Why We Use Cover Crops: Green Cover Seed's Core Beliefs

0:04 We believe the healthy people need healthy food and healthy food comes from healthy plants and animals and healthy plants and animals come from healthy soil. It all starts with the soil.

0:27 Believe that healthy soils are protected. In our work with plants both living and dead, this is why we use cover crops. We believe that healthy soils are disturbed as little as possible and thus maintains.

0:39 We'll cover structure and biological ecosystems. This is why we use cover crops. We believe that healthy soils have active plants and roots living and growing as often as practically possible.

0:51 That is why we use cover crops. We believe that healthy soils have great diversity of crops, plant types, root types, and soil biology. This is why we use cover crops. We believe that healthy.

1:05 Soils have well managed herds of livestock properly integrated into the system. This is why we use cover crops. We believe that herbicides or tillage alone will never effectively control weeds, but

1:16 Rotation diversity and competition can be extremely effective at controlling weeds even resistant ones. This is why we use cover crops. We believe that God created plants to grow in diverse.

1:28 Ecosystems and that these plants can only thrive when they grow in healthy soils. This is why we use cover crops. We believe that God also created a complex web of biological organisms that

1:53 Our soils with better rotations, better farming practices, wise use of cover crops, and properly managed livestock. We recognize that most of the agricultural diversity our soils once saw has been.

2:05 Lost and much of our soils natural productivity on organic matter has also been lost. This is one of the reasons we use cover crops. We believe that through proper soil stewardship.

2:17 We can rebuild and restore our soils to be dynamic, resilient, and productive for our children, our grandchildren, and beyond. We believe in investing for the future of a soil health movement so that.

2:29 We can continue to meet the needs of our customers and continue to provide fuel for the soil health movement. We believe in shipping out your seed as fast and as economically feasible as possible. We believe in accurately making each mix to your specifications. We are committed to these principles and goals and we are committed to the soil because what we do and grow on our farm and what you do and grow on your farm is important both now and for future generations.