Resources for Regenerative Agriculture

Workshop #1: Introduction to Regenerative Agriculture

EOS.com, “Regenerative Agriculture: Practices For Secure Future,” 1/14/21, https://eos.com/blog/regenerative-agriculture /

“Agricultura Regenerativa: Camino A Un Futuro Seguro,” 6/8/21, https://eos.com/es/blog/agricultura-regenerativa /

Clara Bosch, “Regenerative Agriculture: What is it? Who is it for? Common practices, principles and resources,” https://wikifarmer.com/regenerative-agriculture-what-is-it-who-is-it-for-common-practices-principles-and-resources/

Enrique Kolmans & Darwin Vasquez, “Manual de Agricultural Ecologica,” Nov. 1999, https://storage.googleapis.com/portalfruticola/2018/08/41cae060-manualagriculturaecologica.pdf

UCSC Center for Agroecology, Guías para agricultores principiantes de cultivos especializados

Francisco José Castillo Díaz , La conexión sostenible: residuos y economía circular en agricultura intensiva, https://www.plataformatierra.es/innovacion/la-conexion-sostenible-residuos-y-economia-circular-en-agricultura-intensiva/

Rodias, E.; Aivazidou, E.; Achillas, C.; Aidonis, D.; Bochtis, D., Water-Energy-Nutrients Synergies in the Agrifood Sector: A Circular Economy Framework. Energies 2021, 14, 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14010159

Workshop #2: Regenerating Agricultural Resources at Whiskey Hill Farms

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), “Biological Indicators and Soil Functions,” Feb. 2015.

USDA NRCS, “Chemical Indicators and Soil Functions,” Feb. 2015.

Robert Flynn & John Idowu, “Managing Organic Matter in Farm and Garden Soils,” New Mexico State University CES, #687.

Robert Flynn, “Interpreting Soil Tests: Unlocking the Secrets of Your Soil,” New Mexico State University CES, #676.

Chris Nichols, “Introduction to Soil Biology,” USDA Agricultural Research Service, n.d.

Mark Schonbeck, Diana Jerkins, Vicki Lowell, “Soil Health and Organic Farming,” Organic Farming Research Foundation, July 2019.

ATTRA Agricultura Sustentable, “Hoja de Datos: Evaluando el Recurso Suelo para Agricultores Orgánicos Principiantes,” Julio, 2015.

Servicio de Conservacion de Recursos Naturales, “Suelos Saludables y Productivos– Lista de verificación para productores.”

CropLife Latin America, Infografia_Proteccion_Suelos.

Robert Flynn, “Test Your Garden Soil” & “Haga un análisis de suelo a su jardín,” New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service, aces.nmsu.edu/pubs.

Workshop #3: Practicing Regenerative Agriculture

“Principles and Practices of Growing Cover Crops,” UCSC Center for Agroecology (video)

Andy Clark, “Cover Crops for Sustainable Crop Rotations,” WSARE.

Rob Myers, et al., “Cover Crop Economics,” WSARE.

Rodale Institute, “Cover Crops and No-Till Management for Organic Systems.”

Laura Murphy, “Cultivos de Cobertura: Un ejercicio de charla y pensamiento para determinar las mejores aplicaciones de cultivos de cobertura en su finca.” Workshop Presentation.

Andy Clark, “Cultivos de Cobertura para Rotaciones de Cultivos Sustentables,” WSARE.

ATTRA, “Hoja de Datos: Compost” https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/FINAL%20Compost.pdf

NCAT & UC ANR, “How to Add Compost on Your Small Farm.” https://attra.ncat.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/how-to-add-compost-on-your-small-farm.pdf.

NCAT & UC ANR, “Cómo Agregar Compost En Su Pequeña Granja,” https://attra.ncat.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/compostparagranjaspequanas.pdf

Hugo De Corato, “Agricultural waste recycling in horticultural intensive farming systems by on-farm composting and compost-based tea application improves soil quality and plant health: A review under the perspective of a circular economy,” Science of the Total Environment 738 (2020) 139840, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139840

Workshop #4: Technology Day

Moisture sensors

Diagram of moisture sensor configuration 

Experimental dashboard 

Experimental Design and Results of Deployment of SproutLabs Moisture Sensors in a Control and Experimental Bed

Shipping container coolers

Container Mini-pack house

How to Build a walk-in cooler for your small farm

Land leveling

How to Level the Land (video)

Static aerated compost piles

ASP Composting Webinar

Hoop Houses

Del Jimenez, “High Tunnel Hoop House Construction for New Mexico,” New Mexico State Cooperative Extension Service Circular 606, https://pubs.nmsu.edu/_circulars/CR606.pdf

ALBA, “Beginning Farmer Research & Instruction on Growing in High Tunnels,” WSARE, https://projects.sare.org/project-reports/ow17-043/

WSARE, “A Hoophouse on the Move,” https://sustainable-farming.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/High-Tunnel-Moveable-RunnerRail-Assembly-SARE-FW07-319.pdf

Rabin & Vanranken, “High Tunnels in New Jersey,” https://sustainable-farming.rutgers.edu/high-tunnels-in-new-jersey/

Brent Black, et al, “Constructing a Low-cost High Tunnel,” Jan. 2008, https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1296&context=extension_curall

Workshop #5: Marketing & Distribution

Workshop #6: Farming as a Business, the Business of Farming