Soil Biology
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Coevolution
Kay Baxter All photographs © Craig Mackintosh The more I learn about living simply, about permaculture design, about seeds and…
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Preparing Our Children For a Resilient Future, Part II: Food Security
I doubt many would disagree that food is one of the most important things that we are going to need…
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Pasture Cropping: an Integrated Approach to Grain and Pasture Production
Harvesting oats as green native perennial pasture grows up between the cereal rows (Seis, 2006) Pasture cropping is a farmer-initiated…
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Background on Our ‘How to Make Your Own Natural Fertiliser’ Soil Science Course
Paul Taylor, the main teacher of our ‘How to Make Your Own Natural Fertilizer’ biological soil science course, is the…
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Perennial Plants and Permaculture
Currently, approximately 80% of the food crops grown in the world are annual plants, and it’s been this way for…
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Maya Mountain Research Farm Update: Pigs and Biochar
Maya Mountain Research Farm (MMRF) is a small NGO and working farm located in southern Belize. The farm has about…
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Our Backyard Soil Sample – The Results Are In!
Four years ago Now A few weeks ago we had our amazing interns prepare a soil sample to be sent…
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John D. Liu’s Green Gold Documentary – How the West (and East, North and South!) Could Be Won
As most of our readers will know, John D. Liu caught a vision years ago, and, thankfully, he ran with…
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Soil Microbes Help Save Plant-growing Input Costs (Video)
by Doug Weatherbee Learn how beneficial soil microbes can provide soluble nutrients and plant disease suppression to your farm or…
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APC11 Presentation: Albert Bates on Biochar (Video)
Albert Bates talks about biochar at APC11 (Turangi, New Zealand) Photo © Craig Mackintosh I’m personally unsure about biochar. This…
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The Frontiers of Crop Science
by Nico Snyman: B.Sc. Agric (Agron.)Pret. Six years after we started farming in the tropics, in the upper catchment areas…
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A Recipe for a Hugelkultur Raised Bed
I’ve been wanting to do a hugelkultur bed ever since I saw an article about a village store garden where…
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