www.sare.org publications smart-water-use-on-your-farm-or-ranch soil-management profile-wicking-hills-and-cover-crop-valleys Profile: Wicking Hills and Cover Crop Valleys Like many farmers in the Northeast, Louis Lego, Jr. has increasingly faced flooding and drought troubles while he grows certified organic fruits and vegetables at Elderberry Pond Country Foods in Auburn, N.Y. In 30 years of farming, Lego has never seen a greater climate challenge. But through trial and error, he has finally found an […]
www.sare.org publications smart-water-use-on-your-farm-or-ranch water-management managing-salinity Managing Salinity As salt accumulates in the soil, crops have more difficulty taking up the water that’s available. High salinity in the root zone also causes nutrient imbalances and affects plant growth and yield. High concentration of specific ions can be toxic to crops. Salinization occurs when irrigation water evaporates, which leaves salts behind. It is especially […]
www.sare.org publications conservation-tillage-systems-in-the-southeast references-10 References Chapter 1: Introduction to Conservation Tillage Systems Chapter 2: Conservation Tillage Systems: History, the Future and Benefits Chapter 3: Benefits of Increasing Soil Organic Matter Chapter 4 The Calendar: Management Tasks by Season Chapter 5: Cover Crop Management Chapter 6: In-Row Subsoiling to Disrupt Soil Compaction Chapter 7: Cash Crop Selection and Rotation Chapter 8: […]
www.sare.org publications smart-water-use-on-your-farm-or-ranch smart-water-use-introduction Smart Water Use: Introduction When Pat Purdy returned home to join his father Nick at Picabo Livestock Company near Picabo, Idaho, in 2008, his desire was to beef up the farm’s environmental efforts with a fresh perspective. The farm has been in the family since the 1880s with the goal of living in harmony with Silver Creek, which runs […]
www.sare.org publications our-farms-our-future-podcast-series sustainability-on-the-farm Sustainability on the Farm Transcript for Our Farms, Our Future Podcast episode 019 - Sustainability on the Farm featuring Eric Klein and Wayne Martin Wayne Martin: Whether alternative or conventional, we are still susceptible to the laws of efficiency and supply and demand and competition and cost. All of those factors go into making sustainability work. Mallory Daily: Welcome to Our Farms, […]
www.sare.org publications our-farms-our-future-podcast-series accessible-food-systems Accessible Food Systems Transcript for Our Farms, Our Future Podcast episode 014 - Accessible Food Systems featuring Molly Rockamann and Karen Washington Karen Washington: If` it’s going to be sustainable, then we need to broaden our lens on how we look at urban agriculture. And hopefully it’s a movement that changes the dynamics of agriculture to be more diverse […]
www.sare.org publications our-farms-our-future-podcast-series agroforestry Agroforestry - Our Farms Our Future Podcast Transcript for Our Farms, Our Future Podcast episode 002 - Agroforestry featuring Michael Gold and Chuck Talbott Mike Gold: So even though agroforestry is very common in the tropics and has been done for millennia, when we brought in our modern agricultural concepts it’s always been monoculture. Agroforestry is trying to work more on the concept of agroecology, where […]
www.sare.org publications our-farms-our-future-podcast-series water-challenges Water Challenges Transcript for Our Farms, Our Future Podcast episode 003 - Water Challenges featuring Ron Rosmann and Amy Garrett Ron Rosmann: I was always supposed to be the farmer in the family because my two older brothers went different routes, but then I decided I wasn't going to be a farmer. I was caught up in all the […]
www.sare.org publications our-farms-our-future-podcast-series aquaponics Aquaponics Transcript for Our Farms, Our Future Podcast episode 026 - Aquaponics featuring JP Knobloch and Tim Hydar JD Knobloch: Aquaponics is, you know, relatively, new to many individuals that aren’t really embedded in the farming community, especially the sustainable farming community. There’s a lot of education involved. That’s what farmer's markets and really grassroots was a […]
www.sare.org publications our-farms-our-future-podcast-series why-on-farm-research-matters Why On Farm Research Matters Transcript for Our Farms, Our Future Podcast episode 027 - Why On Farm Research Matters featuring Dean Baas and Alan Sundermeier Dean Boss: Do you have a valid control? I try to tell farmers, particularly farmers that do their own comparisons, you know, even if it's just, plant a strip that doesn't have the treatment because […]