No-till farming is a technique that does not disturb the soil by planting new crops directly on the previous soil. He said ...

Tilling is as synonymous with farming and gardening as compost and muddy boots. It’s used to eliminate weeds and break up hard soil so that tender seedlings may grow. So, it may come as a surprise ...

LAMBERTON, Minn. — If no-till farming suppresses weeds, reduces erosion and retains moisture in conventional farming, what can it for organic production? The same things, says Jeff Moyer, Rodale ...

Last summer, veteran organic farmer Scott Park was bewildered when he surveyed his vast tomato, corn, and sunflower fields. Before planting the crops on 350 acres he had radically cut down on tilling ...

Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser of Northern California’s Singing Frogs Farm grows fruit and vegetables completely without machinery, a system Paul refers to as “non-mechanized, no-till.” He said goodbye to ...

LAMBERTON, Minn. — If no-till farming suppresses weeds, reduces erosion and retains moisture in conventional farming, what can it for organic production? The same things, says Jeff Moyer, Rodale ...

On really hot days, the heritage hogs at Rodale Institute might get a face full of water as a farmer turns the garden hose loose. Rest assured, the pigs love it, says Shelby Dukes, animal husbandry ...

We can stop the climate crisis. At least, we can start reducing the 23% of global greenhouse gas emissions that the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently attributed to ...

This field day, hosted by Purdue Extension-Organic Agriculture, will provide an overview of Klemp Family Farms, where the Klemp family manages 4200 acres of field crops, with 1400 transitional acres ...

This field day, hosted by Purdue Extension-Organic Agriculture, will provide an overview of Ramerview Holstein Farm, where the Ramer family manages a certified organic dairy, producing organic milk ...

The line between soil and dirt is anything but fine. Without knowing it, farmers have been stripping the soil of essential nutrients for generations. But now we know, and modern farmers like those at ...