Watch the 1st Healthy Soil Problem-Solving Webinar
Learn how humic acid is formed, when and why you would add it your soil and what happens in your soil once it is incorporated.
Understanding Soil Organic Matter and its Impact on Soil Health and Microbial Biomass
There are 2 types of SOM: Stable SOM, often referred to as humic matter; and Fresh SOM. Stable SOM is composed of small particles of well-decomposed organic matter (plant and microbial). This portion of the SOM is protected by soil particles and is difficult for microbes to access.
Tractor Time Episode 42: Gerry Gillespie on Feeding the Soil with Household Organic Waste
Today, we’re talking with Gerry Gillespie. When he thinks about recycling, he sees healthy soil and nutritious food. He sees communities coming together to claim the rightful value of what most of us think of as trash.
Interview: Michael Phillips on How Symbiotic Soils Support Healthy Plants
Michael Phillips is an organic orchardist practicing holistic and biodynamic techniques to grow healthy fruit, vegetables and soil. Along with his wife, Nancy, he owns and operates Lost Nation Orchard and Heartsong Farm Healing Herbs in Groveton, New Hampshire. They offer everything from organic apple shares to herbal remedies to a newly formed cider press collective.
Interview: John Jeavons, Biointensive Methods
John Jeavons is known around the world as the leading exponent of the small-scale, sustainable agricultural method he has trademarked as Grow Biointensive.
