Whole Farm Services offers you the skills and craftsmanship of real world farmers who are combining renewable energy, ecological design, sustainable agriculture, and appropriate technology to find simple and effective answers to the problems of global warming, food security, and bioregional/ecosystem health.
Whole Farms Services is comprised of:
Chris Chaisson
Project Director/ Founder
Chris offers multi-disciplined approaches culminating from 15-20+ years of experience in the fields of horticulture, construction, food, design, ecology, and education. This gives Chris an integrated perspective on every day farm problems with solutions that are innovative, regenerative, and appropriate scale. Chris' farm, Crescent Moon Farm in Hyde Park, VT is a medicinal herb farm and agroforestry nursery focused on research of polycultural farm ecosystems.
Glenn Coville
Mycoremediation/Ferrocement/Construction Project Director
Co-Founder of Wild Branch Valley Farm, and Whole Farm Services, Glenn offers extensive experience as a VT herdsman, vegetable grower, mushroom farmer and builder. Raised in Alaska, and great grandson of the man who domesticated the high bush blueberry, he offers innovative approaches to thermal mass creation, season extension, and mushroom growing. Glenn and his family can be found on their 250 acre diversified farm in the northwoods of Craftsbury, VT.
Keith Morris
Permaculture/ Agroforestry Specialist/ Carpenter
Keith Morris is a designer, educator, organic farmer, and natural builder who facilitates healthy and healing human ecosystems. His work combines community building, ecological restoration, integrated structures, and diverse, nutrient-dense food production into beautiful and productive whole systems. He is a Permaculture Instructor on the faculties of Sterling College, the Yestermorrow Design Build School, and the University of Vermont, and has worked for USAID Farmer to Farmer in Nigeria and Ghana.
Jeffrey Krull
Design/Build Project Manager
With a degree in architecture, Jeffrey brings innovative design ideas to the table utilizing renewable energy, passive solar design, and thermal mass. As a stone mason, carpenter, and farmer Jeffrey adds a great mix of how to build farm structures that include unique features that you get excited to use them.