How to Best Build Soil to Increase Profit When Organic Farming

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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Kingsbury Market Garden in Warren, Vermont to share with you how one farmer is building his soil fertility with low cost inputs to increase his profits. In this episode, John will show you around this certified organic farm, and share with you some of the growing practices this farmer uses to increase his profit and at the same time, increase the health, size and nutrition of the crops he grows. You will also discover many tips along the way that you can implement in your farm or garden to grow higher quality, better tasting, higher yielding fruits and vegetables. At the end of this episode, John will interview the farmer, Aaron Locker and ask him how this one soil building nutrient: Rock dust has changed the way he thinks about farming and the benefits to his farm that have been derived from its use. Learn more about the Kingsbury Market Garden at: http://www.kingsburymarketgarden.com/ Subscribe to GrowingYourGreens for more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens

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Lots of rock dust. Im not sure I can get that much rock dust here on west coast of Fla.

What is the best way to contact you? I have an idea and want to start my own organic farm and raising grass fed free roaming animals with dignity to sell for food and expanding that into a sustainable community aimed at helping disenfranchised people, and I have no base or anything to help me run a successful crowd funding campaign and I deeply love your channel battling cancer myself I have so much respect for you and you've inspired me so much and I understand why you do what you do so others hopefully don't suffer, and im hoping maybe when I get something going you could help by telling people about the campaign so I can get the funds to accomplish what I need to so I can start helping people and make food that's as free of toxins as possible which it will be in a very rural area and make it affordable for people and build a community through that, and I have no idea who else to ask

is gypsum good if you don't have azamite in your neighborhood.

Heirloom seeds aren't the only non-gm seeds. Heirloom is weaker than hybrid non-gm's. Why didn't you make this clear John? I love your videos John but confusion ensues when pros like you leave things out. Heirloom is great but they aren't the only non-gm 's

So after you harvest plants like peppers or tomatoes, do you just add more compost around the plant? How do you keep the soil healthy?

I'm a big fan of the hoop houses and green house. I'm also new to organic farming, so thanks for raising my interests. I'm thinking that the growing season can be extended by defending against those cold temps. Even if the cost of growing produce out of season is ridiculously high, there is not much competition in that local market when no one else can grow tomatoes, right? If you are the only one with fresh tomatoes, how much are they worth? Does importing produce into the US effect local market prices?

Yes soil is important, but everyone's soil is different. You should address your soils needs based on local conditions, and possibly a soil analysis, before just adding stuff at random just because you saw it on a YouTube video.

Maybe this guy needed rock dust, but in Florida for instance they are on sandy soil and need to add organic material. Phosphate is mined by the shipload on the east side of Tampa Bay, in fact lawn fertilizers for Florida are formulated with no middle number for example 16-0-8 because they are sitting on literally tons of phosphate down there!

Thanks, guys! Inspiring, as usual!

so guy is still stuck in the past .... but charging organic prices. this is why I don't buy organic.

haha Pseudo-Organic Scum. Same as any other Monsanto-farmer where ONLY $$$ and profit matters- and "Organic" is just a title to the business. Bare soil without cover, mulch or anything, next to the highway offering yummy "organic carrots" at triple the cost, using heavy machinery everywhere- what a BS. THUMB DOWN 100%

How can we find someone local that will deliver rock dust by the ton??? Tried google and no luck.

Great show. Inspiring. Oskar Ponthe

The red covering below the tomatoes is great for tomatoes yelds.

Greens from carrots are also tasty.

Minerals are important. Plants are the same as humans and animals.

Tried improving the soil (actually, "sand" is a more appropriate word), but it's an uphill battle here in Australia, and expensive to boot.

What about tilling then inoculation?

You talk about the benefits of rock dust then in my que is a video you produced called why Rock Dust Doesn't work. Have you changed your mind?