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Organic Raspberries, Living Soil & Seed Saving at Granja Piedra Pintada – El...

You know, it is always encouraging when you begin walking through a farmer’s field and the first thing you see is their hands in the ground, holding what they have worked so hard to create, something...

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Composting Through The Shimamoto Microbial Farming Method — Steven Leong

‘UNLESS THE ORIGIN IS NOURISHED, NEVER WILL THE END FLOURISH’. This is the motto of “Shimamoto Microbial Farming Method”. Soil is the final product from the breaking down of rock due to weathering. It...

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A Worm Composting Manifesto

  The Joy of Creating Less Waste, Soaking Up Carbon, and Fostering Healthy Soil As the industrial age draws to a close, we’re left with a bit of a mess.  We are burdened with a waste stream that’s...

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Tenkei Green Liquid Fertilizer

In recent years, liquid fertilizer as a supplement has become rather common especially among the vegetable and flower growers, and also in golf courses. There are definite advantages in using liquid...

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Humanure and the Carbon Nitrogen Ratio – Joe Jenkins

One way to understand the blend of ingredients in your compost pile is by using the C/N ratio (carbon/nitrogen ratio). Quite frankly, the chance of the average person measuring and monitoring the...

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Thermophillic Bacteria, Composting Stages, and the Sanitization of Compost —...

A wide array of microorganisms live in a compost pile. Bacteria are especially abundant and are usually divided into several classes based upon the temperatures at which they best thrive. The low...

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Fermented Bed Technology

Written by William Rutherford and Loren Cardeli There has been much discussion amongst swine producers throughout the world about the most optimal conditions for raising hogs.  The most common and...

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Camphill Village Farm, Sauk Centre, Minnesota

By Stephen Briggs, Farm Manager Camphill Village Minnesota (CVM) is part of a worldwide movement of more than 100 intentional communities which strives to initiate social change through living and...

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Using Vermiculture and Effective Microorganisms to Build Healthy Soils

Mr. Dam Van Vuong Dam Van Vuong’s Story: As a boy, Dam Van Vuong  lived on his parents’ farm in Hanoi, Vietnam. From a young age Vuong felt farming wasn’t his calling. He wanted something new,...

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Biochar Bokashi Compost, Hanoi and Ninh Binh, Vietnam

Ms. Pham Nhu Trang and Ms. Thanh The Story: Soil is arguably the most important component of any landscape, so building and maintaining healthy soils are integral to any farm. Healthy soil maintains...

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