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Edible Earthscaping is a philosophy, a lifestyle and a farming style that embodies the ebb and flow of nature.  Rather than attempting to control or manipulate nature, it strives to blend with the natural tendencies of soil, climate, flora and fauna to achieve a diverse ecosystem loaded with food.

This is the vision my wife Haruka and I embrace as we foster the evolution of the Edible Earthscape farm.  Although we are not certified organic,  there is no place on our farm for chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.  Weeds are controlled through cover cropping, mulch and hand pulling.  Pests are controlled through companion planting, crop rotation and attracting a plethora of predators.  Fertilizer comes from composted horse manure, alpaca manure, compost made on site and compost tea made from our own compost.  Mulching also reduces our need to irrigate, but when we do need water, we generally rely on our rain catchment system that collects rainwater off the greenhouse.  We have 780 gallons of storage capacity that can be pumped into our drip irrigation system.

We’re in our second season of farming in North Carolina after farming for several years in Japan.  We brought with us many of the techniques we learned from farming in Japan, and not surprisingly, we specialize in growing Japanese and Asian heirloom varieties.

Our farm, which is located in Moncure, NC is the first farm in the Piedmont Biofuels Farm Incubator.  The purpose of the Farm Incubator is to provide new farmers with the land and resources to get a farm started without an enormous up-front investment. Our farm is situated on the Piedmont Biofuels Co-op, where bio-diesel is produced on a small scale.  Our plan is to establish our farm as a viable business over the next couple of years to the point where we will be able to establish our own permanent farm.  At that point, another farmer will take over the land we’re on now, and the cycle of the farm incubator will be under way.  In this way, we will be increasing the number of sustainable farms in Chatham county, and in turn we will be helping to achieve greater food security for our region.