Ecology Fertilizer Manure 
Modern Farmer
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Its foundation relies on resource-intensive commodity crop production, which needs the majority of fertile lands to feed animals kept in confined spaces. Fertile agricultural soils should be used to grow diverse, nutritious crops for humans. But a closer look at our food system reveals many challenges.
ATTRA
DECEMBER 26, 2023
He would let the cover crop grow and overwinter and then plow down the following spring for green manure. Periodic mowing keeps it under control and adds a green manure mulch to the crops. He found that undersowing the clover was an amazing way to get the field covered by harvest. Send me a note at lee@ncat.org to share your ideas.
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Food Tank
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Boochcraft partners with The Ecology Center for the advancement of regenerative agriculture. In order to preserve the cooperative and the future of the families it supports, Garibaldi strives to be “socially fair, ecologically correct, economically viable and culturally diverse,” according to their website. Martinique Rhum J.M
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 24, 2023
But she maintains that “organic is still really important,” and that’s why USDA organic standards, food grown without most pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, is the minimum baseline for the ROC certification. For livestock farmer and Land to Market certified producer Reuben Hendricks of Cabriejo Ranch , good ecology is good for business.
The Lunatic Farmer
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
A strong sense of ecological production practices exists and fortunately this country does not have to hit as severe an “undo” button as countries like the U.S. Interestingly, the huge machine trade show hall featured only one chipper and not a single manure spreader. A broad hopefulness of reversing the degenerative trend is apparent.
Civil Eats
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
When farmers are able to control how, where, and when their animals move between pastures, they can more easily accomplish ecological goals that might include increasing soil carbon, reducing water pollution, or incorporating trees.
Sustainable Harvest International
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Harsh chemical fertilizers disrupt natural soil networks made up of plants and fungi. In the past 150 years , half of the world’s fertile soil has disappeared. Instead of synthetic fertilizers, regenerative agriculture works with nature to maintain healthy soil ecosystems. In nature, everything leans towards balance.
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