Quality Agriculture: Conversations about Regenerative Agronomy with Innovative Scientists and Growers - Softcover

Kempf, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1734844507 ISBN 13: 9781734844504

Publisher: Regenerative Agriculture Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

An increasing number of farmers and scientists believe the foundational ideas of mainstream agronomy are incomplete and unsound. Conventional crop production ignores biology in favor of chemical interventions, leading farmers to buy inputs they don’t need. Fertilizer recommendations keep going up, pest pressure becomes more intense, pesticide applications are needed more often, and soil health continues to degrade. However, innovative growers and researchers are beginning to think differently about production agriculture systems. They have developed practices that regenerate soil and plant health and that deliver much better results than mainstream methods. Using these principles, growers are able to decrease fertilizer applications, reduce disease and insect pressure, hold more water in the soil, improve soil health, and grow crops that are more resilient to climatic extremes, increasing farm profitability immediately. As a leading agronomist and teacher, John Kempf has implemented regenerative agricultural systems on millions of acres across many different crop types and growing regions with his team at Advancing Eco Agriculture. In Quality Agriculture, John interviews a group of growers, consultants, and scientists who describe how to think and farm differently in order to produce exceptional results in the field. Their remarkable insights will challenge you, encourage you, and inspire gratitude and joy for the rewards of working with natural systems.

About this title

About the Author

John Kempf is an entrepreneur, a speaker, a podcast host, and a teacher. He grew up on a fruit and vegetable farm in northeastern Ohio, and he has developed nutrition management systems that regenerate plant and soil health quickly, resulting in strong economic returns for growers. 

As the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, Crop Health Labs, Ozadia, and the Regenerative Agriculture Academy, he is passionate about the potential of well-managed agriculture ecosystems to reverse ecological degradation, bringing joy and profit back to producers. John's mission is to have these regenerative models of agriculture management become the mainstream globally by 2040.

From the Back Cover

An increasing number of farmers and scientists believe the foundational ideas of mainstream agronomy are incomplete and unsound. Conventional crop production ignores biology in favor of chemical interventions, leading farmers to buy inputs they don't need. Fertilizer recommendations keep going up, pest pressure becomes more intense, pesticide applications are needed more often, and soil health continues to degrade.

However, innovative growers and researchers are beginning to think differently about production agriculture systems. They have developed practices that regenerate soil and plant health and that deliver much better results than mainstream methods. Using these principles, growers are able to decrease fertilizer applications, reduce disease and insect pressure, hold more water in the soil, improve soil health, and grow crops that are more resilient to climatic extremes, increasing farm profitability immediately.

As a leading agronomist and teacher, John Kempf has implemented regenerative agricultural systems on millions of acres across many different crop types and growing regions with his team at Advancing Eco Agriculture. In Quality Agriculture, John interviews a group of growers, consultants, and scientists who describe how to think and farm differently in order to produce exceptional results in the field. Their remarkable insights will challenge you, encourage you, and inspire gratitude and joy for the rewards of working with natural systems.

Edition details

• Publisher: Regenerative Agriculture Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1734844507
• ISBN 13: 9781734844504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 298