[Link] James Rebanks: is the future of farming the past?
Rebanks wants a counterrevolution to industrial farming and believes we have become slaves to consumerism and strangers to the field.
[Link] Beneficial crop rotations
Field trials test Brassica and other beneficial crops as potential biofumigants in rotation for managing Aphanomyces root rot in pulses.
[Link] Economics of Soil Health Evaluated on 100 Farms by the Soil Health Institute and Cargill
Soil health systems increased net income for 85% of farmers growing corn and 88% growing soybean. Improving soil health can help farmers build drough…
[Link] Adaptation, not irrigation recommended for Midwest corn farmers
A warming climate may not increase water demand for Midwest crops that may instead be adapted through soil management to changing air temperatures and…
[Link] What Gabe Brown learned by testifying before Congress
There were a few good questions asked but as I sat for hours, listening to each representative expound his or her beliefs, all I could think of was wh…
[Link] Linking healthy soil, crops and people
Better understanding the phenomes in soil, crops and people will help all three, a U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist says.
[Link] New Whitepaper on Regenerative Agriculture Research in New Zealand
Regenerative Agriculture in Aotearoa New Zealand – Research Pathways to Build Science-Based Evidence and National Narratives
[Link] The ‘Monumental’ Role Soil Microbes Play in Wine
Scientists and winemakers are paying attention to soil microbes more than ever, as they are vital to vineyards and under serious threat
[Link] From System Shock to System Change – Regenerative Opportunities
This is not a revelation: replenishing and fostering healthy living systems is a concept which has been at the heart of much ecological thinking for t…