Dirt to Soil
by Gabe Brown · Gabe Brown
First-hand account of a North Dakota rancher converting a failing conventional operation to no-till, cover cropping and multi-species grazing. Explains the five soil-health principles he settled on and the economics that made the transition survivable.
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