There is an interesting and thought-provoking quote from Masanobu Fukuoka, a Japanese farmer and philosopher renowned for his natural farming,…
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When I quit my high-profile job at the University of Massachusetts 30 years ago and came home to farm in…
Soil Health is Human Health As soil health declines, human health follows suit. Our society is in the throes of…
In 2019, I was sitting in my Beef Industry Issues class at University of Nebraska Lincoln and we were tasked…
Agriculture in Arizona accounts for 76% of the total water utility. Most farmers rely on tillage to control weeds and…
When the agricultural industry commercialized, one of the first casualties was the diversity of plants. Monocultures took precedence. Soils that…
I have been interested in minimizing soil disturbance ever since I witnessed flood waters carrying tilled soil down a creek…
“A year’s annual rainfall will strike the earth’s surface with a total accumulated force over the twelve months equal to…
The soil food web of microflora and microfauna constitutes an underground engine of fundamental significance to plant productivity. Mycorrhizal fungi…
The above image was taken by Sophie Waechter-Cass at Apricot Lane Farms in late February 2023. Predicting the weather can…
