December 2024 Issue
Acres U.S.A., The Voice of Eco-Agriculture, December 2024 | Issue #642, Copyright 2024, 67 pages.
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December 2024 • Issue #642
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On the cover: Rhizo-sheath formation helps plants obtain nutrients by bonding the mineral component of the soil to the roots. The photograph shows rhizo-sheath formation on non-GMO hybrid Mandaamin Institute corn that has been bred for resilience and nutrient efficiency. Photo courtesy of Walter Goldstein. |
FEATURES
Water Quality Is Not a Difficult Problem
If we would just address its underlying issues — by applying the principles of soil health — water quality degradation would not be a problem
BY BRIAN DOUGHERTY
The Soil Electric
Plants control voltage (Eh) and acidity (pH) to thwart pathogens and insect pressure
BY NIGEL PALMER
Tips for Pick-Your-Own
Five essential components of a pick-your-own farm
BY MEGAN NEUBAUER
Disturbance, Regrowth, Recovery
Proper ecological disturbance — whether to our land via an act of nature, or to our minds via a conference with like-minded farmers — leads to regrowth, recovery and, ultimately, regeneration
BY MARK SHEPARD
Learning, Reflecting, Connecting
Cultivating resilience at Eco-Ag 2024
BY TAYLOR HENRY
DEPARTMENTS
VIEW FROM THE COUNTRY
Monthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor
OPINION
It’s Time
Don’t wait to begin practicing regenerative agriculture — the benefits are too great
BY GABE BROWN AND ALLEN WILLIAMS
ECO-UPDATE
News in brief on developments in agronomic science
REGEN AGRONOMY
BY PATRICK FREEZE
REGEN ECONOMICS
TBD
BY KIRSTEN SIMMONS
INTERVIEW
Glyphosate Does What It’s Designed to Do — Kill
Dr. Don Huber talks about his career as a researcher, professor and Army officer, as well as about the many long-term dangers of glyphosate — as a mineral chelator, as an antibiotic, as a cause of plant disease, and more
REVIEWS
MARKETPLACE
CLASSIFIEDS
ECO-MEETINGS
ECO-GRAPHIC
My Farmer, My Customer
New! Learn from Marty Travis's experiences converting the Spence Farm into one of the most successful farming co-ops in the United States today.