Dan Kittredge, farmer and Executive Director of the Bionutrient Food Association and the annual Soil & Nutrition Conference, continues his passionate discourse on how we can increase quality in the food supply and transform our current system. This is happening by educating growers, raising awareness among consumers and conducting research on the nature of crop quality and the correlation between soil health, plant health and human health. In part 4 of this journey of discovery, we continue opening up to better ways how we grow food and forge pathways for unparalleled quality to emerge in the marketplace.
VIDEO: High Bionutrient Crop Production with Dan Kittredge Part 4
Dan Kittredge, farmer and Executive Director of the Bionutrient Food Association and the annual Soil & Nutrition Conference, continues his passionate discourse on how we can increase quality in the food supply and transform our current system. This is happening by educating growers, raising awareness among consumers and conducting research on the nature of crop quality and the correlation between soil health, plant health and human health. In part 4 of this journey of discovery, we continue opening up to better ways how we grow food and forge pathways for unparalleled quality to emerge in the marketplace.
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Great Series. Looking forward to more! Stayed up to 2 AM binge watching this.
Orellana
Learning a lot, but I have so many questions. If you're growing a "living mulch" perennial cover on permanent annual vegetable beds, like white clover or creeping thyme, will an annual vegetable seedling limit its growth and yield potential based on growing in close proximity to these perennial roots? I've read in other sources that root proximity shouldn't limit nutrient uptake in healthy, biologically active soil as long as there is physically enough room for both root systems.
Blueberries can be raised in much higher Ph. Blueberries can be raised in lower PH but that does not mean that is what they want. When roots reach a barrier, the plant defines downwards what they can do. Space. Tillers = stems with grain on it. Plant tomatoes later and further apart. When the plant sends out its roots and find no limits, then it grows to full capacity. This increases yield 200 to 400%.He plants kale 3 feet apart. Space plants further out. Get more yields with less labor. He can either add mulch and crimp and lay down his cover crop.Potting soils are sterilized and worthless. Geneticist: Corn yield should be over 1,000 bushels per acre. Yield actual is 160 bushels. 16% is not good. Compost potting soils are better. Potting soils need calcium, silica and trace elements. Dirt from your garden does not make good potting soil. Foliar spraying is good. The leaf has microbes that are beneficial to it. Use a mist blower. 4 gallon capacity. Do it at dusk. Foliar spraying can make you look like a better farmer than you are.
In case anyone was wondering about the System of Crop Intensification (SCI) approach to potatoes: http://sri.cals.cornell.edu/countries/pakistan/pakSCIother_crops10.pdf
26:00 Biochar – Until it is innoculated with beneficial soil organisms, it is just charcoal. When charcoal is first made, it contains substances that are actually toxic to beneficial soil dwelling soil organisms. Dr. Elaine Ingham, PhD is a soil microbiologist, and she talks about this in some of her presentations on YouTube. Or see her website: http://www.SoilFoodWeb.com
Thank you! Wow, great system!
Soul force is the divine aspect of creation, a mother tree hundreds of years old has greater soul force than a new seedling, it is mana from our games.
You can still be in that alter state of consciousness but your consciousness is replaced your day to day persona.
And then European myths and legends say the same thing. Plants talk in our myths.
The scientists have made singing trees, look it up.
regarding the onion having multiple potential outcomes based on environmental factors, could that explain why they have five times as much DNA as humans? https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2000/02/why-onions-have-more-dna-than-you-do/
Such great information. Thank you Dan!
" What works best " ? Enjoy the Eternal Trip
And kids eat boogers to inoculate themselves.
This is incredibly interesting, informative, and exciting! Thank you Mr. Kittredge for your work and for sharing this critical information!
The seminars in this series is the most insightful and inspiring information I've heard in my whole life, so far. Thanks for sharing!! 🙂