The Bean and Grain Project: Outperforming Chemical Agriculture
The Bean and Grain Project is exploring bean, grain, and edible seed varieties which can be added to those already grown in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Oregon Tilth co-founder and farmer Harry MacCormack shares wisdom and stories about farms transitioning from chemical to organic farming. His book "The Transition Document: Toward a Biologically Resilient Agriculture" is a compendium of organic practices, like using compost tea to feed soil micro-organisms. Dan Armstrong, the author of the novel "Prairie Fire", notes that the project aims to increase the diversity of staple crops and add resilience to the regional food system. Episode 248. [sunbowfarm.org, mudcitypress.com, tilth.org]. Peak Moment TV exists because of viewers like you. Subscribe to news and donate at http://www.peakmoment.tv, right side. Thanks for being in the Peak Moment community. Visit Peak Moment on: BlipTV: http://blip.tv/peak-moment-tv#EpisodeArchive Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peak-Moment-TV/113511867700 Janaia on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/janaia.donaldson Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeakMomentTV (handle: @peakmomenttv) iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/peak-moment-tv/id413896747
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These guys make me wish i was a farmer. American farmers always seem to somehow glorify European ways of farming. I see absolutely none of that here in Holland, Europe. If i happen to see something else than the ever monotonous, cursed silage corn and empty hayland, my eyes just about roll out of my head. Not to mention trying to find a co-op, local food store or farmers market here. Almost non-existent. To my knowledge, there is only one supermarket chain in the whole country that carries a decent number of organic products. I really wish a local food scene would emerge here. The European union with it's rediculous regulations is destroying so much of our local food culture here, there is practically nothing left.
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Have you guys tried any Biogeometry solutions in the gardens? It seems it may assist and support healthy systems this way, if this is unfamiliar to you then please refer to Dr Ibrahim Karim's work or another suggestion would be to ask someone with a Masters degree in this field. :-):-)
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Where can I get the book?
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These guys are great! Such a good message. I'd love to see an extended after show talk where they get to calmly talk about their program. If it's possible to contain them ;)
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Great interview! Localization is indeed part of a well-designed long-term picture for human settlements...great work everyone!
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This is cause for great hope! It is also time for the general public to take more interest in where their food is coming from; also who is funding the land-grant university "science". Or should I say "Not Science". There is such a stranglehold on the education system in our country that it is going to take extremely vocal John and Jane Q. Publics to pressure our universities to change. America's farmers are also going to have to side-step agribusiness and do what they are learning is the right thing to do. Thanks for thie interview! I am very excited. Can you tell?
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Hey guys, isn't wheat a grass seed too? I thought Wheat was from the grass family?
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compost tea. every one should know how to do it. great episode.
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How do the big organic bean growers control Mexican bean beetles without chemicals?
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