Soil Rehabilitation
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Breaking Ground With Dynamic Accumulators
Since the term was first introduced in the 1980s, the use of dynamic accumulators on the permaculture homestead has become…
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To predict droughts, don’t look at the skies. Look in the soil… from space
Another summer, another drought. Sydney’s water storages are running on empty, and desalinisation plants are being dusted off. Elsewhere, shrunken…
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Where is the World?
Professor Claude Bourguinon, co-founder of the Laboratoire Analyses Microbiologiques Sols (LAMS), an independent soil testing laboratory helping farmers understand their soil…
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Understanding Biological Farming: A simplified understanding of ‘compost tea’ a plant and soil probiotic
In ideal soil ecosystems, we would have dramatically different soil and certainly a dramatically different level of ‘made made’ toxins.…
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Soil Contamination: Its Causes, Effects, and Solutions
What is Soil Contamination? Soil contamination refers to the destruction of land that could be used constructively by human activities,…
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Restoring Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils Using Compost
Metals become contaminants when their amounts in soil, reach levels that are toxic to human life, plants or other biological…
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Biochar, A Brief History
Biochar, while boasting an ancient history, is actually just gaining popularity among many circles today. While it’s believed that ancient…
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Phytoremediation
Phytoremediation is a biological technique used to restore polluted water and soil environments to their natural state. It involves the…
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How Do You Restore Degraded Soil?
A degraded soil typically loses its ability to supply food and habitation to living organisms, in its surrounding. When this…
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Save our Soils
All terrestrial life depends on soil, directly or indirectly. Although our understanding of topsoil has grown by leaps and bounds…
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Food Sovereignty
‘Food sovereignty’ is fast becoming a lost concept; the right to have the knowledge and resources to grow our own…
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Soil Degradation: Another Carbon Story
Soil degradation can be a depressing topic. It is generally accepted that the decline in soil quality across Australia following…
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