Switzerland: does organic farming enhance soil fertility?
“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soil?” Edward Goff, organic dairy farmer, with acknowledgment...
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Soil Management for Sustainable Food Production and Environmental Protection
Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship 2017
"The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible” (Balfour 1943)
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Soil management conference
World Wide Agriculture Conference on soil management including a focus on Albrecht Base Cation Saturation Ratio analysis and management...
Soil management in Denmark
Soil Management in Denmark My travels took me to Denmark because the country has a highly developed agriculture research and advisory...
Increasing Profits With Regenerative Agriculture ACRES USA presentation
“We know we know so little about soil bacteria, but what we think we know might not even be correct” John Kempf. Summary John Kempf. An...
Neil Kinsey on drought management
Fertility for growing under dry conditions Notes from a conference presentation. “Upon this handful of soil our survival depends”--...
Soil Analysis Methods in the USA
Soil Analysis Methods used in the USA: a summary “To be a successful farmer one must first know the nature of the soil.”– Leonardo da...
Dairy farming and environmental protection
“... I cannot conceive of the time when knowledge of soils will be complete. Our expectation is that our successors will build on what...
Compost
Compost “... the Latin name for man, homo, derived from humus, the stuff of life in the soil.” - Dr. Daniel Hillel Composting at Holme...
Acres USA Conference: From the Soil Up
The 3 day conference in Columbus Ohio is a great occasion for all organic and “sustainable” producers and advisers in the US, plus a very...
“Green is the most important factor for soil health” Christine Jones 2017
Kenneth Williams’ (AKA Arthur Fallowfield) reply to any question began: "the answer lies in the soil!" Restoring biodiversity to...
Healthy cows from healthy soils
“Essentially, all life depends upon the soil ... There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together.”...
Soil Health analysis at Cornell
“We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.” - Leonardo Da Vinci, circa 1500’s The Cornell...
World Soil Day: December 5
The FAO World Soil Day (WSD) is held annually on 5 December as a means to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and...
Passionate advocates
“To be a successful farmer one must first know the nature of the soil.” - Xenophon, Oeconomicus, 400 B.C. Aaron and Arlyn Wise (NY state)...
Management affects soil and food quality
"A nation that destroys its soil destroys itself." Franklin D Roosevelt The Rodale Institute Rodale in Pennsylvania...
Soil Management for Sustainable Food Production and Environmental Protection
“The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible” (Balfour 1943) Soil is fundamental to most life on earth and to all...
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