I was looking through my notes for 2015 and was pleasantly surprised to find we did accomplish our goals for the year. I had goals of reducing tillage and experimenting with living mulches and no-till systems, of improving the student program by offering a beginner’s and advance track, and of increasing our support network through […]

Soils in mature organic systems may develop chronic, yield limiting problems that can’t be addressed with the short-term fixes available for nonorganic production. Examples include poor soil structure, loss of organic matter and the build-up of pest populations, most notably weeds and plant parasitic nematodes. Frequent tillage is responsible for many of the soil quality […]