ATTRA

AUGUST 15, 2023

This spring, I planted a seed pack from High Mowing Seeds. Tomatoes planted into a tilled-in rye, vetch, and red clover green manure, May 21. I usually wait two weeks from the day I turn in the green manure to the day I put in my transplants to make sure I get good decomposition and nitrogen release. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Manure Fertilizer Crop Carryover 52

ATTRA

DECEMBER 26, 2023

He would let the cover crop grow and overwinter and then plow down the following spring for green manure. Now it becomes a perennial living mulch to direct seed or transplant cash crops into. Periodic mowing keeps it under control and adds a green manure mulch to the crops. Send me a note at lee@ncat.org to share your ideas.

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Crop Plowing Manure Farming 79

Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA works to empower and strengthen the capacities of leaders and technical staff to increase resilience and combat hunger. IndigeHub , United States Chef Bleu Adams founded IndigeHub to help Indigenous communities develop self-sufficiency and long-term success.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA empowers small-scale farmers, fishers, Indigenous peoples, and rural communities across Asia through advocacy, capacity building, and knowledge sharing. Every seed is important.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about seed breeding. This series will explore the history of seed breeding in the US, the impacts of consolidation and concentration of seed breeding on farmers and our food systems, and what a more democratic seed breeding system might look like.

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Seeding Food Agriculture Agriculture 96

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In addition to increasing farm productivity, public agricultural R&D investment also supports improvements in natural resources and forestry management, helps advance rural development, and enhances food safety and quality. This problem has grown over the past several decades.

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