UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

This is generally accomplished by mechanically removing plants by flail mowing, tillage, cultivation equipment, or by manual labor. Although no-till implies not tilling at all, many no-till market gardeners still rely on some form of light tillage to create a seed bed or apply copious amounts of compost as a mulch to create a seed bed.

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Crop Cash Crop Seeding Harvest 90

The Counter

MAY 17, 2022

The damp, rainy climate of the Pacific Northwest, and the impermeable surface of pavement, are a lethal combination: Polluted rainwater flows across pavement, carrying not only 6PPD but chemicals from car exhaust, fertilizer from lawns, and anything else you might find on a city street or residential neighborhood. How about humans?

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Compost Ecology Mechanics Fertilizer 52

The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Blessings, joel HILLSDALE COLLEGE PARALLEL ECONOMIES—AGRICULTURE Joel Salatin This spring when Russia invaded Ukraine, fertilizer prices increased in some cases 400 percent and global grain shipments sputtered, our farm didn’t feel anything because we don’t buy fertilizer and we don’t buy foreign grain. SEGREGATED VERSUS INTEGRATED.

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Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Food 52