Co-Founder of Practical Farmers of Iowa Shares His Story
Episode -054- An Interview With Dick Thompson, Founder, Practical Farmers of Iowa [ 42:19 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadWhy Tilling Soil Doesn’t Work As you can see conventionally managed farm land, which is tilled and poisoned with Roundup has no structure and is unable to efficiently absorb water.
How To Not Go Broke Ranching Author Walt Davis
Episode -042- Walt Davis on Transitioning to Sustainable Ranching and Much More [ 49:11 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Episode -038- Rob Hohne on Starting A Farm With Kickstarter [ 31:45 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThe notion that we as humans can “control” nature through technology and cleverness is misleading and ultimately nature has the final say in what happens. The 2012 drought is a testament to that fact. Many farmers and ranchers were severely hurt. However, proper management of resources can mitigate disasters.
Join me today for a book review of “The Unsettling of America” by Wendell Berry. This book has many profound philosophical observations and arguments. The book is worth reading even if you have no interest in agriculture, and if you do, well, it’s spectacular! You can buy it HERE If you like this post, please …
Acres USA is a monthly publication dedicated to “eco-agriculture.” This publication actually contains a lot of useful and interesting information for those of us interested in Sustainable Agriculture. While I don’t agree with any publication or book 100%, this publication is excellent to have around. To sign up for the publication go to: Acres USA …
Well I sure am jealous of Germany. It was announced today in a German, english language newspaper, The Local, that the last GMO developer/lab/whatever-the-hell has left Germany. You can find the link to the full article here. There are benefits and drawbacks of the European society. One of the benefits is that they are pretty …
Greg and Jan took Jake and I to a really great presentation last week. The presenters were Ray Archuleta who works for NRCS and Gabe Brown a farmer/rancher from North Dakota. Gabe Brown is doing some very impressive things on his ranch in North Dakota. He is using a polyculture of cover crops planted among …
