Soil Health
No-Till Vegetable Trials: Let’s Talk No-Till Planting
As part of EFAO’s No-Till Vegetable Trials, Ken Laing is doing a lot of no-till transplanting! Here are some of his reflections on the challenges of no-till planting seed and transplant. There are many challenges awaiting those who want to switch in whole or in...
No-Till Vegetable Trials: The Rapid Regeneration Trial
As part of EFAO’s No-Till Vegetable Trials, Ken Laing is looking at four treatments to compare different methods for rapid regeneration of soil health for vegetable production.
EFAO’s Organic No-Till Vegetable Trials
Ken Laing of Orchard Hill Farm is working in cooperation with EFAO to trial a wide variety of no-till methods for organic vegetable production. We will be documenting the work in a series of blogs.
Farmer-researchers publish findings on soil health indicators
Farmer-researchers Paul DeJong, Ken Laing and Tony McQuail published their findings in the Canadian Journal of Soil Science.
EFAO Farmers Talk Soil Health on Podcast “Talk Dirty to Me”
EFAO member-farmers Val Steinmann and Brent Preston, along with EFAO’s Research Director, Sarah Hargreaves, joined host Cameron Ogilvie on the new podcast “Talk Dirty to Me”.