ATTRA

DECEMBER 26, 2023

He would let the cover crop grow and overwinter and then plow down the following spring for green manure. Whereas at one time she advocated organic approaches and specific practices to deal with singular issues with pests or crop fertility, she now fosters a system based on ecological farm design. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

year after year, usually with a non-cover fallow, intensive moldboard plowing, and the additions of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer. Until then, it seems to me a comprehensive, ecological approach is what’s needed. For this, we need the courage and imagination to live within our limits, just like ecology has been trying to teach us.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

With more resources at her disposal than Pinto da Costa and Rabari, Hemmes is focused on how to ensure solo-farming operations like hers have access to the technology they need to overcome heat spells and never have to seriously consider an overnight harvest schedule. Photography via Shutterstock.

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CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

The plowing of agricultural land during the 19th and 20th century released vast stores of carbon dioxide , only a small part of which has since been returned to the soil. Side by side with that loss of diversity was a long growth in greenhouse gas emissions that has only recently begun to be addressed.

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