If we don't take action now, we settle for nothing later - RATM

Become a Graze Against The Machine Activist

How to Graze Against The Machine

We can do so much more in support of healthier food, farms and earth if we band together to Graze Against The Machine. Your actions can take many forms, from planting native species of trees and shrubs in your yard to advocating for healthy food and farms and supporting racial equality in our food system by buying food grown on regenerative and organic farms owned by black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC).

You can even contribute to conservation by helping save animals from going extinct by raising endangered rabbits, chickens, geese, pigs or other heritage breeds.

You'll find information below that will empower you to take direct and vigorous action in support of a healthier and more equitable earth to become a Graze Against The Machine Activist!

Grow a Food & Medicine

Growing your own food and medicine makes you more self-sufficient. Our Food & Medicine guide contains information about what pollinators each plant supports, and references to the food, medicine and tools native plants provide our indigenous communities.
Subscribe to our Newsletter to get our free 38 page guide to growing your own Food & Medicine.

Amplify Your Voice

Amplify your voice with Activism/Advocacy for equitable and healthy food & farms. For resources and more information check out Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, they have been great allies in our quest to make an impact with policy and decision makers.

Improve Biodiversity

You can attract more biodiversity.by planting native plants, stacking a few logs, or creating a small pile of stones in your yard.
Then track and identify butterflies, lizards, plants, birds and other species in your backyard, neighborhood or farm. Learn how we have identified over 540 species at Ozark Akerz using a free app from National Geographic in this video.

Graze With Equality & Respect

Support local BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Woman* and Immigrant owned farms and small businesses. We encourage you to discover the indigenous land on which you, live, work and play. Native Land strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, indigenous ways of knowing  and settler-indigenous relations.

*Ozark Akerz is proudly Woman owned.

Conserve Endangered Species

Many 'oldtime' farm animals have become threatened with extinction. This includes many chickens, rabbits, geese, horses, pigs, cattle and 5 other species, A backyard chicken flock is the perfect place to start your conservation efforts. In our Introduction to Heritage Breeds video, we provide information and resources for you to get started conserving endangered animals in your backyard or on your farm.

Support us as we Regenerate Earth

•Support our work with your purchase of our official Graze Against The Machine organic cotton shirts or other merchandise.

Graze Against The Machine Regenerative Farming Principles

Although regenerative farming practices are liable to change, our regenerative principles are unchanging. Indigenous values of 7th Generation and Honorable Harvest form the foundation of our principles. We respectfully and humbly receive guidance from our friends Linwood Watson, Haliwa-Saponi and Chris Dorsey, Cherokee. They both share insight into these principles, their indigenous cultures and teachings of local plant species and their ethnobotanical uses with us. Linwood and Chris are both instrumental allies in recovering the pre-colonial history of the indigenous territories on which Ozark Akerz is located, they help us respect and honor this history as an integral part of farm-life.
 
There is a lot of info on the Ozark Akerz Regenerative Farm website about how we attempt to farm in harmony with nature. We’ve chosen a few posts and videos that will help give you insights into our principles and practices.
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