Welcome to the Wisconsin River Wildlife Co., a 40-acre family farm that my wife, Tammy, and I share with our dog, George, and two cats, Foxy and Midnight.
Ten years ago, I was looking for a way to test out ideas that arose in my nutritional research work. So my son, Bernie III, and I bought this farm and converted it into a rustic living laboratory. We raise elk, whitetail deer, red deer, chickens, turkeys, pigs and sheep with as few chemicals as we can.
To do this, we integrated aquaculture, natural fruit extracts and pen rotation to increase our yields. And we experiment with natural soil amendments to boost garden and crop productivity.
We’ve extracted components from local crops—chia and cranberries, for example—to create supplements for both our farmland…
