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Episode #44: Juggling Almonds, Olives, Sheep and 8,000 hens with Benina Montes (opens the original)
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Along with her family, Benina Montes of Burroughs Family Farms runs the world's first regenerative organic certified almond orchard, producing walnuts, olives, year-round sheep, and 8,000 laying hens in California's Central Valley. She and Keith talk about how a catch frame harvester lets her keep the orchard floor covered, how cover crops and grazing cut her water use by about 30%, and how she markets her almonds, almond butter, and eggs directly instead of selling into the commodity market. In
Episode #43: How Plants and Microbes Work Together in Harsh Environments with Kevin Elmy (opens the original)
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Kevin Elmy joins the podcast to share how he turned a sandy, worn-out quarter section in Saskatchewan into 26+ inches of rich topsoil, using winter cereals, cover crops, and livestock instead of synthetic inputs. He digs into practical wins any farmer can try this fall — interseeding winter triticale with durum, letting cover crops do their job early instead of chasing a big biomass at season's end, and reading soil biology signals (like weeds and blackberry brush) instead of reaching for anothe
Episode #42: Applying the Soil Health Principles Across Various Landscapes (opens the original)
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Podcast host Keith Berns sits down with his brother and Green Cover co-founder, Brian Berns, Green Cover sales rep Zach Louk and Green Cover's Contract Seed Production Manager, Scott Ravenkamp to describe how each of the six Soil Health Principles is applied on each of their vastly different operations.
Episode #41: The Fertility Hiding in Your Crop Residue — And How to Unlock It with David Olson (opens the original)
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A single Nebraska field trial revealed that fall-applied biology can fix nitrogen straight out of the air and unlock phosphorus already locked in the soil — turning $30 worth of product into over $450 in nutrient value. Keith Berns sits down with David Olson of Sustainable Growing Solutions to break down the science behind the Decomposer and HyprCycle+ program, from how saprophytic fungi break down lignin and cellulose to why fall is the best window all year to build a fungal population in your
Episode #40: Cutting the Nitrogen Bill with Legumes and Microbes (opens the original)
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Nitrogen fertilizer costs U.S. farmers $5 billion a year — but a good chunk of it is sitting in the atmosphere for free. Zach Lauck joins Keith to break down which legumes actually pull their weight (hairy vetch, winter peas, clovers), why timing and planting depth make or break them, and how new inoculants and free-living microbes can fix nitrogen even without a legume in the mix. If you're looking to cut input costs without cutting corners, this one's for you.
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