Tag: Soil

  • Soil Organisms: A Whole World Beneath Our Feet

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    Dirty Microbes by Molly Michelson explores the importance of soil organisms: Soil microbes include everything from bacteria to fungi, and article author Richard Conniff likes to call the lot collectively “the agribiome.” These microscopic life forms have the potential to solve many crises facing agriculture today—everything from climate change and drought to Salmonellaand other food-bourn illnesses, from the costs…

  • Earthworm Farmer’s Bible

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    According to books world.com, Daniel C. Merrill’s The Earthworm Farmer’s Bible is: “a must-read for anyone interested in raising earthworms and/or starting an organic garden. In its pages, the reader will learn the difference between standard composting and composting with earthworms. It includes a step-by-step process to convert organic household waste into the magical earth-friendly fertilizers known as earthworm castings-the…

  • Organic Soil – good for the earth, good for the atmosphere

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    Phil Robertson may be on the cusp of solving a long-standing mystery. Boosters of organic food often say the practice, which rejects synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, is a good method for curbing climate change because it stores more carbon in the soil. But aside from anecdotal observations, no one could really explain the dynamics behind…