December 23, 2024

VIDEO: Biochar Workshop Part 3, The Carbon Cycle

Visit our website at http://www.livingwebfarms.org for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically. Watch the whole day of the recent Biochar Workshop led by Bob Wells, soil scientist Jon Nilsson and Patryk Battle. Learn how to make biochar and its many beneficial uses including greatly enhancing soil life and fertility. Discover innovative ways…

VIDEO: Biochar Workshop Part 2, Why to Make Biochar

Visit our website at http://www.livingwebfarms.org for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically. Watch the whole day of the recent Biochar Workshop led by Bob Wells, soil scientist Jon Nilsson and Patryk Battle. Learn how to make biochar and its many beneficial uses including greatly enhancing soil life and fertility. Discover innovative ways…

VIDEO: Organic Growers School Poultry Workshop, Part 19

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org How do we build “Egg Sheds” and feed communities healthy and nutritious eggs in abundance? Pat Foreman explains it all and gives us the simple formula that can easily help us provide eggs as a local food resource. Jim Adkins…

VIDEO: Organic Growers School Poultry Workshop, Part 14

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org See the heritage poultry flock of Grandview Living Web Farm in the pasture. Rocco Sinicrope talks about his experience raising the flock. Jim Adkins and Harvey Ussery talk about how to effectively manage a flock. Then we follow the flock…

VIDEO: Organic Growers School Poultry Workshop, Part 6

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org International poultry judge, Jim Adkins of the Sustainable Poultry Network hosts the day at the Grandview Farm as the Organic Growers School brings together poultry experts, innovators and authors including Patricia L. Foreman, Jim Adkins and Harvey Ussery. Learn about…

VIDEO: Organic Growers School Poultry Workshop, Part 7

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org Chicken house strategies shared by Harvey Ussery help you customize the comfort of your flock depending on your situation. Find out how to help chickens stay healthy by giving them access to the right conditions. Observe your chickens to find…

VIDEO: Organic Growers School Poultry Workshop, Part 5

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org International poultry judge Jim Adkins introduces chicken expert Harvey Ussery, author of The Small Scale Poultry Flock. Harvey starts his talk with types of housing for chicken flocks and shows various ways to manage in any type of weather.

VIDEO: Organic Growers School Poultry Workshop, Part 4

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org Jim Adkins shares great stories of various breeds and all their unique personalities. For newbies, ask youself, why am I getting chickens and ask yourself the important questions to help you make the best choices for gathering your flock.

VIDEO: Organic Growers School Poultry Workshop, Part 2

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org International poultry judge, Jim Adkins of the Sustainable Poultry Network hosts the day at the Grandview Farm as the Organic Growers School brings together poultry experts, innovators and authors including Patricia L. Foreman, Jim Adkins and Harvey Ussery. Learn about…

VIDEO: Organic Growers School Poultry Workshop, Part 3

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org Jim Adkins explores what sustainable poultry really means and how what goes into the birds affects us. Jim clears the air on what terms in poultry actually represent. We then start exploring heritage breeds and their remarkable characteristics.

VIDEO: Organic Growers School Poultry Workshop, Part 1

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org International poultry judge, Jim Adkins of the Sustainable Poultry Network hosts the day at the Grandview Farm as the Organic Growers School brings together poultry experts, innovators and authors including Patricia L. Foreman, Jim Adkins and Harvey Ussery. Learn about…

VIDEO: Mills River Educational Farm Tour Part 3

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org As Pat leads the group outside t cool off, he continues to explain the synergistic and sustainable ways the Mills River Farm and Grandview farms are operating. He also discusses some organic farming policy issues.

VIDEO: Mills River Educational Farm Tour Part I

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org Join us on group tour of Mills River Educational Farm. Pat Battle talks to 46 environmental educators brought to the farm by Jeanine M. Davis, Ph.D. Dr. Davis is Associate Professor and Extension Specialist at the Dept. of Horticultural Science,…

VIDEO: Mills River Educational Farm Tour Part 2

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org The group tour heads into the greenhouse to see the abundance of vegetables growing. Living Web Farms staff member Marshall Hagan explains his background in conventional farming and his transformation to organic production methods.

VIDEO: Mills River Educational Farm Tour Part 6

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org Dr. Jeanine Davis of the Mountain Horticultural Research Center brought a group of 46 environmental educators to learn more about Living Web Farms while visiting the Mills River Educational Farm. Our tour wraps up as we see the compost production…

VIDEO: Mills River Educational Farm Tour Part 5

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org Stepping into the main garden, Pat describes how the garden design includes many plants for beneficial insects then Rocco Sinicrope explains how he flamed the weed seedlings as a quick efficient technique early in the season.

VIDEO: Mills River Educational Farm Tour Part 4

Visit our website for workshops and many free resources for growing food organically at http://www.livingwebfarms.org Pat Battle invites Jeremy and Tim to show off the huge garlic just harvested from our no till beds. Jeremy describes the processes of planting into cover crops, mulching, improving beds with “lasagna” techniques and other organic amendments utilized at…