Hackensack Community Garden

02/18/2026

Mark Shepard's New Forest Farm in Wisconsin.

01/28/2026

To till or not to till?

Check out this tillage radish (part of a cover crop mix) we found on a visit to a Kentucky farm. The soil has a serious compaction layer, and you can see right where it is: it makes the radish grow every which way but down.

➡️ Here's the thing: this field has been cover cropped for over 12 years, but that compaction layer persists.

We've advocated a strategic tillage pass to break up this compaction, part of a strategy of "Deliberate Disturbance."

"Good stewardship is not about minimizing disturbances but about optimizing disturbances to produce the best ecosystem and productivity outcomes" writes John Kempf. Read more: https://advancingecoag.com/article/deliberate-disturbance/

* This cover crop was a winter mix with clover, oil seed radish, black oats, kale and more.

01/28/2026

Once again the animals outsmart the humans on how to create pristine habitat. Beavers restore rivers! 🦫

01/25/2026

12/02/2025

09/22/2025

09/02/2025

How did we get to a place where the companies that profit from our sickness are the ones telling us how to be healthy, and the companies that profit from our food choices are the ones telling us what to eat? - Dr. T. Colin Campbell

08/07/2025

07/05/2025

I’m a Crane Fly — Not a Giant Mosquito 💛
• No need to swat! I don’t bite or suck blood.
• I simply sip nectar and lend a hand with pollination.
• Next time you see my long legs fluttering by,
• just let me be — I’m one of the good guys.