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Discussion Group: Crop Diversity & Sustainable Growing and Grazing

Assets

  • Maverick Farms CSA
  • Farmers’ Markets
  • NROG
  • Niche Markets
  • Organic Growers’ School

Barriers

  • Coupling supply and demand and having a distribution network
  • Providing affordable, healthy foods for everyone
  • No infrastructure for storage, distribution, etc.

Questions

  • What is sustainable farming?
  • How do we educate about crop/animal diversity so that farmers can choose to grow/raise their choices successfully?

Techniques for sustainability

  • Raised beds
  • Cover crops
  • Winter cropping
  • Beneficials
  • Cycling of nutrients
  • Diversity of crops and animals
  • Minimizing dependency on fossil fuel inputs
  • Incorporating animals – work, food, fertilizer
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