farming principles
Principles for Managing Ecological Relationships
- Create above- and below-ground diversity
- Minimize soil disturbance
- Maintain growing roots
- Grow your own carbon
- Add organic residues all season
- Focus on carbon fertilizers
- Recycle rather than import nutrients
- Fertilize selectively
- Weed selectively
- Create habitat in the field
The Ecological Farm: A Minimalist No-Till, No-Spray, Selective-Weeding, Grow-Your-Own-Fertilizer System for Organic Agriculture
By Helen Atthowe
The Core Tenets of Regenerative Agriculture
- Managing holistically
- Mimicking ecosystem processes
- Locally managed inputs and outputs
- Reduced oil, financial and technological inputs
- Mobile and scalable infrastructure
- Certified by customers
- Multi capital abundance
- For the benefit of all
Regenerative Agriculture: A Practical Whole System Guide to Making Small Farms Work
By Richard Perkins