Caff

JANUARY 24, 2024

Several years ago, Cheetah Tchudi and his wife Samantha Zangrilli bought 40 acres of undeveloped land in Butte County. Today they raise several types of livestock, tend a one acre herb garden, and produce a variety of culinary grade mushrooms. A participant breaks open some packed spawn material to spread through the straw.

Straw 52

Straw Greenhouse Livestock Farming 52

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

This is generally accomplished by mechanically removing plants by flail mowing, tillage, cultivation equipment, or by manual labor. Root crops and tuber beds are generally clean and free of residue after harvest, which make them an easy location to direct seed with any seeder, or broadcast seed, followed by applying a straw mulch.

Crop 90

Crop Cash Crop Seeding Harvester 90

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology estimates that “One teaspoonful of topsoil contains around 1 billion microscopic cells and around 10,000 different species.” The researchers also discovered that while soil cultivation reduced the number of mycorrhizae, this was only significant in soils with a long history of continuous cultivation.

Ploughing 52

Ploughing Crop Yield Farming 52