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Cover Crops and Green Manure on a Vegetable Farm

Cover Crops and Green Manure on a Vegetable Farm

Learn how cover crops & green manures can help increase soil health, crop health, and water retention.

No-Till Vegetable Trials: The no-till transplanter

No-Till Vegetable Trials: The no-till transplanter

Farmer-Led Research, Farming, Tools

The no-till transplanter is an important tool in EFAO’s No-Till Vegetable Trials to show that no-till techniques can be successfully employed on a larger scale (>3 acre +) using machinery that is currently available.

Summary of Projects 2019

Quick Turnaround Cover Crops Before Brassicas

Part of a multi-farm trial on 5 farms asking the Research Question: Do spring planted cover crops benefit the production of late season brassica cash crops? Kevinâ€™s Specific Question: Does a cover crop cocktail differ from buckwheat monoculture with respect...

Garlic Mulch Trial

This document outlines the steps that Ken, Eric and Heather will follow to execute the research trial, Green Mulch Comparison for Garlic, including design, execution, data collection and data sharing. It also serves as a Memorandum of Understanding between...