by Blackwood Land | Aug 22, 2016
Ask any resource for a definition of “sustainable agriculture” and a focus on enhancing the quality of life for farmers, their workers, and their communities will always come up. Quality of life, as a broad concept, can mean many things. For farmers, it means...
by Blackwood Land | Aug 19, 2016
Permanent + agriculture = permaculture. Permaculture began as a collaboration between Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in Tasmania in the 1970s. Mollison, a forester, was impressed with the stability and productivity of mature forests. He believed that if humans...
by Blackwood Land | Aug 16, 2016
We’ve all seen the label on our foods in the grocery store: “Organic.” But what does that label really mean? Organic is a term that means a given food has been produced through approved standards by the Organic Food Production Act, USDA organic regulations, and the...
by Blackwood Land | Aug 13, 2016
“N” IS FOR NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT Sustainable and environmentally friendly, nutrient management is the practice of using and adding soil nutrients as efficiently as possible to increase productivity of crop yields. Why is it used? One of the most prevalent indicators of...
by Blackwood Land | Aug 10, 2016
Managed grazing is when livestock only graze in one part of a pasture (paddock) at a time, allowing the other parts of the pasture to “rest” in between, which promotes the growth of grasses. Managed grazing is beneficial for two reasons: it ensures the livestock is...
by Blackwood Land | Aug 7, 2016
To boil it down, a food system is “the path that food travels from field to fork.” (Learn, Grow, Connect) The scale of food systems can vary. Our current agriculture policies encourage the growth of large-scale food systems on a globalized scale. However, this...
