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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