50+ yrs Farming/Food systems Regenerative Ag, the roots of health, nutrition, soil/plant science, metagenetics epigenetics metabolomics, AI/NI #DeSci

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Joined April 2010
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As we get into harvest it is time to get cover crops planted. Call us for recommendations or availability! We have Gainer 154 Triticale and Elbon Cereal Rye available for early spring forage as well!
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“It’s a—an impact tremor is what it is, it, uh—” BOOM. BOOM. Ian Malcolm; Jurassic Park The first flagship paper from the 1000 Farms Initiative was just published. It changes....what most people think they know about farming. iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
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"The irreparable and deep harm caused by this and former administrations can’t be fixed overnight. President Trump, who admitted we have a “nasty” meatpacker monopoly, must realize we can’t snap our fingers and put people back on the land or quickly rebuild rural America." See: nobull.mikecallicrate.com/20…
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As Darwin did for Evolution Hans Jenny did for Living Soil Formation. "A pedologist's concept of soil is not that of a mere mass of inorganic and organic material, rather it takes cognizance of a certain element of organization that persistently presents itself in every soil"1941
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Tomorrow Sen Ag committee will vote to defund the regen ag pilot. This means no more funding to protect soil and food security. This is from Republicans, even through the admin launched the pilot as well as issued the EO in support. Feel like I’m shouting into a vacuum here.
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Well, the @barntalkshow podcast with @TorkWhisler and @SawyerWhisler dropped this evening. They are a class act. Beautiful studio. Fun times! This one is going to start some conversations!
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The institutional skepticism about farmer driven regenerative agriculture isn't wrong, it's just ten years out of date.
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Factual error @Morrisons
Are @Morrisons deliberately trying to confuse less educated people? We KNOW that green beans are a natural source of ‘folate’ NOT folic acid! The marketing of ‘folic acid’ as a healthy addition to our foods is getting out of control! But not illegal. See comments 👇
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From conventional to adding the Regenerative approach. Then side by side in depth analysis. The potential of nature is awesome.
This is one of the most robust trials we've ever been involved with. Big shoutouts to everyone involved: Robert Hall Winery, O'Neill Vintners, Agrology, and the mastermind behind it all: Jordan Lonborg of Coastal Vineyard Care Associates.
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Join the workshop 3 Sept 10:30 AM EDT, 15:30 BST as we chew on the topic of how climate effects our food supply now & in the past, & ruminate on plant intelligence. Continuing discussion on water issues & latest climate data. No AI allowed in our class😉 xitter.cf/i/spaces/1XxygwZqyPVGM

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Set a reminder for my upcoming Space! xitter.cf/i/spaces/1DGleVwedbVJL

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📢Representative's from Bayer4Crops and American Council on Science and Health ruthlessly slam US farmer driven Regenerative Ag No mention of the breakthrough science, practices or tech for the future of regen. agriculture at all scales. Sustainable production of nutritious food
If we switched to all “regenerative” farming, we’d need every scrap of arable land on Earth. And we could only feed 4 billion people. “Which 6 billion would volunteer to starve?” — @DrLizaMD So why is @SecKennedy about to spend $700 million promoting regenerative farming?
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Plants have a natural proclivity towards open space both above and below the surface of the soil. The value of plant sequences is tapping into this time and space. Gaining displacement with each individual seed —> plant Understand how to cultivate phenotype Understand how to get more productive landscapes/acres from just how you make it dance longer and stronger
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What happens if you could raise your ‘biological workforce’ by 716% …. These workers make unavailable nutrients available, This workforce thrives on Carbon & are free. Many times adding other nutrients other than C, lowers C levels starving this workforce into nonexistence.
Don’t build a bank account in your soil you can’t access. Guys see a high-yielding spot and think, “That’s going to show me why it’s so much better—higher phosphorus, higher potassium.” But 95 out of 100 times, it comes back that the high-yielding spot is actually lower P, lower K, lower calcium etc. Why? Because that soil did a great job for the last 100 years of releasing it. It’s not about building it. It’s about how well can I release it. You don’t want to build a bank account you can’t access, right? You want a checking account. You want a debit card. You want to access every dollar you save. Same thing with a soil system—if you’re just banking PPM values and you can never get access to it, what good does it do to build them? Don’t focus on the PPM focus on the release, and manage the release rates not the ppm.
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Come learn all about the BRIX scale, measuring nutrients in our food with our very own Mt. Growmore master, Ed. Set a reminder for my upcoming Space! xitter.cf/i/spaces/1AxRnZazpqDxl

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