A 70-minute educational video featuring 10 farms from 5 northeastern states
Produced by: Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont Extension
With funding from:
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education (SARE) Program, U.S.D.A.
Video Content:Hank Bissell, Lewis Creek Farm, Starksboro VT
* Winter cover: hairy vetch and rye
* Winter cover: hairy vetch and oats
* Inter-seeding winter rye in fallWill Stevens, Golden Russett Farm, Shoreham VT
* Winter cover: wheat
* Frost seeded red clover
* Summer-seeded hairy vetchCliff Hatch, Upinngill, Gill MA
* Winter rye for strawberry mulch
* Delayed berry planting after rye harvestEero Ruuttila, Nesenkeag Farm, Litchfield NH
* Spring cover: field pea and oats
* Vetch/rye strips between crops
* Vetch/rye to suppress potato beetles
* Soil spader for incorporating coversLou Johns and Robin Ostfeld, Blue Heron Farm , Lodi NY
* Permanent sod for wheel tracks
* Drilled field peas and broadcast oats
* Mowing hairy vetch and ryeLou Lego, Elderberry Pond Country Foods, Auburn NY
* Living mulch between plastic mulchLockwood 'Pooh' Sprague, Edgewater Farm, Plainfield NH
* Summer cover: buckwheat
* Summer cover: Japanese millet
* White clover strips between cropsBob Muth, Muth Farms, Williamstown, NJ
* Long-term rotation with cover crops
* Summer cover: Sudex
* Leaf mulching and cover cropsEileen Droescher, Ol' Turtle Farm, Easthampton MA
* Permanent beds and crop rotation
* Sudex undersown with red cloverSteve Groff, Cedar Meadow Farm, Holtwood, PA
* Planting no-till cover crops
* Managing residues for no-till
* Planting no-till vegetables
