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Nate Jones

Nate Jones

Nate Jones is a farmer and co-owner of Sweet Acacia Farm in Cochise County, Arizona, where he farms agave, cactus, legumes, fruit trees, and Arizona native plants with a focus on soil and watershed restoration.

Aug 21, 2026

SteveHOST
54:19
native shrubs and trees that can help uh whatever plant you're growing uh grow better by keeping the the soil and water on your your land are great i think
54:30
Definitely.
54:31
Definitely.
54:31
Um, one of the things we did that probably played the biggest role in our like watershed health stuff, um, was we, we implemented, um, like a key line design.
54:43
Um, you're probably familiar with that from doing all the agricultural consulting stuff.
54:48
Yeah.
54:48
So that's, um, our little main plot, like I'd call it like, um, like a little zone one zone two thing um that was where we went the heaviest in terms of like intervention um and we used like a compact excavator and did all like swales on contour and all that stuff um and that has been incredible like watching what has happened in response that's been nuts so we did it's it's in about a like a four acre area and it's got a little over a quarter mile of Depends what you're calling it.

7 MINS LATER

SteveHOST
62:22
I was going to say, you know, I had one, we actually got through all of my questions that I was going to say, but I had one last question that I had written down, which is, you know, if you had, you know, all of the people in the agave industry, you know, farming, distilling in Arizona in one room, you know, what would you do? like to see you know agave industry in in arizona and say one decade you know or two decades you know where where would you guys uh like to go i guess you know like if you could speak to them

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