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Description: Reduced tillage enhances plant diversity and improves soil health, fertility and microbial activity. These benefits provide the backbone upon which biological control of insect pests and disease suppression occurs naturally at economically practical levels. The challenges are figuring out new methods and equipment to farm with so much plant residue in the system and balancing competition with the crop.
Helen Atthowe will take you on a 25-year journey to develop a reduced tillage organic vegetable production system. She was a horticulture extension agent for 15 years, owned and operated Biodesign Farm (30 acre diverse organic fruit and vegetable farm) in western Montana for 17 years and recently spent six months as consulting vegetable grower on a 2,000 acre organic vegetable and fruit farm in northern Colorado with a 5,000 member CSA.
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