On our Teltane Farm in Monroe, Maine, USA, we have begun adapting System of Crop Intensification (SCI) ideas to our carrot production, with considerable success in this second trial season (2014). A previous and smaller trial of SCI for carrots in 2012 was very successful and encouraged us to expand and duplicate the methods that […]
Conventional cultivation of krain krain — a popular green leafy vegetable (Corchorus) — starts with the broadcasting of seeds randomly on raised beds (mounds) or on flat land with high seed density (direct seeding), with manure added from backyard compost or FYM. Harvesting the crop is by uprooting the whole plant, so it is done […]
During the latter half of the twentieth century, most efforts to increase food production were based on apotheosis was dubbed the green revolution, has raised the output of food, but with substantial and growing financial and environmental costs, and for some years it has been encountering diminishing agronomic and economic returns (Peng et al., 2010; […]