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Feathertop

April 15, 2024
By Ben A Faber
For years, I thought I was seeing fountain grass, an invasive grass that is found in all kinds of wild and disturbed settings.
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Soil Health Assessment Report

April 4, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Soil Biodiversity in California Agriculture: Framework and Indicators for Soil Health Assessment Prepared by: California Department of Food and Agriculture Below Ground Biodiversity Advisory Committee Soil health depends on soil biodiversity.
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Weed B Gone and Tree B Gone?

March 28, 2024
By Ben A Faber
With all the rain last year, even extending into August and now with the rains since December there is a lot of natural ground cover growing, When it gets out of hand, we call it weedy.
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Sewage to Sustenance

March 27, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Jules Bernstein - UC Riverside, Senior Public Information Officer Plant materials that would otherwise become trash may be the key to solving two big problems: diminishing freshwater supplies for farms and diminishing effectiveness of antibiotics.
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Los Fundamentos de la Salud del Suelo

March 22, 2024
By Ben A Faber
La Fundacin para la Investigacin de la Agricultura Orgnica (OFRF por sus siglas en ingls) se complace en anunciar un nuevo curso asncrono en lnea que cubre la importancia de la salud del suelo para la produccin agrcola.
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