Category: Insights from Europe

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 […]

Key points: 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 […]