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Expert Essay: Andy Dibben “Its not all about the Bees”

Expert Essay: Andy Dibben “Its not all about the Bees”

by Administrator | Dec 2, 2022 | Expert essay

Organic Grower Feature: It’s not just about the Bees By Andy Dibben, Organic Vegetable Farmer, Abbey Home Farm, UK   Insects managed correctly in agriculture transform quickly from being a pest to being a powerful tool. For far too long the discussion in...
Expert Essay Series – Eliot Coleman “Questions for Organic Farmers to Discuss”

Expert Essay Series – Eliot Coleman “Questions for Organic Farmers to Discuss”

by Administrator | Apr 22, 2022 | Expert essay

Questions for Organic Farmers to Discuss by Eliot Coleman, Four Season Farm, Harborside, Maine   DEFINITION – According to all of us, what is “organic”? What (values, practices, beliefs, etc.) has “organic” farming traditionally meant to its practitioners...
Expert Essay Series – Eliot Coleman “Questions for Organic Farmers to Discuss”

Expert Essay Series – Eliot Coleman “Without Organic, Just Regenerative Isn’t Enough”

by Administrator | Mar 24, 2022 | Expert essay

Without Organic, Just Regenerative Isn’t Enough by Eliot Coleman, Four Season Farm, Harborside, Maine   Over the years we at Four Season Farm have managed to turn the two inches of poor sandy topsoil with which we began here in 1968 into ten or more inches...
Expert Essay Series – Eliot Coleman “Questions for Organic Farmers to Discuss”

Expert Essay Series – Eliot Coleman “The New Truth”

by Administrator | Feb 23, 2022 | Expert essay

The New Truth by Eliot Coleman, Four Season Farm, Harborside, Maine   On Saturdays during the summer, I take the opportunity to chat with our farm stand (farm shop) customers while they are waiting in line. I mention to them, what is to me, a most significant...
Expert Essay Series – Eliot Coleman “Soil-grown vs soil-less food production”

Expert Essay Series – Eliot Coleman “Soil-grown vs soil-less food production”

by Administrator | Jan 23, 2022 | Expert essay

Soil-grown vs soil-less food production by Eliot Coleman   The interest in using soil-less hydroponic systems to grow food is an example of what Teddy Goldsmith decried in his book The Way (1992) as “the methodical substitution of the technosphere or surrogate...
Expert Essay Series – Eliot Coleman “Questions for Organic Farmers to Discuss”

Expert Essay Series – Eliot Coleman “An old -time opinion from an old organic farmer “

by Administrator | Dec 19, 2021 | Expert essay

An old-time opinion from an old organic farmer by Eliot Coleman   I have always thought that the world missed the important message of Plowman’s Folly. The title of the 1943 surprise best seller caused readers to focus on author Edward Faulkner’s condemnation of...