by Christopher Upton | Feb 18, 2021 | Uncategorised
Pests & disease Pests & disease: The Zerodig approach Diversity The Zerodig approach to disease and pest control is to achieve crop resilience through ecological balance. This means, above ground bio-diversity and nurturing the soil biome. There are four...
by Christopher Upton | Oct 18, 2020 | Climate change and carbon, Soil biology
Climate action and soil carbon Zerodig farming builds soil carbon What’s the problem? It is estimated that the world’s soils have lost a total of 133 billion tonnes of carbon since humans first started farming the land around 12,000 years ago. Land clearance...
by Christopher Upton | Oct 18, 2020 | Biodiversity and ecology, Climate change and carbon, Compost and organic matter, Ecology news, Nutrition, Rural livelihoods
The Zerodig story Understanding Zerodig There are three pillars to Zerodig: Climate action; Ecosystem restoration; and Healthy food produced locally. Zerodig achieves all these three objectives by feeding and nurturing the soil biology. To do this successfully one has...
by Christopher Upton | Sep 16, 2020 | Climate change and carbon, Compost and organic matter, Resources
Ramial woodchips Ramial woodchips: A vital ingredient for Zerodig success The challenge Digging or tillage of the soil using farm machinery destroys the carefully constructed soil ecosystem. This makes it impossible to develop long-life soil carbon. Tillage has a...
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