09/15/2022 SOURCE: www.reuters.com
“Soils should look like black cottage cheese,” says North Dakota farmer Gabe Brown. Brown runs a 5,000-acre farm and ranch, but he is far from a typical midwestern farmer. A pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement in the United States, Brown is on the road “280 days a year”, he tells me in a recent interview, doing talks, liaising with other farmers and stakeholders, and imparting what he knows to anyone who will listen.
The farmers trying to restore life to America’s stressed soils as climate change bites
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09/14/2022 SOURCE: www.heritagedaily.com
Unlike their counterparts in other parts of the British Isles and on mainland Europe, early Scottish farmers didn’t use manure to fertilise their fields. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
Early Scottish farmers didn’t use manure to fertilise their fields
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09/10/2022 SOURCE: rcg.org
It can be easy to take the soil beneath our feet for granted. Yet its health has always been a key to our survival.
A Missing Ingredient for World Peace
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09/10/2022 SOURCE: www.cnet.com
This (surprisingly) not-gross project gives you a steady supply of plant food.
DIY Compost Bin Step-by-Step: Build a Worm Farm to Reduce Waste, Create Fertile Soil
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global,
Conservation Agriculture: A Reliable Tactic for Soil Future
CA is a management strategy for agroecosystems that aims to maximize and sustain productivity, earnings, and food security while protecting and strengthening the environment and the base of available resources. According to FAO (2004), CA is characterized by three interconnected principles: Three interconnected criteria (FAO 2004, 2013) that define CA include:
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08/30/2022 SOURCE: geneticliteracyproject.org
Removing urine from wastewater and using it as fertilizer has the potential to decrease nutrient loading in water bodies and boost sustainability by making use of a common waste material.
Extracting urine from wastewater and using it as fertilizer could be sustainability boon
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Soil Health, Dairy, Research, Ag Innovation,
Dairy and Almond Groups Partner on Healthy Soils Research
UC Davis evaluates use of compost pellets made from dairy manure and almond twigs. Building healthy soils has tremendous benefits. Increasing the amount of organic matter within the soil can improve water retention and protection, reduce erosion, sequester carbon, and improve crop yields. Increasing water scarcity and severe drought conditions make boosting soil resilience an even greater priority for California. Researchers are exploring how the environmental benefits of healthy soils initiativ
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08/26/2022 SOURCE: www.youtube.com
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08/22/2022 SOURCE: rcg.org
It can be easy to take the soil beneath our feet for granted. Yet its health has always been a key to our survival.
A Missing Ingredient for World Peace
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