Outside Chico on the morning the Camp Fire broke out
Outside Chico on the morning the Camp Fire broke out
Outside Chico on the morning the Camp Fire broke out
Outside Chico on the morning the Camp Fire broke out
Outside Chico on the morning the Camp Fire broke out
Outside Chico on the morning the Camp Fire broke out
Outside Chico on the morning the Camp Fire broke out
On the drive back to Chico on the day the Camp Fire started
On the drive back to Chico on the day the Camp Fire started
8 November, 2018. Lunchtime in Chico
8 November, 2018. Lunchtime in Chico
8 November, 2018. Lunchtime in Chico
Fire fighters on their way
8 November, 2018. Lunchtime in Chico
8 November, 2018. Lunchtime in Chico
8 November, 2018. Lunchtime in Chico
8 November, 2018. Lunchtime in Chico
There is no other news today
Chapter : 1
Soil biologist Dr Kris Nichols
Chapter : 2
Amish country: Riding up to the cash point
Even in Amish country buggies don’t always have the right of way
Amish country – you might get stuck behind a horse and buggy
Bethlehem Steel near Allentown. Once the largest steel works in the US.
Bethlehem Steel near Allentown. Once the largest steel works in the US.
Bethlehem Steel near Allentown. Once the largest steel works in the US.
Bethlehem Steel near Allentown. Once the largest steel works in the US.
Bethlehem Steel near Allentown. Once the largest steel works in the US.
Bethlehem Steel near Allentown. Once the largest steel works in the US.
Bethlehem Steel near Allentown. Once the largest steel works in the US.
The roller-crimper
Field system trials at the Rodale Institut
Gathering samples: Students at Rodale
Amish customer at Lakeview Organic Grain, Penn Yan
For Klaas Martens every field tells a story
Indicator plants – which nutrients are in the soil and what’s missing
Year three of building soil. Next year there will be rye for harvest.
The Martens‘ seed and grain business is next to the railway line in Penn Yan
The beautiful mill of Lakeview Organic
The Martens‘ seed and grain business is next to the railway line in Penn Yan
Lakeview Organic Grain in Penn Yan, NY
Kernza – you could mistake it for just any old grass...
Perennial crops protect the soil. Breeding trial at the Land Institute in Kansas
Seed selection. Land Institute, KS
Which traits will the plants display? Land Institute, KS
The Konza Prairie – this is how much of the US looked like for millennia
The Konza Prairie – this is how much of the US looked like for millennia
Chapter :3
Abandoned farmstead in Kansas
Abandoned farmstead in Kansas
Original farm building, Homestead National Monument, Lincoln, NE
Homestead Act and claiming 140 acres – how the US were divided up
Probably not making the link between corn, HFCS and soft drinks...
New settlers in a dougout, the roof made from grass sods
Chapter : 4
Marghee Maupin, family nurse practitioner on Kauai
Test sites on Kauai – visitors not welcome
The beautiful side of Hawai’i tourists come to see
The beautiful side of Hawai’i tourists come to see
The beautiful side of Hawai’i tourists come to see
All big agrochemical companies have a presence on Hawai’i
All big agrochemical companies have a presence on Hawai’i
Former Hawai’i State Senator Gary Hooser took the fight to the chemical companies
Test sites on Kauai – visitors not welcome
Test sites on Kauai – visitors not welcome
Test sites on Kauai – visitors not welcome
It’s complicated: When ChemChina acquired Syngenta, Hartung Brothers Inc. took over Syngenta’s business on Hawai’i
It’s complicated: When ChemChina acquired Syngenta, Hartung Brothers Inc. took over Syngenta’s business on Hawai’i
In 2008 , 60 students and several teachers at the Waimea high school had to be hospitalized after the fields next to the school were sprayed with pesticides
Test sites on Kauai – visitors not welcome
Corn plants in the Monsanto green house on Maui
Numbered - Corn plants in the Monsanto green house on Maui
Monsanto test site on Maui
Farmer and Maui county council member Alika Atay
On Maui, Autumn Ness shows us the Monsanto test site right next to a housing development
Dr Lorrin Peng meets us in a café so he can speak freely
Dr Lorrin Peng meets us in a café so he can speak freely
Chapter : 5
Taro field
Taro field
Both, taro root and leaves are edible
Taro in an organic shop in Honolulu
Supermarkets in weathy areas are well stocked with local and organic produce
Ned Whitlock works with compost tea and ferments on his farm on Kauai
Compost tea and ferments on the Moloa’a Organica on Kauai
Moloa’a Organica farm on Kauai
Organic farmer Ned Whitlock came to Kauai from Arkansas
Hektor Valenzuela is professor at the University of Hawai‘i in Oahu
Hawai’i Congressman Chris Lee in his office in Honolulu
Organic farm in the north of Oahu
Roots Café at the KKV health center in western Honolulu
