Planet Earth Observatory

Planet Earth Observatory Our Vision: Health planet, healthy food - for all. climate change, gardening, healthy soil, community science, Los Angeles

Planet Earth Observatory combats climate change through citizen science initiatives in urban food gardens to tend ecosystems, observe nature and advocate for food justice.

Explore the ghoulish side of life in the soil with fascinating, sometimes horrifying, creatures who have the ability to ...
10/10/2024

Explore the ghoulish side of life in the soil with fascinating, sometimes horrifying, creatures who have the ability to turn dusty dirt into healthy, life-giving soil. Join us for an engaging evening of storytelling and performance. Wear a costume and get in free. A typewriter poet will be on hand to transform your foggy aspirations into dreamy verse. Get tickets here: https://planetearthobservatory.org/halloween-celebration

Congratulations to the Huntington Ranch whose fava beans are the first to arrive among the five gardens participating in...
11/22/2020

Congratulations to the Huntington Ranch whose fava beans are the first to arrive among the five gardens participating in our Community Science Healthy Soils Investigation featuring...you guessed it: a cover crop of FAVA BEANS! Stay tuned for the grand arrival of favas at our other participating locations.

Our Healthy Soils investigation began in 2018 with a small start up grant from NOAA's Planet Stewards. We are "Soil Buil...
11/18/2020

Our Healthy Soils investigation began in 2018 with a small start up grant from NOAA's Planet Stewards. We are "Soil Builders" working together to mitigate the effects of climate change in edible food gardens around Los Angeles. Our goal is to "grow" healthy soil that will increase nutrients, save water, increase crop yield. Our experiment involves growing a cover crop of fava beans under varying conditions followed by a crop of corn. Cover crops are one of several healthy soils practices advocated by California's Healthy Soils Initiative. Others include the use of compost, mulch, no till, crop rotation and native plants as habitats for pollinators.

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