Zero Budget Natural Farming

Consultation Services

Design • Build • Implement

Reduce Inputs. Build Biology. Farm With Nature. Enrich Food Flavours.

Modern agriculture has become dependent on purchased inputs, external solutions, and short-term thinking. Zero Budget Natural Farming offers a different path—one rooted in observation, ecology, and the intelligent use of resources already available on your farm and within your local community.

Owen Goltz
Consulting Services

Practical, experience-based consulting

Riverdale Nature Base Farm Systems provides practical, experience-based consulting to help farmers design and implement resilient, biologically active systems with minimal off-farm inputs.

You cannot improve food quality without improving soil health. And you cannot improve soil health without working with biology.

Biodiversity depends on soil enrichment of mineral availability.

This is not a theory.
This is applied, field-tested knowledge.

Consulting Services

Who This Is For

Our consultation services are available locally and worldwide to growers and are designed for:

Whether you are transitioning to regenerative practices, reducing input costs, or rebuilding degraded soils, this service meets you where you are.

Owen Goltz
Owen with bucket of Biochar
Consulting Services

What You’ll Gain

1. Zero Budget Resource Audit

Find value where others see waste

  • Identify existing on-farm resources
  • Locate underutilized resources within your surrounding community
  • Replace purchased inputs with local, low-cost alternatives
  • Design nutrient loops that keep fertility cycling on-site

2. Biochar: Practical Use & Implementation Consultation

Not all biochar is equal—size, method, and temperature matter

  • To buy, or make your own, on-farm biochar production advice
  • Applications:
    • Soil & Potting amendment
    • Compost integration
    • Animal bedding systems
  • Impacts on:
    • Soil aggregation, structure, and  water retention
    • Organic matter stabilization
    • Microbial habitat and compost quality
  • Application rates and methods based on particle size and system goals

3. Wood Vinegar: The What, When, Where & Why Consultation

A powerful, low-cost biostimulant—when used correctly

  • Soil, compost, potting mix, and in-line drip applications
  • Seed treatments & application protocols:
    • Proper dilution rates
    • Timing and expected outcomes
    • In furrow, vs seed soaking
  • Foliar applications:
    • Rates, timing, and purpose
  • Biochar + wood vinegar synergy:
    • Charging biochar
    • Combined application strategies
  • Observation-based testing and evaluation

4. Making High-Quality Compost

Compost is a biological system—not just decomposed material

  • Compost recipes:
    • Resource selection
    • Building vs. buying inputs
  • Composting methods:
    • Static piles
    • Turned systems
    • Vermiculture
  • Compost amendments and testing
  • Compost teas vs. compost extracts:
    • When to use each
  • Application rates and equipment selection
Cost: $85 for the first hour. $50 for each additional hour.

Ready to Begin? If you are prepared to reduce inputs, improve soil health, and farm with nature rather than against it, let’s start the conversation.

Riverdale Nature Based Farm Systems
Riverdale Nature Base Farm Systems