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Wild Roots: Diversified Cropping for Better Health
Having launched in Northern California, Bill Taylor and Jaye Moscariello moved their farm to Massachusetts to start anew after a devastating California wildfire. Salad University, their proprietary intensive farm and garden course, highlights the strong links between soil health, plant health, and human health through diversified cropping. And their outcome is a famous and nutritious salad mix with up to 63 different, and sometimes wild, ingredients.
GRAEME HAND – SAFE TO FAIL TRIALS
Australian rancher Graeme Hand has a special twist on low-risk learning that he's dubbed "safe to fail trials." He told the group that long-term success is all about improving these functions and “minimizing losses rather than maximizing production.”
New Resource Guide for Soil Sponge Knowledge
It's frustrating when you want your soil to be healthy, but challenges make the journey anything but easy. But help is here in the form of a great new resource from ACRES USA, called Healthy Soil Problem Solving Guide, that helps you solve key difficulties on your soil health journey.