Regenerative Agriculture Consulting Services

Our Team

About the Founder

“Soil Health is the foundation of true soil fertility and plant nutrition. My goal is to provide farmers with clear actionable steps to rebuild soils and crop health so the land produces more with fewer inputs”

Chuck Schembre

Founder, Owner & Lead Consultant

Chuck is a farmer, Certified Professional Soil Scientist and regenerative farm agronomist with two decades of experience farming organically and regeneratively, while interpreting soil and plant health metrics and linking them directly to practical farm management. His expertise bridges advanced soil and crop science with practical hands-on farming – from managing small-scale organic vegetable systems to large orchard and vineyard operations. He holds a B.S degree in Earth and Soil Science from Cal Poly Technic State University – San Luis Obispo.

Chuck is also the owner of High Desert Harvest, a small diversified regenerative farm in Washoe Valley of Northern Nevada that serves as a practical, living laboratory for soil health and regenerative farming practices, while supplying regionally nutrient dense food to the greater Reno-Tahoe region.

Understanding AG as the lead specialty crop regenerative consultant
Educator for the Soil Health Academy
Farm Director for the Desert Farming Initiative
Soil Health Specialist and Demonstration Farm Director for a Conservation District
Vineyard Manager
Farm Manager and Owner of multiple small scale diversified farms

Our Team

Clayton Handy

Handy Consulting LLC

Clayton Handy is an independent regenerative agriculture consultant and soil health agronomist,specializing in perennial and specialty cropping systems including orchards, vineyards, berries,and row crops, as well as ranch consulting and livestock integration within cropping systems.Clayton is one of the primary expert regenerative agronomists hired by EcoSoil Solutions to provide our clients the best consulting services and project scale deliverables.

With a background in forestry, horticulture, and agronomy—and years of hands-on experience
managing and advising large crop operations across diverse geographies—Clayton focuses on applying ecological principles to improve soil function, plant health, and long-term farm
profitability.

His work emphasizes moving beyond input substitution toward truly mimicking natural systems.Clayton works closely with growers to propagate beneficial biology and restore ecological function in a way that reflects the native system being farmed, recognizing that context is critical: forested ecosystems behave fundamentally differently than tallgrass prairie systems and must be managed accordingly.

Clayton’s approach integrates field observation with advanced analytical tools such as sap
analysis, soil biology testing, biological assays, nutrient density testing, and water quality assessment to guide management decisions throughout key phenological stages. By aligning bio-available and bio-friendly fertility, irrigation, and groundcover strategies with plant demand and microbial function, he works with growers to reduce input dependency while improving crop resilience and margins per acre.

Having managed large conventional operations, his own smaller regenerative organic orchard and integrated livestock operation, and worked alongside growers transitioning from conventional to regenerative organic systems, Clayton understands both the agronomic and economic realities of farming and change. His consulting focuses on practical implementation—developing orchard-specific execution calendars, root exudate mimic programs, and biological compost tea strategies designed to support nutrient density, yield stability, and soil regeneration over time. His guiding principle is to test, not guess, throughout the transition process.

“Clayton lives in Utah with his family and continues to work with farms throughout the United States and internationally, supporting producers in building resilient, biologically driven agricultural systems through his consulting firm, Handy Consulting.”