Dr. Erin Silva is an Associate Professor and State Extension Specialist in Organic and Sustainable Cropping Systems in the Department of Plant Pathology as well as the Director for the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at UW-Madison.
After completing a Ph.D. in Horticulture at Washington State University, Dr. Silva obtained a faculty position at New Mexico State University. During her tenure at NMSU, Dr. Silva taught courses on organic vegetable production, including an experiential learning course integrating the campus working student organic Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm. Dr. Silva initiated several organic research projects at NMSU, including work on a cover crop-based reduced tillage approach for organic vegetable crops and breeding vegetables for organic production systems.
These research themes continued as Dr. Silva moved into the first organically focused research position at the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences in 2006. Through her work at UW-Madison, she has developed an internationally recognized program that improves the management of organic production systems and increases the profitability and sustainability for organic producers and rural communities.
In this episode, Dr. Silva and John discuss the following:
The importance of soil biology and root systems
Using cover crops for weed control
The benefits of using rye as a cover crop
Using a roller-crimper
Designing a strategy for organic no-till systems
Exciting innovations around different technologies
To find out more information about Erin’s research, please visit https://uworganic.wisc.edu/ograin/. OGRAIN, The Organic Grain Resource and Information Network, exists to provide farmers access to research and to form a community of organic grain producers.
About John Kempf
John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, a plant nutrition and biostimulants consulting company. A top expert in the field of biological and regenerative farming, John founded AEA in 2006 to help fellow farmers by providing the education, tools, and strategies that will have a global effect on the food supply and those who are growing that supply.
Through intense study and the knowledge gleaned from many industry leaders, John is building a comprehensive systems-based approach to plant nutrition – a system solidly based on the sciences of plant physiology, mineral nutrition, and soil microbiology.
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Джон,рад тебя слышать дружище! Как у тебя дела? С уважением Константин Тверской.
Been waiting on this one
What a great discussion. The more we talk the more we can change. Learn together grow together
Fantastic thank you Team
Can't wait to jump in bed a give this a listen
Did Erin meet and work with David Johnson (Johnson-Su) in New Mexico?
How many of the farmers she's working with are doing multispecies cover crops? I'm hearing from many sources that those are more beneficial for creating both biomass and readily available nutrition for the cash crops due to greater biodiversity of the microbiome. It would be very interesting to see!
Also, how many of the farmers she's working with are using high intensity, short duration grazing of the cover crops to help nutrient cycling? It could be a great opportunity for young farmers to get involved in an operation of an older farmer by managing livestock grazing the cover crops. It's exciting to see all the knowledge gained by all those dedicated to regenerating the soil and ecosystems! Thanks for all your work!
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On a small scale garden I started under plant composting. I was no till but I have bad compaction problem . I dig a deep hole I throw in kitchen scrap, fish guts, weeds with roots, rotten logs/wood ,leaves !!!! I cover with the dug up dirt and plant on top ! So far have had great results!!! Sure makes loose soil where ever put that plant. I even redug some holes in the fall and seen a completely different soil structure!! Next year I will dig up between the places I did last year so sort of a localized tilling!!! 4" dow I hit clay/gravel hard pan pick and shovel type stuff!!!
Thank You