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  Regenerative agriculture is a holistic land management philosophy that rehabilitates ecosystem functions by focusing on soil health, biodiversity, and water quality. Unlike sustainable farming, which aims to maintain the status quo, this approach actively reverses degradation, increases carbon sequestration, reduces synthetic inputs, and strengthens climate resilience. Restoring humus to the soil .  One of the best and fastest ways to restore carbon to the soil where it belongs is to let the plants and animals that put it there in the first place, put it back. Humus is the foundation of the soil food web. Key Principles and Practices Minimal Soil Disturbance:  Reducing or eliminating tillage to prevent erosion and preserve soil structure. Cover Cropping & Living Roots:  Keeping the soil covered year-round to protect it and maintain a living root system, which feeds soil biology. Diversity: Restoring Carbon into the soil. The r...

  Hot Composting.   There are three main ingredients that make a good compost. Carbon, Nitrogen and Water. Approximately one third o f each ingredient by weight . First is Carbon. T hi s can be dry leaves, grass clippings and spent garden plants or even dead weeds. Always save your leaves. Trees are deep rooted and have lots of trace minerals and carbon. Second is Nitrogen. Kitchen scraps or coffee grounds are a good source. Animal manures, like chicken, horse, cow or sheep are good. Green matter like grass clippings or green leaves, also h ave Nitrogen and are a good source. Bean or Pea vines and other legumes while still green are excellent. Third is Water. Chicken litt er is excellent for compost , it i s very high in Nitrogen, and all three of the primary nutrients, N-P-K, and contains most of the important trace minerals. Chickens are usually feed some form of calcium like oyster shell, so tha...

 On of the most important people in modern agriculture, and author of ' The One Straw Revolution " by Masanobu Fukuoka. Well worth reading, very good story and short. Only about 140 pages. Some of his methods were adopted and perfected or changed to be used by permaculture practitioners. This from Wikipedia Fukuoka re-invented and advanced the use of clay seed balls. Clay seed balls were originally an ancient practice in which seeds for the next season's crops are mixed together, sometimes with humus or compost for microbial inoculants , and then are rolled within clay to form into small balls. This method is now commonly used in guerilla gardening to rapidly seed restricted or private areas.  This is an excellent way to reseed areas that have been degraded by drought and desertification, commercial and chemical agriculture or global warming. Areas can be reseeded while dry, and the clay seedball will protect the seeds from birds or other animals that might eat the...

    Over the next few months, we will be publishing the information and research from the book. Imagine Your Best Garden Yet, Seven Simple Ideas. The Ebook is here. Check it out on Amazon.    We will be publishing a book on the problems around agriculture and the climate, and other climate solutions next.   Regenerative agriculture returns more carbon into the soil in stable forms that will also help grow more quality food. This will help to heal the planet and the people. Small farms and traditional forms of agriculture use fewer fossil inputs. Make the earth a better place and a better environment. Soil has many insects and billions of healthy bacteria and fungi. In regenerative and organic agriculture, real organic removes more carbon from the air than it puts out. Listen to the short clip in the above link When I was young there was a local dairy, a local slaughterhouse, and local chicken houses. The “Green” revolution was just starting to really ...

  Imagine Having Your best Garden Yet, Seven Simple Ideas By Bill Bradshaw For My Grandmother, My Kids and My Big Sister. Kristal Breeze Knight, And Professor Potato. Table of Contents Seven Simple Ideas 1. Triple mix 2. Compost 3. Animal Manure 4. Teas. Manure teas or Compost tea. 5. Mycorrhizal fungi, and other good bacteria. 6. Pest Control 7. Timing 8. Minerals and other Extra tips. Bonus Ideas. Introduction. Gardening is fun, or at least it should be. Doing things in the garden that offer a reward in eighty, or one hundred days might seem like a long way away. If you are not inspired to wait that long. Start...