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Don't Treat Your Soil Like Dirt!

Don't Treat Your Soil Like Dirt!

  Ian Burke is a grown man who still loves to play in the dirt. Through his business, Hill Country Organics, Burke is committed to educating gardeners, farmers and communities about the very complex system going on beneath the surface. His holistic approach allows organic, transitional and conventional growers to achieve dramatically higher yields while drastically reducing the need for water, chemicals and fertilizers. “There is a cultural shift going on now called regenerative agriculture,” says Burke. “An emerging science that deals with the soil environment in the root zone.” The “living food web” feeds and sustains the creatures and...

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Organic Farming CAN feed and SAVE the world!

Organic Farming CAN feed and SAVE the world!

Organic oats grown in systems utilizing legume cover crops contain significantly greater total protein concentration (Figure 2) along with a suite of essential and non-essential amino acids. We also found significantly greater soil carbon and nitrogen (the building blocks of proteins) in both organic systems compared to the conventional system. https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/farming-systems-trial/

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Texas Hemp Update: Regulations Adopted – License Applications Expected by March 16

Texas Hemp Update: Regulations Adopted – License Applications Expected by March 16

NEWS At the end of 2018, hemp was legalized nationwide and in June 2019, state lawmakers instituted the Texas Hemp Program. Since then, the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA)​ and Department of State Health Services (DSHS)​ have worked to establish the regulatory infrastructure for this program, including business licensing, testing standards, and rules relating to both industrial and consumable hemp products. Here’s the latest… BIG NEWS: ​TDA has adopted official rules​ governing the production (cultivation), processing, handling, sampling, testing, and disposal of hemp, which is defined as cannabis with less than .3% THC. According to an article published by the Austin-American Statesman, “The Texas Department of Agriculture has said it expects to start accepting online applications for hemp licenses on March 16.“​  TDA also...

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Hemp: The Natural Response to Plastic Pollution

Hemp: The Natural Response to Plastic Pollution

The current rate of plastic production is about one billion tons in three years. That is what a 2016 article in ScienceDaily says, quoting a University of Leicester study. Plastic is inert and hard to degrade. So it becomes a toxic techno-waste that has severe polluting effects on the earth’s biodiversity A National Geographic report says that plastic kills millions of marine and land animals every year. Experts have found out that all species to have eaten microplastic – from small shrimps to big elephants. The effects vary from damaging the digestive and reproductive systems to death. But Mother Nature...

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Hemp Regulatory Plan For Texas Approved by USDA

Hemp Regulatory Plan For Texas Approved by USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday that it approved Texas’ hemp regulatory plans. This comes after the Texas legislature passed HB 1325 in 2019 legalizing hemp in Texas. HB 1325 directed the Texas Department of Agriculture to come up with federally acceptable regulatory plans. “USDA continues to receive and review hemp production plans from states and Indian tribes on an ongoing basis. Plans previously approved include those for the states of Louisiana, New Jersey, Ohio, and the Flandreau Santee Sioux, Santa Rosa Cahuilla, and La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indian Tribes. To check the status of a plan or to review...

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