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Lessons Learned: Cover Crops Provide a Grand Bargain and Return on Investment
Imagine the sleek, high-backed chair of a powerful stockbroker in a field of recently harvested brassicas. It looks and feels weird, right? However, farmers take part in their own high-stakes...
Lessons Learned: Nutrient Management
Sauvie Island Organics is a 25-acre fresh vegetable farm – certified by Oregon Tilth since 2009 – located 15 miles from the hubbub of downtown Portland. Farm manager Scott Latham …...
Improvements made to Fertilizer and Cover Crop Calculator
Evaluating cover crop options, an essential part of healthy and resilient farms, is tricky. In partnership with Oregon State University, we launched the Organic Fertilizer and Cover Crop...
Cover Crop Economics: Opportunities to Improve Your Bottom Line in Row Crops
Farmers around the country are planting cover crops on millions of acres to protect and improve the soil, and the more that farmers use cover crops, the more they value …...
Cover Crop Management and Reduced-Tillage Workshop
Highlighted topics will include: Four different cover crop trials Strip-planting Raised beds Termination timing Winter-killed summer cover crop Cover crop management for reduced tillage and...
Wonder Beneath Our Feet
It’s easy to feel that soil is beneath you. Most people never give it much thought, unless it needs to be swept out of the house, or the wrong soil …...
Innovative Cover Crop Techniques
Join this webinar to learn about new and innovative uses of cover crops in organic vegetable and strawberry production. Speakers will cover a range of topics including the use of …...
Organic Cover Crop Workshop
Join Oregon Tilth, Oregon State University and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service for a (free!) morning of presentations and an afternoon in the field focused on organic cover crops. We...
Lessons Learned: Biodiversity & Birds on Organic Farms
Biodiversity is an unsung hero protecting our agricultural future. Certified organic agriculture identifies biodiversity as central to sustainable, long-term farming productivity. Organic standards...
2015 Cover Crops Field Day
During this field-based workshop, you will learn about techniques to improve your soil with a focus on methods and benefits of growing cover crops. Presentations by experts from Benton Soil &...