Utilizing cover crops and diversity isn’t just great for building soil health, it also serves to create a more resilient soil that can stand up against extreme weather conditions.
Building Soil Resiliency (Bradford 2/2)
Conventional to Regenerative Agriculture (Bradford 1/2)
Nat Bradford is an heirloom vegetable farmer in Sumter County. Recently, Nat has transitioned to a more regenerative style of agriculture and talks with us about the effects thus far and his vision for the future.
Plug & Plant Ep 03: Dr. Mark Liebig (2/2)
Plug & Plant Ep 02: Dr. Mark Liebig (1/2)
Using Cover Crops for Grazing (Jackson 2/2)
The benefits of incorporating cover crops for soil building are undeniable, but there’s more to consider for a farmer than just purchasing seed and incorporating them into his operation. Don Jackson found that out first-hand.
Restoring the Soil through Cover Crops (Jackson 1/2)
Before we began our Cover 5 project last fall, we asked each farmer involved to show us their worst performing plot of land. After all, what better way to display the power of soil health than through taking land no one wants and transforming it into land that consistently out-produces the rest? … For those…
First Time Cover Crop Experience (Rhodes 2/2)
Restoring the land with cover crops one farmer at a time!
Cover Crops and Soil Moisture (Harrisons 6/6)
“This time of year (May) you can plow a field up and in almost a day a lot of the moisture is evaporated. When you [use cover crops] the moisture content in the ground remains more constant because you’ve got cover as opposed to it being bare ground that dries out.”
Cover Crops and Equipment (Harrisons 5/6)
It’s often thought that to add cover crops to an operation, a farmer needs fancy new equipment. In this video, Bryant Harrison shows us that that doesn’t have to be the case!