Organic Farming Archives - Page 14 of 44

Soil Building and Vineyard Weed Management

by Lee Warren | Aug 28, 2018 | Organic Farming, Organic Home Growing

We recently ran an article, Out with the Glyphosate, by guest blogger Mollie Curry, about the dangers of glyphosate in our bodies and in the soil. We got a question from a farmer about effective substitutes for weed control for their vineyard. This is their question:...

WNC CRAFT – Medicinal Herbs & Soil Health w/Gaia Herb Farm

by Sera Deva | Aug 10, 2018 | Organic Farming

Share this post… We were excited for our biggest CRAFT tour of this season (with over 50 participants) at Gaia Herb Farm in Brevard, NC. Our focus of the tour was Soil Health & Medicinal Herbs, which Gaia has been growing and processing for 30 years. Gaia truly...

WNC CRAFT – Diversified Marketing Strategies w/Rayburn Farm

by Sera Deva | Jul 12, 2018 | Organic Farming

Share this post… Our WNC CRAFT group of apprentices and farmers gathered for some discussion over Diversified Marketing Strategies on a hot summer evening in July, perfect for cold beer and AC, which we were lucky to be gathering with at The Wedge’s new foundry...

WNC CRAFT Tour of Thatchmore Farm—Small, Diversified, and Mountainous

by Cameron Farlow | Jun 14, 2018 | Organic Farming

Share this post… WNC CRAFT farm tour participants get to see landscape fabric in action on Thatchmore Farm’s upper field. For the June WNC CRAFT farm tour, we visited Thatchmore Farm—a clever example of a small-scale, diversified mountain farm. As Tom Elmore explained...

WNC CRAFT Farm Tour: Grass-Fed Beef at Hickory Nut Gap Farm

by Cameron Farlow | Jun 14, 2018 | Organic Farming

WNC CRAFT Farm Tour at Hickory Nut Gap Farm, learn about raising grass-fed beef and pasture management.

Keys to Successful Farm Careers: Land Access and Training

by Nicole DelCogliano | May 29, 2018 | Organic Farming

Meet the Salleys Will and Savannah Salley of Headwaters Market Garden are entering their second season as farmers, growing a mix of vegetables and specialty greens. They are also students in Organic Growers School’s (OGS) Farm Beginnings® Farmer...