Thought For The Month
The land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it’s the only thing that lasts.
Cultural Services – Natural Capital – Part 2
It is widely accepted that the near future will see the development of new microbial strains and soil-dwelling organisms…
Cultural Services – Natural Capital – Part 1
Soil biodiversity and its associated ecosystem services can be valued in different ways depending on the perspective…
Not Just Garnish: Kale Is an Easy-to-Grow Superfood for You and Your Livestock
Kale, when prepared well, is delicious. Sautéed, it’s mildly sweet, slightly bitter, and has an earthiness that just feels healthy.
Isometric Exercises Can Lower Blood Pressure: Here’s How to Add Them to Your Routine
A recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that isometric exercises…
Thought For The Month
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Supporting Services – Soil Formation And Maintenance – Part 3
Other ecosystem services provided by soils and their biota increase and are maintained as the ecosystem functions that they sustain gain in intensity.
Supporting Services – Soil Formation And Maintenance – Part 2
Ecosystem engineers become predominant and accumulate their biogenic in their respective functional domains of influence.
Supporting Services – Soil Formation And Maintenance – Part 1
As soils form, mature and age, they pass through a number of different stages, each of which is associated with…
What Is Silvopasture? Key Principles – Part 2
The silvopasture approach is often exalted—including by the USDA—because of its potential to mitigate climate change and offset the environmental strains of animal agriculture.
What Is Silvopasture? Key Principles – Part 1
Silvopasture, means “silva” (forest) and “pastura” (grazing), is a form of agroforestry that describes “the deliberate integration of trees and grazing livestock operations on the same land.”
Stinging Nettle Benefits: Ways to Net Better Health – Part 3
Stinging nettles have been used by cultures around the world as part of all major herbal medicine systems throughout recorded and unrecorded history.
Stinging Nettle Benefits: Ways to Net Better Health – Part 2
Nettles are one of the most universally applicable of all medicinal herbs. One of the easiest ways to capture stinging nettle nutritional benefits is as a food.
Stinging Nettle Benefits: Ways to Net Better Health – Part 1
Nettles are prized for their high nutrient value. They accumulate minerals and micronutrients from the soil and produce high levels of vitamins…
Thought For The Month
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses.
Regulating Services – Biological Population Control – Part 2
Soil-borne pathogens may also affect domestic animals, such as livestock, with both economic and health implications.
Regulating Services – Biological Population Control – Part 1
Soils are also home to organisms that can cause disease in animals, humans and plants.
Are You Farming Biologically? – Part 2
The biological farming conference was very valuable and inspiring. I can recommend attending the next one.
Are You Farming Biologically? – Part 1
The cover crop chosen should be cheap and easy to sow, highly productive, nitrogen fixing, and easily killed before the sowing of the main crop.
10 Of The Most Powerful All-natural Antibiotics Known To Man – Part 2
Next time your doctor prescribes you antibiotics, perhaps inquire about some of these natural remedies first.
10 Of The Most Powerful All-Natural Antibiotics Known To Man – Part 1
More and more people are starting to learn that modern medicine and the pharmaceutical industry have become more concerned with profit than they are with people.
Thought For The Month
More than a mere alternative strategy, regenerative agriculture represents a fundamental shift in our culture’s relationship to nature.
Regulating Services – Water Supply And Quality
The safeguarding of soil hydrological services relies strongly on the activity of soil biota. Their role in maintaining soil structure…
Weeds In Regenerative Farming
Many farmers try to get rid of weeds by killing them with herbicides which are commonly used to get rid of weeds.
