S1E1. Moldboards and Dust Clouds: Organic Has a Tillage Problem
Episode description
The Dust Bowl looms large in the minds of many good farmers. Excessive tillage combined with a decade of drought sent many feet of fertile top soil into the air, gone forever. Today's organic grain farms use tillage to control weeds and prepare the field for planting. Will organics create another Dust Bowl? Are organic farmers putting the soil at risk?
Separate the wheat from the chaff and myth from reality with this episode's guests:
- Dr. Jessica Shade, The Organic Center
- Dr. Joel Gruver, Western Illinois University
- Dr. Patt Carr, Montana State University
- Dr. Perry Miller, Montana State University
- Dr. Matt Ryan, Cornell University
- Vince Jaeger, organic farmer
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