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The Sustainable Soil-ution Beneath Your Feet

Sustainable Harvest International

“ “My philosophy has always been that the health of soil, plants, animals, people, and the environment is one.” ” — Rattan Lal, professor of soil science + 2020 World Food Prize Laureate Conventional, or industrial, agriculture uses chemicals to defend crops from weeds, certain insect species, and diseases.

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Our Agronomist Bestows Helpful Growing Tips

Agriculture for Life

Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry (TNAU, Coimbatore INDIA) Hi, this is Dr. Marco Thiruselvam with Green Wave Products and I am going to talk about growing tips with AgriPOWER HGDF. Before I get into the actual usage tips, I would like to cover some basics on plants’ need for fertilizer.

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Closing the Loop on Poop

Modern Farmer

Packaged poop can take hundreds of years to break down, even in bags deemed compostable or biodegradable; certifications that are based on commercial composting conditions, not landfills—but US industrial composting facilities don’t accept pet waste. In the US, dog parks are catching on.

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Producing the Perfect Potato and Soil Health to Handle Environmental Stress—The Perry Farm—Chin, Alberta

RR2CS

They have a very advanced group of people working on soil science,” he says. The Perry’s also source manure from neighbouring feedlots to compost and mix into the soil. They produce over 18,000 tonnes of pathogen free organic fertilizer. “We Harold and his family are farming with future generations in mind.

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Our 2023 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Civil Eats

Hartman’s guide to how to downsize to fit into an urban or suburban neighborhood is like a study in farming history: pare down to seven tools, leave roots in place to nourish the soil, and “trust the compost.” Hartman maximizes many practices from the past while implementing today’s tech “on a human scale” to reap the greatest reward.

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