[Light, electronic music fades in.] Narrator: The science of soil analysis and management has evolved quickly in recent years… …and researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have been leading the way… …using new methodology called a soil fingerprinting framework. The…
Tag: Environment
Why you can’t go solar in the Imperial Irrigation District
We’ re working hard to help reinstate the viable solar program for ratepayers of Imperial Irrigation District. Hi, this is Vincent Battaglia, President of the Board of the Electric Ratepayers Alliance. It’s is fundamentally unfair that families, businesses and nonprofits…
Management of Contract Farms
When we partner with a grower at Cooper Farms, we don’t just stop our attention to that grower at the completion of the building. Part of our program at Cooper’s is to audit our growers to make sure they are…
How to Start a Garden
Hi, I’m Tricia, and organic gardener. Organic vegetable gardening is very rewarding. And whether you live in the countryside, in the city, or in the subarbs, you can enjoy homegrown vegetables. Today, I’m at my friend Autumn’s house and we’re…
2013 World Food Prize
Funding for The World Food Prize was provided by Friends of Iowa Public Television, the Iowa Public Television Foundation. And by the W.T. & Edna M. Dahl Trust. Support comes from Alliant Energy, working to help Iowa businesses be more…
Valley Gardens – One year on
I mean phase 1&2 has gone very smoothly to be honest We’ve had great cooperation working with the council, the planners, the contractors and it has been a good team effort to make sure we minimise disruption to bus services…
Soil: not another climate horror story
The only thing that stands between us and extinction is six inches of soil and the fact that it rains. That’s Anna Krywoszynska, she’s a Faculty Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield and what she’s saying there blows my…
This Country Has Something Everyone Else Wants
Hi, this is Alex, from MinuteEarth. Russia is the biggest country in the world, China is the most populated, and the US is the richest. And then there’s Morocco… which isn’t exactly a global superpower. But it is one of…
How to Integrate Liquid Fertilizer Into Your Irrigation System With Fertigation
Hi I am Tricia an organic gardener. Fertilizing is really important to grow big productive plants, but with all the tasks in the garden sometimes you just don’t have time. Fertigation is a great technique to make sure that your…
Purdue Agronomy Soil Texture Demonstration
We’re going to talk for a few minutes about texture. I’m going to demonstrate a few different types of textures to you. One of the textures I am going to demonstrate is a loam. When you take a loam sample,…