About Us

Meet the Team

Clear View Regenerative Farms and Services was founded in 2013 and established as an LLC in 2017.

 

Erik Harris

Erik is a practicing soil scientist and high school science teacher with a Masters Degree in Biology with a focus on plant-insect interactions. He is a certified Soil Food Web Soil Consultant and Lab Technician currently working with a variety of farmers in a collaborative way to bring the most of the soils that they are working with.

Chris Harris

Chris, Operations Manager for CVRFS, has over four decades of experience in the construction business, and a deep and abiding life long respect for the land that both Erik and Chris grew up on in SE Minnesota. Over the last 10 years Chris has garnered a solid and informed understanding of the dynamics between plants and soil and the practical processes needed to build healthy soil. Chris is well suited to help guide any farm production toward organic or regenerative practices.

Our Work

Clear View offers agricultural support and laboratory services that support the regeneration of healthy ecosystems throughout the upper midwest. CVRFS is an active participant and practitioner in the nascent field of soil ecology and the Soil Food Web Community. We can also provide support services in transition to organics and any associated documentation. 

For the past 10 years, CVRFS has dug deeply into the holistic approaches that ecological perspectives have on our stewardship practices. As fifth generation farmers, we understand the importance of healthy soil to the financial well-being of one’s business. We also understand that, as land stewards, the health of the soil has a far-reaching impact on our own health and those in our community.

Our Approach

Clear View is uniquely situated to support the needs of a wide variety of farms and gardens through modern techniques by developing and applying biologically complete composts and liquids. Microscopic analysis is used to determine, in real time, a quantitative measure of the levels of biologically beneficial organisms in your soil or compost. After an initial consultation on the direction and intention of your land we would move forward on the following:

  1. Microscopic assessment of your soil or compost

  2. Planning for building of compost including: acquiring materials, securing proper feedstocks and proper facilities

  3. Building and monitoring of compost piles

  4. Prepare extracts and teas and other liquids

  5. Apply biologically complete compost extracts and or teas

  6. Monitor biology with microscopic assessments

  7. Follow up with additional applications if needed

  8. Collaborate on setting the long term goals for the maintenance and recuperation of the soil.