Gary Zimmer on Transitioning to Organic, Biological Farming

Gary Zimmer on Transitioning to Organic, Biological Farming

Gary Zimmer on his organic farm in Wisconsin. By Gary F. Zimmer Deciding to transition your farm to organic is a big undertaking.  There’s a large learning curve to becoming a successful organic farmer, and transition can be a challenging and expensive...
Preparing Land for No-Till Farming

Preparing Land for No-Till Farming

In terms of soil health, it is best to reduce tillage as much as possible, but conditions may dictate the need for occasional tillage, as in the case of initial conversion of an area to vegetable growing, or to incorporate soil amendments thoroughly into severely depleted soils, or to control particularly noxious perennial weeds.

How Understanding Carbon Cycling Can Transform Your Farm

How Understanding Carbon Cycling Can Transform Your Farm

Manipulation. The word stirs up images of clever characters or bodies twisted on a chiropractor’s table, not of farmers examining the soil. This art of deliberate control, however, is becoming deeply connected to agriculture, and the practice is giving farmers a fresh relationship with the carbon cycle.

Tractor Time Episode 45: Agroecologist Nicole Masters on Her Love of Soil

Tractor Time Episode 45: Agroecologist Nicole Masters on Her Love of Soil

With us on our first live episode of Tractor Time is agroecologist Nicole Masters. She has a new book out. It’s called, “For the Love of Soil,” and there’s an excerpt of that book in the August edition of Acres U.S.A. magazine. Go to acresusa.com to subscribe. Nicole has 20 years of experience working in Australia and New Zealand, in North America, to create regenerative food systems.