FEATURES
Rye Observations
Focusing on biology has helped me steward Lakeside Farm in northern Michigan for 45 years
BY DAVE SKORNIA
Farm-grown Biofertilizers
Farmers around the world are creating their own low-cost, highly productive biofertilizers
BY STEVE DIVER
Sulfur Is Not a Pesticide!
Sulfur dioxide — not sulfur itself — is the active ingredient in pesticides, and it poses health risks to farmers; potassium sorbate is a compelling alternative
BY RONALD LANE
Breaking Consensus
“Scientific” attacks on organic farming in the 1980s
BY ANNELIESE ABBOTT
Decay!
In an ecological system, the decay of organic matter, in all its forms, is the backbone of soil fertility
BY MARK SHEPARD
DEPARTMENTS
VIEW FROM THE COUNTRY
Monthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor
OPINION
Regulating Nature
Further regulating plant nutrition products puts even more market control in the hands of large agricorporations
BY JEFFREY KLEYPAS
ECO-UPDATE
News in brief on developments in agronomic science
REGEN AGRONOMY
BY JOHN KEMPF
INTERVIEW
Nutrition for Hazelnuts
Oregon hazelnut grower Dan Brown and John Kempf discuss how nutrition and crop management practices — including some that may seem crazy — have helped reduce inputs while maintaining yield
REVIEWS
ECO-MEETINGS
ECO-GRAPHIC
