April 2024 Issue PDF

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FEATURES 

Organic Herbicides
BY STEVE DIVER
While nothing can replace good cultural management practices certified organic farms do have a number of options for controlling weeds chemically.

Veg Tech
BY ACRES U.S.A. STAFF
New tools to boost your vegetable production.

Muddling Through
BY TAYLOR HENRY
Seven lessons I've learned on how to successfully deal with mud season.

Eco-Ag: Disturbance, Succession and Regeneration
BY MARK SHEPARD
The first in a new series of articles articulating the basic principles of ecological agriculture.

DEPARTMENTS

VIEW FROM THE COUNTRY
Monthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor.

OPINION

The Regenerative Agriculture Domino Effect
BY SERGIO DABDOUB
It is possible to move from an agriculture that relies on chemical management to one that is more friendly to nature and that reduces, or even eliminates, the application of agrochemicals. 

ECO-UPDATE News in brief on developments in agronomic science. 

REGEN AGRONOMY  

Beneath the Harvest
BY PATRICK FREEZE
Unearthing solutions to heavy metal contamination.

REGEN ECONOMICS 

Sharing Farm Business Insights
BY KIRSTEN SIMMONS
Over the course of the next year we'll be following a Georgia farm as it seeks to optimize its farm business practices.

INTERVIEW

Growing for Flavor- and Health- John Kempf and Ohio vegetable farmer Bob Jones discuss on-farm research, the link between flavor and nutrients, and managing light and other variables for nutrient density.

REVIEWS

BOOKSTORE

MARKETPLACE

CLASSIFIEDS

ECO-MEETINGS

ECO-GRAPHIC

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