Resources
One of the many paths to prosperity is to learn from those who have succeeded. Learning from someone else’s failures is preferred to those of your own. The following are examples where I have gathered knowledge on how to perform the duties necessary for this positive outcome. I hope you might be able to say the same by finding what you need in order to succeed in this type of adventure. The following are some interesting videos and papers on the subjects.
“Be prepared”. – Boy Scout Motto
Here are some of the resources used and/or referenced in creating a small footprint on the Double Bridge Farm to encourage a more natural co-existence with the world within its boundaries:
Permaculture
How to start a permaculture garden in 8 steps – Master Class
Permaculture: You’ve Heard of It, But What the Heck Is It? – Brian Barth
Regenerative/Restorative Agriculture
Regenerative Agriculture 101 – Green America
Regenerative agriculture: merging farming and natural resource conservation profitably – LaCannel, C. E., Lundgren, J. G.
What is Regenerative Agriculture – Noble Research Institute
What Is Regenerative Agriculture? A Review of Scholar and Practitioner Definitions Based on Processes and Outcomes – Newton, P., Civita, N., Frankel-Goldwater, L., Bartel, K. and Johns, C.
No Till, No Spray
No Till vs. No Spray Food Plots (YouTube)
No Till vs. No Spray Food Plots (YouTube)
No Spray, No-Till Planting Methods – Side by Side Comparison of Three Tactics (YouTube)
“No-Till” Farming Is a Growing Practice, Horowitz, J. K., Ebel, R. M., Ueda, K.
Planting Brassica Food Plots – No-Till vs Tilling (YouTube)
Preparing a Food Plot – No Till No Spray Method (YouTube)
Towards a No-Till No-Spray Future? Introduction to a Symposium on Nonchemical Weed Management for Reduced-Tillage Cropping Systems, Brainard, D. C., Haramoto, E., Williams, M. M., Mirsky, S.
Cover Crops for Weed Management in Southern Reduced-Tillage Vegetable Cropping Systems, Price, A. J., Norsworthy, J. K.
Glyphosate resistant crops and weeds: Now and in the future., Duke, S. O., Powles, S. B.
No-Till, No-Spray Example Farms
3 Sisters Garden – Kalamazoo, Michigan
Astarte Farm – Hadley, Massachusetts
Beetroot Farm – Carbondale, Illinois
Clove Valley Community Farm – High Falls, New York
Coogan Farm – Mystic, Connecticut
Creaking Tree Farm – Grand Marais, Minnesota
Deep Hollow Farm – Chester, Connecticut
Freia Farm – Joelton, Tennessee
Full Well Farm – Adams, Massachusetts
Green Acres Cover Crops – Omaha, Nebraska
New Spoke Farm – Gray, Maine
Northern Bay Organics – Penobscot, Maine
Purdy’s Farm, CSA – North Salem, New York
Red Fern Farm – Floyd, Virginia
Sanctuary Produce Farm – Dallas, Oregon
Spring Lake Farm – Prior Lake, Minnesota
Unbound Glory Farm – Pomfret Center, Connecticut
Wander Creek Farm – Green, New York
Williwaw Farm – Easton, Maryland
Woven Farmstead – Muskegon, Michigan
Yosemite Village Permaculture Community Garden – Fresno, California
Water Conservation
Farms use 80% of the West’s water. Some in Colorado use less, a lot less – Fresh Water News
One crop uses more than half of Utah’s water. Here’s why. – The Salt Lake Tribune
Wind Power Generation
How Can A Wind Turbine Be Motionless? – Matt Ferrell (YouTube)
Updated 15 January 2023