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Healthy Soil, Healthy Plants, Healthy People
Healthy soil is so important for life on earth yet so poorly understood or appreciated. Science and technology brought us the “green revolution”; chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides,...
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Soil Microbes “Key to the Function of Agricultural Systems”
The good news is that we now have a better understanding of the platform (i.e. systems approach with a soil foundation) that we need to use. It will solve the economic and environmental problems of...
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Listening to the Land
It made sense to me that that letting land “rest” would help rejuvenate it; in the wild, a plot of barren land will quickly be covered by a profusion of different species, which cover the ground,...
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How A Sustainable Food System Is Built
Soils are, after all, the structural foundation for any food production system. So when we first undertake an agroecological approach to farming, we are literally building a sustainable food system...
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What’s the Problem with Soil-Less Agriculture?
Perhaps as we move forward in this turbulent century, there is a place for soil-less agriculture to provide more than just expensive micro-greens. But where is the ecology in soil-less agriculture?...
View ArticleThe Surprising Healing Qualities … of Dirt
But it might be the soil where our food is grown, rather than the food itself, that offers us the real medicine.
View ArticleGoing Soil-Friendly
This is one of the most exciting developments I’ve heard about in a long time. Farmers who want to stop using chemicals can get support in the switch—and stay profitable during the transition.
View ArticleRecommended Reading for the UN International Year of Soils 2015
If you never thought 'dirt' could be interesting or ultra important, UNU's Robert Blasiak recommends a fascinating book demonstrating how soil management has impacted the rise and fall of civilizations.
View ArticleThe Living Soil Handbook: Excerpt
In the 11 years I have been farming, all I can claim credit for is making the conditions right (and sometimes, admittedly, very wrong) for food and flowers to grow.
View ArticleTwo Bur Oaks and a Crawdad
We must eat. But the land sacrifices so that we may live; the land ethic asks that we live in ways that show we are responsible citizens of the land community; and the law of reciprocity asks what we...
View ArticleJason Bradford: “A Hybrid Path to the Future of Farming”
On this episode, Jason Bradford, who is an author, activist, farmer, and teacher, talks about the energy intensity of our modern industrial agriculture system.
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