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Could Our Food be Healthier? Learn More About Regenerative Agriculture
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Could Our Food be Healthier? Learn More About Regenerative Agriculture

Join Jason as he spoke with Jennifer Diamond in October 2024 about our mission to improve our food and environment.  Jason shares his and Deb’s journey to becoming a farmers, how regenerative farming is not...
Cooking New Jersey visits Cold Brook Farm, Oldwick, NJ
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Cooking New Jersey visits Cold Brook Farm

“Cooking New Jersey” visited the DeSalvos at their homestead, Cold Brook Farm, in Oldwick, NJ, to discuss organic and regenerative farming.
Cold Brook Farm – Thoughts on Our Second Season Regeneratively Farming
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Regenerative Agriculture at Cold Brook Farm

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” couldn’t be more descriptive for the 2022 growing season here at Cold Brook Farm.  In the end we got 95%+ of our new...
Cold Brook Farm, NJ
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Cold Brook Farm Featured in New Jersey Monthly Magazine

Deborah and Jason DeSalvo, owners of Cold Brook Farm, were recently featured in the September 2022 edition of New Jersey Monthly Magazine.  In the article, Passion Project, they speak with Lauren Payne about their multiyear...
Sustainable Permaculture Practices
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Sustainable Permaculture Practices

This 12-part blog series will share the vision, architectural challenges, and construction effort involved in building a new house, one that defies conventional home design by integrating the environment in a rigorous, locally unprecedented and...
Creating a Homestead in the Heart of New Jersey
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Creating a Homestead in the Heart of New Jersey

This 12-part blog series will share the vision, architectural challenges, and construction effort involved in building a new house, one that defies conventional home design by integrating the environment in a rigorous, unprecedented and beneficial way....
Efficient Home Building: Overcoming Architectural Challenges
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Efficient Home Building: Overcoming Architectural Challenges

This 12-part blog series will share the vision, architectural challenges, and construction effort involved in building a new house, one that defies conventional home design by integrating the environment in a rigorous, unprecedented and beneficial...
Sustainable Permaculture Practices
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Sustainable Permaculture Practices

This 12-part blog series will share the vision, architectural challenges, and construction effort involved in building a new house, one that defies conventional home design by integrating the environment in a rigorous, locally unprecedented and...
Creating a Homestead in the Heart of New Jersey
Cold brook farm Oldwick nj Organic farming Permaculture Sustainability Zero energy homestead Zero-energy home

Creating a Homestead in the Heart of New Jersey

This 12-part blog series will share the vision, architectural challenges, and construction effort involved in building a new house, one that defies conventional home design by integrating the environment in a rigorous, unprecedented and beneficial way....
Efficient Home Building: Overcoming Architectural Challenges
Cold brook farm Oldwick nj Organic farming Permaculture Sustainability Zero energy homestead Zero-energy home

Efficient Home Building: Overcoming Architectural Challenges

This 12-part blog series will share the vision, architectural challenges, and construction effort involved in building a new house, one that defies conventional home design by integrating the environment in a rigorous, unprecedented and beneficial...
Sustainable Permaculture Practices
Cold brook farm Oldwick nj Organic farming Permaculture Sustainability Zero energy homestead Zero-energy home

Sustainable Permaculture Practices

This 12-part blog series will share the vision, architectural challenges, and construction effort involved in building a new house, one that defies conventional home design by integrating the environment in a rigorous, locally unprecedented and...
Creating a Homestead in the Heart of New Jersey
Cold brook farm Oldwick nj Organic farming Permaculture Sustainability Zero energy homestead Zero-energy home

Creating a Homestead in the Heart of New Jersey

This 12-part blog series will share the vision, architectural challenges, and construction effort involved in building a new house, one that defies conventional home design by integrating the environment in a rigorous, unprecedented and beneficial way....
Efficient Home Building: Overcoming Architectural Challenges
Cold brook farm Oldwick nj Organic farming Permaculture Sustainability Zero energy homestead Zero-energy home

Efficient Home Building: Overcoming Architectural Challenges

This 12-part blog series will share the vision, architectural challenges, and construction effort involved in building a new house, one that defies conventional home design by integrating the environment in a rigorous, unprecedented and beneficial...