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How fungi – mushrooms – mycelium can help save the world
Fungi Fungi or mushrooms are the fruiting body of the mycelium network. Fungi decompose and absorb a huge variety of nutrients and elements. In doing so they produce fertile soil, naturally carry out the process of carbon capture and with there symbi...
How do Cropping Systems affect nitrogen cycling in an agroecosystem?
Seasons and crop failures taught people how to grow food and when to leave the land to restore fertility, or grow-ability as they saw it. The land was turned by hand with rough tools. More like broken up, just a seed or weeds depth so planting could ...
How-to-Guides & Manuals – Mushrooms
View this document on Scribd Tagged: Food, Garden, Permaculture, plants, Research, soil ...
Sustainable Food Lab
Sustainable Food Lab The mission of the Sustainable Food Lab is to accelerate the shift of sustainable food from niche to mainstream. We define a sustainable food and agriculture system as one in which the fertility of our soil is maintained and i...
Nitrogen Fixing Tree Start-up Guide
Nitrogen fixing tree Nitrogen fixing trees (NFTs) have the ability to take nitrogen from the air and pass it on to other plants through the cycling of organic matter. Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth , and NFTs are a major source of...
Sheet Mulching: Greater Plant and Soil Health for Less Work
by Craig Elevitch and Kim Wilkinson - Permanent Agriculture Resources Why Mulch? Agriculture with mulch in the tropics promotes plant health and vigor. Mulching improves nutrient and water retention in the soil, encourages favorable soil microbial a...
Why use Compost Tea?
Compost tea is used for two reasons: To inoculate microbial life into the soil or onto the foliage of plants, and to add soluble nutrients to the foliage or to the soil to feed the organisms and the plants present. The use of compost tea is suggested...
Bonnie Bassler on how bacteria “talk”
Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria “talk” to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry — and our understanding of oursel...
Soil pH stuff
This one little thing costs almost nothing and can make such a huge difference in the health of your soil. There are people that just buy a bag of lime every spring for $2.50 and spread it evenly over their lawn. They have great results. And lots of ...
How to make seed balls
Seed balls are a no-till method for vegetating an area, especially well suited for disturbed areas, compacted, or barren soils. Seed balls create a protected venue to keep seeds safe from blowing away, drying out, or being eaten by animals while they...
Soil biology basics
‘Soil biology basics’ is an information series describing basic concepts in soil biology. Basics Source ...
Small farms library – online ebooks
Please note that some of these files are quite large and may take a while to download. The Soil and Health An Agricultural Testament by Sir Albert Howard — the works of Sir Albert Howard The Waste Products of Agriculture — Their Utiliza...
Compost mix calculator
This Compost Mix Calculator solves for the TOTAL carbon to nitrogen ratio of up 4 materials (or less) in a mix. The calculations use average bulk weights per cubic foot, average moisture contents and take into account the availability of carbon. Wood...
Soil Test Interpretations and Fertilizer Management for Lawns, Turf, Gardens, and Landscape Plants
Optimum growth of turf, flowers, fruits, and vegetables depends on many management factors, one of which is ensuring a sufficient supply of plant nutrients. There are at least 17 essential elements required for plant growth: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen,...
Understanding Soil
Part 1: Benefits of Soil Improvements Part 2: Identifying Types of Soil Part 3: Soil Improvement Techniques for All Types Of Soil Part 4: Soil Improvement Techniques for Clay and Sandy Soils Part 5: PH Testing Source ...
Low Input Manual
“In 2005, Stacia was contacted by the World Food Programme (WFP) in Malawi to consult on a project that would begin to assist relief and donor agencies to look beyond food aid and start focusing on sustainable food programmes. As food insecu...
Masanobu Fukuoka’s
Dedicated to exploring his revolutionary method of sustainable agriculture: Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer who developed what many consider to be a revolutionary method of sustainable agriculture. Masanobu Fukuoka’s ...
Permaculture Design with Bill Mollison
“In this episode of the Agroinnovations Podcast, we speak with founder of permaculture Bill Mollison. Bill tells us how permaculture came about, how to conserve water and soil, and a number of other things straight from the mind of this visiona...
