soil biology

Flash Flood? Flash Drought? Time for a Little Slow Soil

September 13, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, climate change, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
Burleigh County Soil Conservation District, Burleigh County Soil Health Team, climate change, cover crops, Gabe Brown, Jay Fuhrer, Land Stewardship Project, Minnesota NRCS, no-till, North Central SARE, rotational grazing, soil biology, Soil Conservation Districts, soil erosion, soil health

The U.S Drought Monitor released its latest figures yesterday, verifying what we already knew: Minnesota is extremely dry. In fact, 55 percent of our state now falls under the “severe drought” or…
Making Diversity on the Farm Pay its Own Way

July 26, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
bobolinks, Burleigh County Soil Health Team, DNR wildlife management area, Farm Beginnings, Grant and Dawn Breitkreutz, grassland birds, Howard Moechnig, Land Stewardship Project, livestock, Minnesota River, mob grazing, Redwood County, rotational grazing, soil biology, soil health, wildlife habitat

Long term sustainability of our soil requires farming systems that can not only keep soil in place, but also help it build its own resiliency. Such systems can’t just work on paper—they…