The Dead Zone.. Retaining the Nutrients before they leach
Short Background The Gulf of Mexico sits at the outlet of the USA’s largest drainage basin reaching to its farthest tributary around 2300 miles away. If you havent heard, this […]
Short Background The Gulf of Mexico sits at the outlet of the USA’s largest drainage basin reaching to its farthest tributary around 2300 miles away. If you havent heard, this […]
Biochar (carbonized biomass, charcoal used as a soil amendment) has been enthusiastically talked about over recent years for its ability to sequester carbon, increase yields and retain water and nutrients […]
The importance of technology is vital for farmers to know what’s going on in markets and in the climate to better aid their production. As more pressure is mounted on […]
Traveling from the colony of the hive the bees go out into the world gathering nectar and pollen to feed themselves and the Hive. They pollinate and are responsible for […]
The dust bowl was caused in large part to farming in the lower great plains where it was arid and farmers relied on annual rains to grow the crop of […]
From “One Straw Revolution” The annual seeding and harvesting schedule in the fields starts in early october, before the harvest, white clover and the seeds of fast growing varieties of […]
The Four Principles of Natural Farming. 1. No Cultivation. No plowing or turning of the soil, for a long time people have viewed it as essential to farming yet the […]
Tending to his fields in Iyo, Ehime on the island of Shikoku, Japan. The son of a landowner and mayor who grew rice and mandarin orange orchards, Fukuoka grew up […]