Conservation Agriculture

Fifteen years of stunning conservation agriculture success at Rollin Valley Farms in Burrel, CA! June 22, 2020 Andy Rollin, along with his brother, Donny, are dairy farmers near the small western San Joaquin Valley town of Burrel, CA.

May 20, 2020 Folks, Here is a short 12-minute video update from Phil Foster on some of his recent reduced disturbance and shade cloth work with Tom Willey. Keep going strong, everyone! All the best, Jeff https://youtu.

Soil health for the common good April 18, 2020 Jeff Mitchell, Tom Willey and Paul Muller Though humans thrived here for millennia without planting seeds or herding animals, the phenomenal success of California's short-lived agricultural experiment is staggering on a planetary scale,and represents ba...

This is a preview of an article for Progressive Crop Consultant magazine. Recently, two types of evidence have emerged to indicate that farmers must make substantial changes in their crop production systems in the future. The first is economic.

April 1, 2020 CASI Web Blog A podcast describing the growth of no-till and strip-till in California, produced by the National No-till Farmer Association, is now available at their website, https://www.no-tillfarmer.