Fiore Anderson is gardener at the Ho`oulu `Aina community garden in Honolulu
The community garden is just on the outskirts of Honolulu
Sharon Kaiulani Odom at the KKV community health center
In Kalihi on the west side of Honolulu unemployment and poverty rates are high
In Kalihi on the west side of Honolulu unemployment and poverty rates are high
Good food is medicine
Ma’o farm on the east side of Oahu
Ma’o Farms trains a new generation of Hawai’ian farmers
Ma’o Farms trains a new generation of Hawai’ian farmers
Ma’o Farms trains a new generation of Hawai’ian farmers
Michelle Obama visited Ma’o Farms twice because of its farmer training program
Michelle Obama visited Ma’o Farms twice because of its farmer training program
Sorting and packing vegetables and salds is part of the Ma’o Farms training program
Sorting and packing vegetables and salds is part of the Ma’o Farms training program
Sorting and packing vegetables and salds is part of the Ma’o Farms training program
Sorting and packing vegetables and salds is part of the Ma’o Farms training program
Chapter : 6
Frasier Ranch, Colorado
Perfect location for an interview
New cattle arrives at the Frasier Ranch
Frasier Ranch, Colorado
Blue grama grass
Mark Frasier inspecting grass growth on his ranch
Frasier Ranch, Colorado
The cows were here
Mark Frasier inspecting grass growth on his ranch
The farm manager and his son, out on the Japanese Quarter Horses
Everyone hates branding cattle but in Colorado it’s the law
Everyone hates branding cattle but in Colorado it’s the law
Everyone hates branding cattle but in Colorado it’s the law
Everyone hates branding cattle but in Colorado it’s the law
Everyone hates branding cattle but in Colorado it’s the law
Frasier Ranch, Colorado
Just branded – new arrival on the Frasier Ranch
Where is the ranch?
A few miles after Last Chance, CO
Regenerative ag gathers traction in Nebraska
Flyover country – it’s beautiful!
Flyover country – it’s beautiful!
The Fulton family – Dad Kevin, Coleen, Cammy and Tim
Felled for a few more rows of corn
Soil erosion
The thin dark layer is all the top soil that is left
Soil erosion
With the soil goes the farm
Spot the difference: roots of a wheat plant and prairie grass (Foto: Land Institute)
Native prairie on the Fulton farm
Native prairie on the Fulton farm
Native prairie on the Fulton farm
Standing in a dougout
Soil erosion
Cattle on the Fulton Farm
Electric fences can be moved fast and are ideal for rotational grazing
Small feedlot in Nebraska
Feedlot outside Yuma, Colorado
Feedlot outside Yuma, Colorado
Feedlot outside Yuma, Colorado
Feedlot outside Yuma, Colorado
Feedlot outside Yuma, Colorado
Chapter : 7
Leaving Colorado
Gun shop in St. Francis, KS
Fresh Seven – where one meets in St. Francis
Where Main Street ends in St. Francis
This is not a toy truck! Grain silo in St. Francis
Tim and Robyn Raille. Tim’s birthday bast at the Fresh Seven had a 70s theme
It’s raining, the combine stays in
It’s raining, the combine stays in
Tim Raille uses these v-shaped knives to undercut weeds.
Rancher and meat producer Mike Callicrate
Mobile slaughter unit on the Callicrate Ranch
Mobile slaughter unit on the Callicrate Ranch
Mobile slaughter unit on the Callicrate Ranch
Mobile slaughter unit on the Callicrate Ranch
The ranch is just a few miles down the road
Cattle on the Callicrate Ranch
There is always wind blowing in Kansas
Joanne Klie sews individual cloth bags for the flour to be sent out in
Bob and Joanne Klie on their organic farm near St. Francis
Cattle on the Klie farm
Stark beauty
You know where you are when you see these....
Hail damage
Growing into wind breakers – trees on the ‘Y- Knot Farm’
Jeter Isley shows us what hopefully will grow into a hedge
Kansas skies
Cattle on the Klie farm
Chapter : 8
Gail Fuller, regenerative farmer in Emporia, KS
Gail Fuller’s heritage corn
Sorghum seeded directly into permanent pasture
Gail Fuller in one of his experimental fields
Good soil smells good
Martin’s strange way of taking a selfie
The roots are over 5.6ft
Inspecting the fresh pasture
Where have the others gone?
The buffet is open, please form an orderly queue
If only signs would work....
The meat chickens in these cages are moved to new pasture several times a day
Nancy William’s mobile hen house
Free range turkeys on the Williams Farm
Designer living for laying hens
Deer can’t resist this field, says Darin Williams
Non GM soy beans (left) do better than the GM variety
The dust clouds are back
Deep plowing and use of heavy machinery have destroyed the soil
Root nodules help soy beans fix nitrogen
Chapter : 9
‘Ice’ reads the warning on the car dashboard
Strange beauty
Strange beauty
Michael Thompson worked hard become a farmer
When industrial agriculture turns soil into dust
Why would there be no runoff?
Why would there be no runoff?
