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Identifying, Harvesting & Cooking Bamboo
I first read that bamboo is edible in my Army Survival Manual around age 14. That was over 25 years ago when my knowledge of botany was extremely limited. The book said to eat the young shoots, but...
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Book of the Week: Restoration Agriculture
By Mark Shepard Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Acres U.S.A. original book, Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard. Copyright 2013, softcover, 339 pages. Regular price: $30.00. SALE PRICE:...
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Book Excerpt: The Simple Has Been Made Complicated
The following is an excerpt is reprinted from SOIL: Notes Towards the Theory and Practice of Nurture Capital by Slow Money founder Woody Tasch. We live in a world in which the complicated has been made...
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Agricultural Lessons from the Deer
One thing I know very well and yet continue to study is the whitetail deer. Although cursed by crop farmers, landscapers, gardeners and others I sympathize with, deer provide many valuable lessons and...
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Book of the Week: The Farm as Ecosystem
By Jerry Brunetti Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Acres U.S.A. original book, The Farm as Ecosystem, written by Jerry Brunetti. Copyright 2014, softcover, 335 pages. Regular price: $30.00. SALE...
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Biointensive Growing for Smart-Scale Farming
Conventional thinking holds that vegetable farms must be fully mechanized and produce on a certain scale to provide a livelihood, except in extraordinary circumstances, but Les Jardins de la Grelinette...
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The Faux Faith of Modern Science
Think very carefully the next time your physician suggests new prescription drugs or offers you a bit of medical advice. “Science is part and parcel humility. Scientists do not seek to impose their...
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Book of the Week: Farming in the Presence of Nature
By Athena Tainio Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Acres U.S.A. original book, Farming in the Presence of Nature by Athena Tainio. Copyright 2017, softcover, 116 pages. Regular price: $18.00. SALE...
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Treasure Trove of Fertility: Composting Mussels
For about the last two years, I have been experimenting with composting mussels. Head to southern West Virginia and you’ll meet farmers who are learning to amend the brown, yellowish sandy soil deep...
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Pigs on Pasture: Water & Shelter
Appropriate shelter and access to clean water are critical aspects of survival for humans and animals alike. Shelter is where an animal feels the absence of stress. Every animal needs a certain level...
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Tractor Time Episode 18: Charles Walters, Then, Today and Tomorrow (from 2006)
Tractor Time episode 18 will feature a lecture by Charles Walters, aptly titled, “Then, Today & Tomorrow.” Given in 2006, you will find it’s still relevant today.Acres U.S.A., the monthly magazine...
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Slow Money: Shared Risk Investment
Slow Money Founder, Author Woody Tasch Discusses Community-Based Economics, Soil as Foundation for Societal Health Almost a decade ago a book was published that seemed perfectly attuned to its time, as...
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Book of the Week: Secrets of Fertile Soils
By Erhard Hennig Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Acres U.S.A. original book, Secrets of Fertile Soils, by Erhard Hennig. Copyright 2016, softcover, 200 pages. Regular Price: $24.00. SALE PRICE:...
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Key Stages of Resilience for Plant Health
Our vision and our mission is to help farmers produce healthy crops which are insect and disease resistant and have no need for toxic insecticides and fungicides. We can accomplish this goal by...
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Real-World Composting: Making the Life/Death Cycle Work for Your Operation
By Malcolm Beck Editor’s Note: This article was first published in the February 1997 issue of Acres U.S.A. magazine. We republished it in 2018 in memory of Malcolm Beck, who passed away and was an...
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André Leu on Monsanto/Bayer Trial: Glyphosate Safety in Question
By André Leu The recent verdict awarding Dewayne Johnson $289 million, because a jury determined that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancer, will open the...
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Minerals for Healthy Soil & High-Quality, Top Yields
It’s a new century, and there is more knowledge about farming and the role of minerals, and there are more farmers paying attention to it. When it comes to farming, we know what the “base” is: putting...
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Book of the Week: Small Farms are Real Farms
By John Ikerd Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Acres U.S.A. original book Small Farms are Real Farms, by John Ikerd. Copyright 2008, softcover, 249 pages. Regular price: $20.00. After decades of...
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Farming to Improve Soil Health
Today, you can’t pick up a farm paper or any other ag publication without seeing something about cover crops, minimum tillage and farming to improve soil health. But what exactly is meant by “soil...
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Book excerpt: Reproduction and Animal Health
By Gearld Fry Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the Acres U.S.A. title Reproduction and Animal Health, by Gearld Fry. Copyright 2003, softcover, 218 pages. We republished this excerpt in 2018 in...
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