Integrated farm systems
Salt Bridge Farm
What happens when the Garden Pool approach expands beyond a single growing system? Salt Bridge Farm in New Jersey demonstrates an integrated approach to sustainable agriculture and food production.
Many systems, one farm
A farm designed as a system
Rather than a single installation, Salt Bridge Farm brings multiple forms of food production, land management, water, energy and education together on one property.
- High-tunnel food production
- Hydroponic growing
- Aquaponics
- Mushroom production
- Sprout production
- Livestock
- Orchard and perennial-food development
- Water conservation and irrigation planning
- Renewable-energy planning
- Agricultural education
- Young-adult workforce development
The same philosophy
Systems thinking, from a backyard pool to a working farm
Salt Bridge Farm is not simply another Garden Pool installation. It demonstrates the same systems-thinking philosophy that began with the original Garden Pool in Mesa, Arizona.
- Understand the available resources.
- Choose appropriate technologies.
- Connect systems where doing so creates value.
- Reduce waste.
- Produce food efficiently.
- Teach others how the systems work.
A full project record for Salt Bridge Farm — including photography, measured outcomes and timeline — is being documented and will be published here.
What could we design with your land?
The same approach can be applied to homesteads, farms, campuses, nonprofits, educational facilities, community projects and large agricultural properties.