When a farmer is not the steward of the land
Before the Dust Bowl 900 people lived here, now it’s just 250
Main Street Bladen, NE
Inside Green Cover Seed
It’s all on the label
Inside Green Cover Seed
Inside Green Cover Seed
Silos at Green Cover Seed
The Green Cover Seed pest control team
Is there a cover crop seed you cannot get here?
Is there a cover crop seed you cannot get here?
Safely stored
Call me weird, but I think bins are beautiful
Mice, be aware!
Green Cover Seed founder Keith Berns
Field trial for seed mixes
This is what soil should look like
On the right track
Bladen cemetery
Is there a cover crop seed you cannot get here?
Del Ficke is passionate about soil
Sign post for industrial agriculture?
Del Ficke in a field with warm season cover crops
Vounteer raddish among warm season cover crops
Cattle cover crop ‚salad bar’
‘Cowboy genetics’: Del Ficke’s GrazeMaster cattle
Born to graze
Earth worm heaven
Born to graze
Who are you?
Del Ficke’s ranch just ouside Lincoln, NE
Big Ag is everywhere
Big Ag is everywhere
Big Ag is everywhere
Center pivot irrigation - the water reserves in the Ogallala Aquifer are shrinking fast
Center pivot irrigation - the water reserves in the Ogallala Aquifer are shrinking fast
Center pivot irrigation - the water reserves in the Ogallala Aquifer are shrinking fast
Center pivot irrigation near Denver, CO
Center pivot irrigation near Denver, CO
Center pivot irrigation close up
Center pivot irrigation close up
Center pivot irrigation close up
Center pivot irrigation close up
Chapter : 10
In California’s Central Valley water wells reach so deep, oil drill equipment is needed
In California’s Central Valley water wells reach so deep, oil drill equipment is needed
In California’s Central Valley water wells reach so deep, oil drill equipment is needed
Thule fog brings moisture to orchards in the Central Valley
Almond orchard in the San Joaquin Valley
Most of the world’s almonds come from California
In California’s Central Valley water wells reach so deep, oil drill equipment is needed
Nothing grows without irrigation
One of the many canals that transports water from northern California to the south
The lake behind the Shasta Dam in northern California
There would be no water in southern California without the Shasta Dam
Shasta Dam
Sierra Orchards organic walnuts
Orchard rejuviation
Orchard rejuviation
Walnut tree, about 70 years old
Orchard rejuviation
Waiting to become an art project
Sean McNamara has managed to compost walnut hulls
Sun burnt walnuts can easily overheat compost
Sean McNamara will work with cover crops and sheep to improve the soil quality further
Sierra Orchards - serene beauty on an fall morning
Rice harvest in California
Rice harvest in California
Rice research at Lundberg Family Farms
Bryce Lundberg shows us different rice varieties
The bins have been painted white because that lowers the temperature inside
Chapter : 11
Our Riverford veg box arrives
I do like Mondays
Riverford founder Guy Watson
Packing Riverford boxes
Agroforestry pioneer Stephen Briggs watching a weather front move in
Storm front moving in on Whitehall Farm near Peterborough
Carbon rich soil on Stephen Briggs’ farm
The straw will be bailed and sold to an organic mushroom grower. Once used, Briggs buys it back because it is now an excellent fertilizer.
Tram lines
To allow field work in the allies, the spacing between the rows of trees needs to be exact.
The fruit trees in this arable agroforestry system bring extra income to the farm
Briggs would like an orchardist to take care of the trees while he focusses on arable crops
Getting the word out about compost
Alfred Grand on his farm in Absdorf, Austria
Strip with flower mix to attract pollinators and beneficial insects
Beehives are the perfect addition to a regenerative ag system
Alfred Grand seeds soybeans directly into cover crops
Cover crops, the more species, the merrier....
Inside Grand’s worm compost ‘factory’
Worms at work
Why might Alfred Grand’s twitter handle might be @Vermigrand...
Chapter : 12
Don Cameron, grower and president of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture
Kate Scow with the planting plan for the University Davis, Russel ranch test plots
The UC Davis scientists are 25 years into a 100 year field trial
Chico University Farm at noon on day two of the Camp Fire
Chico University Farm at noon on day two of the Camp Fire
Chico University Farm at noon on day two of the Camp Fire
Chico University Farm at noon on day two of the Camp Fire
Chico University Farm at noon on day two of the Camp Fire
Chico University Farm at noon on day two of the Camp Fire
Cynthia Daley: ‚We maybe have 10 years to fix this’.
Chico University Farm at noon on day two of the Camp Fire
Chico University Farm at noon on day two of the Camp Fire
Aerated from inside – this compost has an ideal bacteria to fungi ratio
Aerated from inside – this compost has an ideal bacteria to fungi ratio
Impressions
India
To write the book, Marianne Landzettel and photographer Martin Kunz visited projects in India.
California
To write the book, Marianne Landzettel and photographer Martin Kunz visited projects in the California.
Iowa
To write the book, Marianne Landzettel and photographer Martin Kunz visited projects in Iowa.
