Regenerating Soil, Restoring Balance: NABU’s Report on Conservation Agriculture based on field experience
Introduction Across Europe, agriculture is undergoing a profound transformation. Decades of intensive farming have delivered high yields – but often at a high price. Soil degradation, biodiversity loss, and rising production costs are pushing farmers and policymakers alike to rethink how we grow food. Germany, like many EU countries, is feeling this pressure acutely. In […]
A Greenhouse Tomato Grower’s Experience with Biostimulants
Introduction In Portugal, where summers are hot and dry and the soil is often sandy, our customer — a tomato grower — was faced with a familiar challenge: improving soil fertility within a short window of time. His greenhouse season was about to begin, yet the soil biology was not ready to sustain a demanding […]
How to improve soil health in orchards?
Soil management in orchards is a whole different game compared to field crops and presents some unique challenges. Growing the same crop in the same place for a long time can use up some of the nutrients in the soil. This means that soil can get out of balance easily, which can lead to reduced […]
T-shirt experiment: How well regenerative farming practices improve the soil microbial activity
Summary The activity and diversity of soil microbes can be measured using simple and inexpensive methods, such as the T-shirt degradation test. Terra Nostra Foundation, together with partners, decided to use the T-shirt degradation test to check the impact of regenerative practices on the activity of soil microbes. The BIOTREX95 analysis revealed differences in microbial […]
