Compost Matters: An Emotional Debate or a Rational Discussion?
It’s no surprise that composting is viewed with such high favor among organic farmers and gardeners. The benefits have real potential and it’s a feel-good type of activity too. But […]
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Growing Vegetables with Cover Crop Mulch
At Meadow View Farm in Kutztown, PA, James Weaver and his son Harold Weaver dread cleaning up the (more than) 20 linear miles of black plastic that they use every […]
Pennsylvania Organic Vegetable Growers Use of Tillage and Cover Crop
At the 2019 Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) Farming for the Future conference held in Lancaster, PA, Rodale scientists Drew Smith and Gladis Zinati presented the results of their […]
Industrial Hemp Trials: Preliminary Results
In 2017, Rodale Institute initiated a four-year trial studying the effects of industrial hemp on soil health and weed suppression. The project has just concluded its second year. Below is […]
Tillage and cover cropping enhanced yield, nitrogen use efficiency, and soil health in organic industrial hemp–barley rotations
Madhav Dhakal 1,2, Dinesh Panday 1, Fatemeh Etemadi 1, Reza K. Afshar 1, Casey Lapham 1, Andrew Smith 1, Arash Ghalehgolabbehbahani 1 1Rodale Institute, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, USA 2Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute, Mississippi State […]
How to Plant Insectary Strips and Which Plants to Use
This article is excerpted from Dr. Gladis Zinati’s field guide, Invite Insect Allies to Your Farm Using Insectary Strips: Field Guide to Control Striped Cucumber Beetles. Download the full PDF […]
Living mulches, crimped cover crops, and plastic mulch influence on soil health, weed suppression, and yield in organic globe artichoke systems
Arianna Bozzolo a, Jacob Pecenka a, Said Hamido b, Bharat Acharya c a Rodale Institute California Organic Center, 2050 Agricultural Way, Camarillo, CA 93012, USA b Rodale Institute, Tennessee, 3480 […]
A New Way to Grow Healthier Lettuce: Using UV Light and Organic Fungicide to Control Powdery Mildew in the Greenhouse
One promising method involves using ultraviolet (UV) light. UV light comes in three types: UV-A, UV-B, and UV-C. Certain types of UV light can affect how plants grow, their nutrient […]
Roller-Crimper Helps Combat Herbicide Resistant Weeds
A roller-crimper built by high school students made its debut in the 2016 growing season. The roller was built with slight variations to the one designed by Jeff Moyer of the […]
Impact of Tillage Practices and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation on Organic Sweet Corn Yield and Nutritional Quality
Gladis Zinatia,*, Joseph E. Carrarab, Saurav Dasa, Romans Caetania, Amiya Kalrac, Eric A. Carra, Wade P. Hellerb,* a Rodale Institute, Kutztown, PA, USA b USDA-ARS, Eastern Regional Research Center, Sustainable […]
