Ear to the Ground 198: Odd Acres of Opportunity
For one beginning organic dairy farmer, the path to affordable land leads through some trees, up a few hills, and over a brook.
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For one beginning organic dairy farmer, the path to affordable land leads through some trees, up a few hills, and over a brook.
A row-cropped field is converted back to prairie, benefiting the environment and livestock.
A farmer and a soil health expert talk about how livestock, cover crops and pastures are the “rock stars” of building soil health.
Farmer Tom Frantzen describes how he is using diversity to make his farm more resilient in the face of extreme weather.
Gardening space in the heart of the city brings people together over food, farming and fellowship.
A farmer’s wish to not have his land become just one more cornfield provides an opportunity for beginning farmers.
A dairy farmer finds more microbes in the soil means more money in the bank.
LSP’s George Boody describes what he learned at an international conference on how agriculture can sequester greenhouse gases
Dr. Kristine Nichols describes how we can build agronomic, economic and environmental resiliency in our agricultural soils.
Rick Bieber describes how building soil health saved his farm from financial ruin.