I'm not sure what's meant by "urban" when there's segments on compaction reduction, cover crops, and livestock integration(???).
@albertalandinstitute90479 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment! “Urban growers” is used in this guide to refer broadly to the concept of urban agriculture which has been defined as “the integration of agriculture within the economic, social and ecological system of urban areas.” Small commercial farms and community-supported agriculture, community gardens, backyard gardens, rooftop gardening, vertical farming and other innovative approaches all fall within this category. Much of the information and tools in this guide may be more or less relevant depending on the type of urban agriculture. More information is available in the “Community Resource Guide” linked in the description.
@agussuparno7419 ай бұрын
How to maintain top soil to keep their moisture on sunny day long summer season ? And also recyle organic compost ? What the best organic compos ingredients
@albertalandinstitute90479 ай бұрын
Thank you for your question! Here's an answer from Sukhwinder Singh: "Thanks for the interesting questions. The maintenance of the moisture on the topsoil will depend on the state of the topsoil in terms of the availability and amount of cover crop. The moisture will be maintained automatically if the soil is densely covered with crops. If the crop is wide-rowed, you may need to cover the inter-row soil with crop residue or organic mulch. If the soil is bare/uncropped, you may need to keep it covered so that the soil moisture can be maintained for a longer period of time. It will not only retain soil moisture but also help suppress weeds and moderate temperature fluctuations. It enhances plant health and also helps maintain the integrity of the soil structure. The best organic compost ingredients can be sawdust and bark mulch, rotted manure (both solid and liquid), farm waste (crop residue), food waste, and compost. You may also add inorganic amendments such as pumice, perlite, vermiculite, and sand."
@agussuparno7419 ай бұрын
@@albertalandinstitute9047 nice very helpful dear, i'am farm chilii/pepper with semi organic method only use a little bit synthetic fertilizer like potash and also phosphorus for increace root growth .. by the way are humic acid can be good combination for organic compost ? Or i give fulvic acid and then i spray to the leaf with amino acid from fish or chicken egg for better growth ? And also ideal PH soil for chilii plant ? I'm stay on tropical state and my soil is laterite
@kevinaschim84759 ай бұрын
Remember that 90% of the organic carbon in compost will go to CO2. Of course the inorganic fraction will still be recovered. But soil biology creates 5 to 30 times more soil carbon than compost will. Feed the biology and you will heal your soil! And its still great to compost of course! Absolutely keep composting!
@FaktaPetani4 ай бұрын
Thank you for informing me about land
@albertalandinstitute90474 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@TheEmbrio9 ай бұрын
13:06 lol Humus is not pronounced hummus
@albertalandinstitute90479 ай бұрын
Oops! You're right, good catch. Composting does not make a bean dip!
@elizabethmilward83019 ай бұрын
@@albertalandinstitute9047 Unless you use it to grow the chickpeas you plan to make hummus from.
@kevinaschim84759 ай бұрын
But it grows great beans!@@albertalandinstitute9047
@iwanabana9 ай бұрын
@@albertalandinstitute9047 although...
@sekai_natural_farm9 ай бұрын
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@roygreene29219 ай бұрын
This sounds a lot like someone reading from a book and not someone who actually does farming or gardening
@albertalandinstitute90479 ай бұрын
Hi Roy! Thanks for your comment. All of the content put out by the institute is based on research from academics in the field. While a lot of the research involves conversations with people who work in agriculture, the reality is the researchers are generally not the ones putting these practices to use. You’re so right that it’s so important to continue to engage with the perspectives of farmers and gardeners to keep the conversation going. Thanks for your feedback!
@dragoniousmaximus73049 ай бұрын
It's a robot roy!!
@va3svd9 ай бұрын
@@dragoniousmaximus7304 That’s not fair. You can’t discredit a source just because it’s a robot. But you CAN - and SHOULD - discredit it because it’s the government.