Adventures in Dirt and Honey, 2022

Adventures in Dirt and Honey: Notes and Resources

“The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life. Without proper care for it we can have no community, because without proper care for it we can have no life.” 
― Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture

BGO Regenerative Ag Blog from 2019

“No one can do everything, but everyone can do something”
Max Lucado

  1. Watch Gabe Brown’s TEDx Talk “Regeneration of Our Lands: A Producer's Perspective” and read his book, Dirt to Soil

  2. Watch “Unbroken Ground” a Patagonia Film on YouTube, other ones to watch, “Gather,” “Biggest Little Farm,” and “Kiss the Ground,” “Ants and the Grasshopper.”

  3. Read The Unsettling of America, Think Little, and Gift of the Good Land by Wendell Berry, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, For the Love of Soil by Nicole Masters.

  4. Follow along with my progress on Instagram #regenerativebeepasture #beefriendlyvineyards #ODOTpollinators & my blog @ beegirl.org/blog and donate to support our work

  5. Drive the market!!  Support farmers who are using regenerative methods (with time, your dollar, your vote) and eat locally and seasonally.

Publications and Books Mentioned

Varroa destructor feeds primarily on honey bee fat body tissue and not hemolymph, Dr. Samuel Ramsey

Papers on Pollen Diversity and Bees by Dr. Marla Spivak

The Journey: Stories of Three Oklahoma Farmers Transitioning to Regen Ag

Loneliness: A New Epidemic in the USA

National Institute of Mental Health

Soil as an Antidepressant

Dirt to Soil, by Gabe Brown

Bloomberg - Land Use

Wendell Berry’s Book List

Think Little, Wendell Berry

‘Something’s not right in southern Oregon’: alarm at rise of illegal pot farms

Cornstalks Everywhere But Nothing Else, Not Even A Bee

Soil Health and Nutrient Density: Beyond Organic vs. Conventional Farming

Soil health and nutrient density: preliminary comparison of regenerative and conventional farming

Regenerative Almond Production Systems Improve Soil Health, Biodiversity, and Profit

Regenerative Ag Resources & Courses

Soil Health Road Map

Soil Health Academy

Kiss the Ground

CSU, Chico Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems

Farmers, Ranchers, and Researchers to Learn From

A Passion for the Way Nature Works: Guest BGO Blog from Emily Fulstone

Ponizio Lab

Lazy R Ranch, Beth Robinette

White Oak Pastures, Will Harris

Jefferson Center Center for Holistic Management, Spencer Smith

Fulstone Ranch, Emily Fulstone

Karen Washington, Rise & Root Farm

Mimi Casteel, Hopewell Wine

Leah Penniman, Soul Fire Farm

Hilary Zaranek, J Bar L Ranch

Tools for Regenerative Ag

Dew Drop Drill

Unruh Custom Roller Crimper

Green Cover Seed

Sarah Red-LairdComment