[Link] Lessons from the past to grow the future
The soil quality issues that farmers face today did not happen over night. “It took thousands of years to rebuild our soils after the ice ages, but …
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[Link] Greg is fired up about his new silvopasture project.
By removing the inferior trees, great things start to happen. Now with the sunlight being able to penetrate to the ground, forages can grow under the …
[Link] Time after Time: Temporal Variation in the Effects of Grass and Forb Species on Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities
Our findings highlight how soil fungal and bacterial communities respond to time, season, and plant species identity. We found that succession shapes …
[Link] Regenerative Organic No-Till with Rick Clark
Indiana no-tiller Rick Clark has gained some notoriety recently as one of a handful of farmers who is making organic no-till work — and on a large s…
[Link] Why living roots benefit the soil
The concept of healthy soil is receiving more attention today. Generally, there are four basic principals involved in soil health: limited soil distu…
[Link] Dairy Claw Back, Faux Meat, Vilsack’s USDA, Small Dairy-Big Benefits, Meat Processing Challenges – Land Stewardship Project
Dairy Claw Back, Faux Meat, Vilsack's USDA, Small Dairy-Big Benefits, Meat Processing Challenges
[Link] Allen Williams: Extending the Grazing Season. Graze in Synchrony with Your Ecosystem
A sixth generation family farmer, Allen Williams he owns a grassfed beef farm in Mississippi and is a leading expert in forage and grazing management,…
[Link] Capturing Sunlight, Building Carbon with Strip Cropping and Interseeding
Strips of soybeans alternate with strips of corn on Marty Weiss’ farm in Beaver Dam, Wis. “My goal with strip-cropping is to capture sunlight, whi…
[Link] State of knowledge of soil biodiversity
This report is the result of an inclusive process involving more than 300 scientists from around the world under the auspices of the FAO’s Global S…
[Link] $150M for Sustainable Agriculture Research, Impacts, and Assessment – National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Long-term sustainable agriculture research is critical to growing and supporting every American farm, especially as farmers across the country continu…