Conservation & Crop Rotation Farmer Area Day Recap — The Dust

To complete out the day, Daniel Parson of Oxford Farm at Emory College introduced a crop rotation workshop during which he supplied a tried-and-true crop rotation system for growers to make use of on their very own farms. Every farm additionally acquired an authorized scale, a soil testing probe, a crop rotation guidebook for natural farms, and two rolls of 83”x250’ Agribon-30 row cowl to take again to their farms.   

Key takeaways from this gathering:  

• This gathering was wealthy in range of farms and other people when it comes to race, age (young children to 80+ had been concerned), range of crops grown and held certifications, and backgrounds of farms (homesteaders to generational farming). 

• NRCS consultant, Charlie Grace was in a position to present a degree of transparency that some farmers had not but been uncovered to about NRCS applications. 

• Networking of farms within the Southeast is alleged to be “uncommon”, in accordance with a few farmers in attendance, they usually appear to be hungry for extra of it. In different phrases, extra alternatives like this, please! 

• The crop rotation workshop gave context to and particulars concerning the significance of and science behind collaborating on this conservation follow. 

• The members went residence with many invaluable provides, together with Agribon row cowl, soil testing probes, licensed scales, and crop rotation guidebooks.  

• The Coastal GA Small Farmers Cooperative, of which Frequent Market Southeast is presently a buyer, strives for consistency and high quality in all of their merchandise, which embrace collard greens, squash and zucchini, peas, melons, and extra. Their growers acknowledge a necessity for younger folks to hitch as they head into the longer term.  

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