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coco coir, organic gardening, Organic Soil, peat moss, sustainability - November 26, 2024

Episode 140: The Sustainability of Peat and Other Substrates with Dr. James Atland

My guest this week is Dr. James Altland. Dr. Altland is a Research Horticulturist and the Research Leader for the USDA-ARS Application Technology Research Unit also known as the ATRU. Although the role of the ATRU has historically been to develop new pesticide application technologies, it has shifted its focus in the last 5 years to developing CEA technologies. While leading a team of 10 scientists in various aspects of CEA from entomology, plant pathology, engineering, and horticulture, Dr. Altland’s expertise encompasses the development of substrate technologies for containerized plant production. With collaborations at Ohio State University, this has recently...

Episode 21: Common Mistakes New Farmers Make & The Living Soil Symposium with Chris Jagger

Chris Jagger is owner/operator of Blue Fox Farm, a 40-acre organic vegetable farm in the Applegate Valley of southern Oregon. He is also the owner/head consultant for Blue Fox Agricultural Services, a full-service agricultural supply, and consultation company focusing on ecological solutions for the modern farmer. Both his farm and his agricultural services use living soils as a foundation to scale farming operations efficiently and profitably. He rounds out his involvement with the agricultural community by hosting the Living Soils Symposium each March. The Symposium is an interactive conference for farmers, interested in regenerative farming techniques, to exchange knowledge and gain...

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