http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/2005-February/019350.html [Market-farming] kinsey agSteve Diver steved at ncat.orgFri Feb 11 15:28:20 EST 2005
ATTRA has many more resources on alternative fertility management systems that what you see on its web page. The best way to find out what exists beyond the web sources is to call and talk to a specialist by phone. In response to farmer queries, we are working too fast to "publish" every topic as a formal item. The publications are a starting point, but to get to the in-depth and detailed resources, we compile resource packets. The material on fertility management systems from William Albrecht, Carey Reams, Phil Callahan, and others pioneers are central to the eco-farming pillars of Humus Farming, Mineral Balancing, and Vibrational Physics. Likewise, we are working with farmers who are too poor to own a computer. Email and web pages don't serve these people, directly. Print medium is still far more extensive than web-based information. Kinsey was a direct student of William Albrecht. He obtained Albrecht's equations for calculating fertilizer recommendations according to the base cation saturation ratio. Mineral balancing sets the stage for chemistry to provide the building blocks for soil structure, clay flocculation, and nutrient exhange so microbes can do the rest of the work in relation to plant roots, clay-humus complex, nutrient availability, and nutritional quality of food, forage, and feed. Regards, Steve Diver http://www.attra.ncat.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Here's ATTRA's list of alternative soil labs: http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/soil-lab.html (interesting that it contains neither Jerry Brunetti nor Logan Labs. As usual, ATTRA is the place to START your research, but not a place to stop your research.)
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