, grain, and livestock production. Learn directly from farmers who are successfully implementing these practices and from renowned soil health expert Ray Archuleta. Engage with innovative farmers, conservation organizations, and state agencies who are revolutionizing agriculture in the Western Lake Erie Basin watershed.

Tour Philosophy

This tour is designed to showcase farms that demonstrate regenerative agriculture principles including maintaining soil cover and living root systems through cover crops and pastures, integrating animals, diversifying rotations, and minimizing soil disturbance through no-till and pastures. Farms on tour stops will demonstrate how farmers can reduce external fertilizer inputs through increasing crop rotation diversity, adding cover crops, and integrating livestock into their operations. Ultimately, these practices improve water quality by tightening natural nutrient cycling and reducing losses. Food from farms showcased during the tour will be served at lunch to demonstrate what a local, regeneratively grown meal looks like in Michigan.

Tour Stops

Cattle grazing on pasture at Denny Person’s farm.

Chickens at Allison Grimm's farm.

• Stoney Ridge Farms - 14031 Broom Rd. Waldron, MI 49288
• Person Farms – 19233 County Rd. 5-50, Montpelier, OH 43543
• Les Seiler’s Farm – 20073 County Rd. L, Fayette OH 43521
• Rebel Farm – 11081 Bird Lake Rd S, Osseo, MI 49271
• The Laughing Flock – 12671 Squawfield Rd. Pittsford, MI 49271
• Rainfall Simulator Demonstration by Ray Archuleta!

Learn first-hand from farmers:

• Denny Person
• Allison Grimm
• Les Seiler
• Tim Hine
• Ron Rusk
• Suzie Leitz
• Jay Williams

Evening Mixer at Rumors – 212 W Main St. Hudson, MI 49247

Sponsorship Opportunities

Each sponsor will have a table for their materials in Jay William’s barn for attendees to browse before the tour and at lunch. To sponsor a specific part of the budget (above) please let us know. For example, you may wish to sponsor Ray Archuleta, lunch, a bus, or a specific farmer’s honorarium.

$500 (Bronze)
2 reserved bus seats (ticket)
E.g., sponsor breakfast, venue costs, honorarium for farmer leaders, co-sponsor a bus

$1000 (Silver)
4 reserved bus seats (ticket)
E.g., co-sponsor a bus, sponsor honorarium for farmer leaders

$2000 (Gold)
8 reserved bus seats (ticket)
E.g., sponsor a bus, lunch, co-sponsor Ray Archuleta

Tickets: Each sponsor will receive 1 reserved bus seat/$250 sponsorship. Sponsors may invite whomever they like with their tickets.

Organizations may also contribute by donating staff time to help manage the event – these organizations will also have a table for promoting their materials at the barn.