[Microbeman]

ive seen it added to few mychorrhizal/beneficial mico products by respectable companies. (fungi perfecti & others some OFC members recommend)

I know its the 'money making' everything in one bag; has lots of stuff and is therefore good mentality.....unfortunate.

Originally Posted by DARC MIND

ive actually came across that mineral mix a while back,wasnt aware who the guy was then

as for the Trichoderma, ive seen it added to few mychorrhizal/beneficial mico products by respectable companies. (fungi perfecti & others some OFC members recommend)

heres another good read,
i thought was excellent(again thnx to Von lnks)
Towards a Sustainable Agriculture~the Living Soil
By Lady Eve Balfour
a quote from the above,had to after what MrFista posted

all about the wholeness approach, thinking OFC members are on the same page =)

Awesome find, i'm going to have to go through the Ideal soil book in greater depth, I meet the man who it is dedicated too and had a chat with him a while ago, he definitely knew what was up.

oh and Mr. Fista, Spurr actually posted a link, i'm sure you would prefer a hard copy but if your still interested:

9. "The Ideal Soil: A handbook for new agriculture"
Micheal Astera and Agricola
(I can't comment on this e-book because I have not yet read it, but it comes well recommended to me; password to decrypt file: "more_info" [without quotes])
https://filesurf.ru/209371

[DARC MIND]

i can seem to figue out how to use that link
im getting a error

Originally Posted by DARC MIND

i can seem to figue out how to use that link
im getting a error

I just tried it and the same thing is happening to me, but i already downloaded it when the link was still working. I'll try and figure out if i can put it back up somewhere for the people on here who missed it, just gimme a while, a bit busy this week.

[DARC MIND]

The One Straw Revolution_An Introduction to Natural Farming
~Masanobu Fukuoka
enjoy
"Natural Farming is not simply a way of growing crops; it is the cultivation and perfection of human beings "
- Fukuoka

youtube video on Masanobu & natural farming

[Microbeman]

These rice fields, which have been farmed
continuously for over 1,500 years, have now been laid waste by the
exploitive farming practices of a single generation.

From One Straw Revolution

This is what we have done; what we are doing. This mentality continues out of control, even with the recent election results.

[spurr]

Here it is! I have been looking for this thread. Gotta catch up on what has been posted since I lost track of this thread

[Clackamas Coot]

In the December, 2010 issue of Acres USA Magazine ("A Voice for Eco-Agriculture") there is an article titled "Beyond NPK - Trace Minerals" and each month they select 2 of the articles in the printed version and post it at their web site. Fortunately this article was selected for the month of December.

TeraVita LC-10+7 is a good source for the trace minerals discussed and are in a chelated form. I've used this and feel it's a very viable product though I really didn't understand why until I read this article when it arrived a couple of weeks ago.

BioAg TM-7 is another good choice though it's in a powder form and like the TeraVita product has humic & fulvic acids as the base of the mix with the chelated minerals.

This is a very good read and covers a wide range of topics related to trace minerals.

CC

[spurr]

@ all,

I see that the e-book "The Ideal Soil" (v1.3) I uploaded to filesurf is gone, I think they cleared house on uploads from people using Tor :(

So, here it is again, at a different Russian file host that is easier to download from, in English:


"The Ideal Soil: A handbook for new agriculture"
Micheal Astera and Agricola, version 1.3
https://www.file-upload.net/download-..._v1.3.zip.html

• passphrase to decrypt the compressed file to get the e-book is "more_info"; without quotes.

[DARC MIND]

a few articles from Acres Mag
four bases to mineralized soil
&
Concentrated economic power is as great a threat to the common good

Concentrated economic power is as great a threat to the common good as concentrated political power is to democracy.
In practice, the two go hand in hand. When a big company gains the power to dominate markets and dictate the terms of trade, political muscle almost always comes with it. Very often, political muscle helps create the economic advantage through favorable public policies.
The big seed companies are the economic powers in crop agriculture today. They have grasped biotechnology and used it to dictate the terms of trade to their benefit. No other agribusiness sector has matched their success in increasing market share while aggressively raising prices – even creating new "technology fees" for the right to use their seeds.
Their political power was on recent display when Monsanto swept into Montana in response to proposed legislation requiring a court order or permission before going on farmers’ land to test their crops for patented genes. Company representatives and local allies took six of nine Agriculture Committee members to dinner at a premier Missoula restaurant the night before the public hearing. The bill – which protected property and due process rights we normally take for granted – died.
Favorable policy helped establish seed industry economic power. Weak antitrust enforcement enabled big companies to buy up smaller rivals with promising seeds. Court rulings and legislation that allowed seed patenting created effective monopolies on valuable seed traits.
Finally, USDA and land grant colleges focused billions of dollars of tax-supported research on developing biotechnology, leading to control of valuable traits. Finalls, USDA and land grant college focused billions of dollars of tax-supported research on developing biotechnology, leading to control of valuable tratis by individial seed companies. For example, the University of Nebraska developed soybeans resistant to the herbicides Banvel® and Clarity®. But rather than making the trait widely available, it licensed exclusive control to Monsanto for tens of millions of dollars.
Monsanto already controls the primary patents for crops resistant to the herbicide Roundup®, planted to most U.S. soybean acres and increasing numbers of corn acres. But as more weeds develop resistance to the herbicide, Monsanto needs seeds that tolerate additional herbicides to maintain its dominance.
The worst result of the over emphasis on biotechnology is the research not done on farming systems that increase farmers’ economic leverage by enabling them to use their management to cut input cost. There has been little research to develop faster growing varieties suitable to weed control with less herbicide or to develop cover crops that don’t take much water from the soil but do boost soil fertility, suppress weeds, and conserve and improve soil.
The publicly-funded research system has lost sight of its purpose for being – to do research that serves the public and advances the common good.
-Check Hassebrook

some should consider subscribing,ther book store puts this list to shame
o & thanx spurr for that link