The Only Right Way
This post is a challenge to dogma. The presence of dogma in our thinking blocks us from being open to new possibilities and new ideas. …
Author: John Kempf
How to Propagate Aphids
It is important to propagate aphids in our fields so the beneficial insects such as lady beetles have something to feed on. It is quite…
Mining the sky, not the soil
Plants are mining the sky, not the soil. Plants are greater than 90% carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, all contributed from the air and water,…
Bacterial resilience to antibiotics
Antibiotics were first discovered being produced by a soil-borne fungus. We have identified many different antibiotics that are made by plants and fungus, and even…
What are the objectives of regenerative agriculture ecosystems?
I can think of several possibilities: Produce enough exceptional quality, nutrient-dense, biofortified ‘food as medicine’ to influence public health and feed the global population a…
Source Causes
Mutations are the results of causes, not the causes of results. ~ Grantly Dick Read The word ‘mutations’ in the quote above could appropriately be…
What is a pest?
When a wolf succeeds in catching a rabbit for dinner, which of them is a pest? Is a wolf a pest while it catches rabbits…
Are diseases present because pesticides were not applied in time?
Nutrients should be available, but not soluble ~ William Albrecht To develop regenerative farming systems, it is important that any soil amendments or fertilizers we…
Fixing nitrogen without Legumes
Legumes don’t fix nitrogen. Only bacteria do. And there are many more bacteria capable of fixing nitrogen than those associated with legumes. We just need…
Insect susceptibility determined by types of plant sugars
Sugar metabolism and carbohydrate synthesis are at the very foundation of plant health, but we generally don’t learn much about them in agronomy or even…
