William DeMille is a lifelong vegetable farmer. He studied 2 years of Horticulture and Agronomy at Northwest Missouri University, Maryville. He holds two certificates in aquaponic engineering and production from Cornell University, NY, and from GrowHaus Aquaponics, CO, and also graduated from Dr. Elaine’s Soil Food Web School and Healing Mountain Massage School. William is a farm consultant helping establish several agricultural startups since 2005 in Missouri, Oregon, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. He specializes in the education of food production and soil health. William is the Director of Georgic Development for Monticello College, Ut. He manages 2500 acres of grassland for the Ruby Mountain Foods Company where the highest quality grass finished beef is raised. During the shutdowns of covid 19 he built a solar greenhouse that he now manages and it feeds 20 people approximately 80% of their food. He is developing new vegetable varieties and breeding them for the high elevations of the intermountain west. In 2021 he started his own grass roots school at his home in Clover Valley Nevada teaching soil health and vegetable production which trains people how to grow food without fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides etc… It includes a 3 day Boot Camp class for all ages. For college aged students he teaches an advanced 17 week class each summer to train new farmers in vegetable production. William owns and operates a soil testing laboratory and has a YouTube channel about farming. He is growing his Patreon channel helping people grow food, and holds a weekly free online Q&A on Thursday evenings. William lives with his wife Vernie Lynn DeMille in the snow capped mountains of Northern Nevada. They homeschooled their 4 children, have one grandchild, and they are both Massage Therapists. William loves family, art, gardening, teaching, horses, Dutch oven cooking, rodeo, mechanics, ice skating, writing and listening to audio books. William can be contacted at: www.georgicrevolution.com
Class title:
How to create a functioning soil that makes money by saving money.
Class title:
How to create a functioning soil that makes money by saving money.
Class description:
In this class William DeMille will present management principles of soil health and explain each of them in a way that can be applied to many kinds of agricultural enterprises. This class covers the most up to date science of how to deal with pests without purchasing pesticides, weeds without purchasing herbicides, and soil fertility without purchasing fertilizers. William will give practical examples of what to do in pastures, field crops, and vegetable farms to achieve the benefits of following the 7 soil health principles. In conclusion William will give a few warnings of what not to do so you can avoid common mistakes that can be costly when food producers are beginning a transition from corporate style agriculture to a more natural approach.
