Biological Infrastructure Blueprint™

Stop Guessing. Start Growing with Confidence.

Every successful farm begins below the surface.

Healthy crops, productive pastures, resilient orchards, and profitable farms all depend on one thing—a healthy, functioning soil ecosystem.

Unfortunately, most soil tests only tell you what nutrients are present. They don't explain how your soil functions as a living biological system or what steps you should take to improve it.

That's where the DeLaTerre Biological Infrastructure Blueprint™ is different.

Combining advanced biological soil testing with on-farm observations and practical regenerative organic farming experience, we provide a personalized roadmap for improving your soil's health, reducing purchased inputs, and building long-term farm resilience.

This is far more than a soil test.

It's a comprehensive biological assessment designed to help you understand how your soil works—and how to work with it rather than against it.

Whether you're starting a market garden, improving pasture, establishing an orchard, transitioning to regenerative organic production, or simply wanting healthier soil, your Biological Infrastructure Blueprint provides practical, science-based recommendations tailored specifically to your land and your goals.

Instead of guessing what your soil needs, you'll receive a clear action plan based on biological indicators, field observations, and regenerative organic principles that can help improve productivity while reducing unnecessary input costs.

Biological Infrastructure Blueprint $495 (5 acres or less included)

Annual Soil Health Checkup $225

Follow-up Consultation $150/hr

Whole Farm Master Plan $1,500–3,500

Market Garden Design $750–1,500

Your Regenerative Roadmap Includes:

Site Visit 1 – Property Assessment & Soil Sampling

A 90-minute on-site consultation includes:

Property walk-through
Site history review
Production goals discussion
Topography and contour evaluation
Drainage assessment
Existing vegetation assessment
Comprehensive soil sampling using standardized protocols
Identification of potential opportunities and constraints

Advanced Biological Soil Analysis

Your samples are submitted to leading regenerative agriculture laboratories for:

✓ Haney Soil Health Test

✓ PLFA (Phospholipid Fatty Acid) Analysis

These analyses provide insight into:

Biological activity
Nutrient cycling
Active carbon
Soil respiration
Organic matter dynamics
Microbial diversity
Biological fertility
Potential nitrogen mineralization

Rather than simply measuring what nutrients are present, these tests help explain how well your soil is functioning as a living ecosystem.

Site Visit 2 – Your Biological Infrastructure Blueprint

Once laboratory results are received, we return to your property to review your personalized blueprint.

You'll receive a written report including:

Soil health interpretation
Biological strengths and limitations
Nutrient cycling assessment
Organic matter building strategies
Compost recommendations
Biological amendment recommendations
Cover crop recommendations
Water management observations
Long-term soil improvement priorities
Practical implementation roadmap

Our recommendations are based on sound soil health science, practical farming experience, and proven regenerative and organic management principles. We believe every farm is unique, and our role is to help producers develop systems that are environmentally sound, economically viable, and appropriate for their goals.

Our goal is not to recommend expensive inputs.

Our goal is to help you build healthy soil that becomes increasingly self-sustaining over time.

Our Approach

Every Successful Farm Begins with Understanding the Soil

At DeLaTerre Permaculture Farm, we believe healthy farms are designed—not by guesswork—but by understanding how the living soil functions beneath our feet.

Too often, farmers are encouraged to solve production challenges by purchasing more fertilizer, more pesticides, or more equipment. While these inputs may address short-term symptoms, they rarely solve the underlying problem.

Our approach is different.

We begin by asking a simple question:

What is your soil trying to tell you?

Healthy soil is a living ecosystem composed of billions of microorganisms working together to cycle nutrients, build organic matter, improve water infiltration, and support healthy plants. When those biological processes are functioning properly, farms become more resilient, more productive, and less dependent on purchased inputs.

Using advanced biological soil testing, field observations, and practical farming experience, we evaluate your property's unique strengths and limitations before recommending solutions. Rather than applying one-size-fits-all recommendations, we develop a customized Biological Infrastructure Blueprint that helps you understand how your soil functions and provides a practical roadmap for improving its health over time.

