Soil & plant health

A farm in Ecuador proves that it’s possible to restore ecosystems and break the conventional chemical cycle Banana growers worldwide...

Rhizophagy and cyanobacteria should force us to rethink the role of energy in the root zone By Deac Jones For...

Separating soil-building decisions from fertility management helps vegetable growers avoid nutrient excesses that weaken crops and invite pest pressure Small-scale...

Residues from -cides and antibiotics can wreak havoc on your compost; testing it is vital Sometimes two people use the...

Structured water in theory and practice Editor’s note: This is an edited transcript of Steve Diver’s talk from the 2025...

Plant diversity leads to microbe diversity, which leads to ecosystem functionality By Jay Fuhrer Editor’s note: This is the third...

Organic pioneer Eliot Coleman defends intelligent tillage and green manures as tools for building and sustaining fertility  Acres U.S.A. You have...

The Self-Fed Farm and Garden: A Return to the Roots of the Organic Method by Eliot Coleman For years I’ve...

Letting light shine into a plant’s lower canopy can turn shaded growth into saleable yield At a basic level, we...

The R-Soil database promises community-level quorum sensing for soil Farmers struggle in so many ways today because they are driving...