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.
The Benefits Of Lemons For Health And House – Part 2
Lemons offer an array of health benefits and diverse applications within the home. From their rich nutritional content and cardiovascular advantages…
The Benefits Of Lemons For Health And House – Part 1
The nutritional value of lemons is associated with several robust health benefits. Research has linked eating fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C…
Regulating Services – Atmospheric Composition And Climate Regulation – Part 3
The phosphorus (P) cycle describes the movement of phosphorus through the soil, water and living organisms.
Regulating Services – Atmospheric Composition And Climate Regulation – Part 2
The nitrogen cycle is the process by which nitrogen is converted into its various chemical forms.
Regulating Services – Atmospheric Composition And Climate Regulation – Part 1
Soils are of considerable importance for carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems, as a large proportion of the global terrestrial carbon pool…
The Benefits of Perennial Food Production
When many people think of growing their own food at home, their minds leap immediately to growing typical annual crops in a vegetable garden…
The True Healing Power Of Mushrooms
Mushroom supplements have gained immense popularity in recent years, and for good reason. These supplements have been proven to have immense health benefits…
Thought For The Month
Because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around.