Every recommendation is grounded in the principles of soil health, regenerative agriculture, organic production, and ecological stewardship, with a focus on building long-term resilience through healthier soils, stronger biological activity, improved nutrient cycling, and reduced dependence on external inputs.

Whether you are establishing a new market garden, transitioning to regenerative organic production, improving pasture health, planting an orchard, or restoring degraded land, our goal is the same:

Help you work with nature rather than against it.

The result is a practical, science-based management plan that reduces uncertainty, improves decision-making, and helps you invest your time and resources where they will have the greatest long-term impact.

Healthy soil is not simply the foundation of successful farming.

It is the foundation of profitable farms, resilient landscapes, and thriving communities.

Meet Your Soil Health & Regenerative Farm Consultants

Specializing in:

Regenerative Organic Production Systems
Soil Health Assessment
Biological Infrastructure Planning
No-Till Market Gardening
Organic Transition Planning
Whole Farm Design

Donna Isaacs

Donna Isaacs is a regenerative organic agriculture educator, community development practitioner, and conservation leader dedicated to rebuilding local food systems through healthy soils, ecological farming, and farmer education. She serves as Executive Director of Campti Field of Dreams, a Louisiana-based nonprofit organization focused on improving the quality of life in rural communities through sustainable agriculture, workforce development, and community revitalization.

As co-owner of DeLaTerre Permaculture Farm in Eros, Louisiana, Donna has helped develop a 43-acre regenerative organic demonstration farm integrating no-till market gardening, rotational grazing, agroforestry, compost production, biochar, and diversified livestock systems. Drawing inspiration from her childhood in Jamaica, she applies regenerative organic and permaculture principles to create resilient agricultural systems that reduce external inputs while improving soil health, biodiversity, and farm profitability.

Donna served as Project Director for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Innovation Grant, No-Till Organic Market Garden: Restoring Soil Health and Rebuilding Local Food Systems, which provided education, technical assistance, and conservation support to historically underserved farmers throughout Louisiana. Under her leadership, the project combined scientific soil health monitoring with farmer-to-farmer learning, demonstrating how regenerative organic production systems and soil health management can strengthen climate resilience, expand economic opportunity, and rebuild local food systems.

With a background in construction management, green building, sustainable community development, and adult education, Donna brings a systems-based approach to consulting. Her work bridges conservation science, practical farm management, nonprofit leadership, and strategic planning to help farms, nonprofits, and communities design resilient agricultural systems that are environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially beneficial.

Donna is a frequent speaker, workshop instructor, curriculum developer, and technical advisor on topics including regenerative organic agriculture, soil health, composting, biochar, no-till market gardening, permaculture design, community food systems, grant development, and beginning farmer education.

Waylon Breaux

Waylon Breaux is a regenerative organic farmer, conservation practitioner, and technical advisor with extensive experience in diversified small-scale agriculture, soil health management, and regenerative production systems. As co-owner of DeLaTerre Permaculture Farm in Eros, Louisiana, he has helped develop a regenerative farm integrating no-till market gardening, rotational grazing, agroforestry, compost production, biochar, and pasture-based livestock while preparing the farm for USDA Organic transition.

During the USDA NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant, No-Till Organic Market Garden: Restoring Soil Health and Rebuilding Local Food Systems, Waylon played a central role in project implementation. He assisted with statewide soil sampling, conservation practice demonstrations, field days, technical assistance, and delivery of market garden toolkits to participating producers across Louisiana. His practical knowledge and collaborative approach helped build trusted relationships with farmers while encouraging peer-to-peer learning and adoption of regenerative practices.

Waylon's expertise spans soil preparation, composting, irrigation system design, exclusion fencing, rotational grazing, predator management, erosion control, equipment selection, and practical problem-solving for diversified farms. He is especially recognized for translating complex production challenges into practical, workable solutions that fit the realities of small and beginning farmers.

As a consultant, Waylon combines hands-on farming experience with a strong understanding of conservation systems, infrastructure development, regenerative production systems and regenerative organic management practices. His work focuses on helping producers build profitable farms by improving soil health, reducing purchased inputs, integrating livestock, and designing resilient agricultural systems that work with natural processes rather than against them.

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