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Tilling and Weeds, Ava Mulzer, Breanna McAllister, Jess Hill, Gabe Lavoie …

- - - - Connection to where tillage and the adage of herbicides and fertilisers is all part of the "Quick kill" problem. Tillage is at the top of the "Quick kill" issue in agriculture.
        
        Connection: Herbicide impact on the environment; specifically runoff into ecosystems and the harming of biodiversity.
- - - - Decrease carbon emissions & pollution from machinery
      - More nutrient cycling, increased OM helps plants grow better
      - Increased infiltration & water holding capacity,
      - More resilient to erosion, because soil structure hasn’t been disturbed
      - Reduces weeds the longer you dont till
    - - Less cost involved to buy needed materials
      - Less energy & less work to prepare field
      - Crops can start earlier in the season because you don’t need to wait for the right weather conditions to start tilling
      - Maximizes profitability with fast crops turnaround
      - No tractor required , therefore no fuel cost
  - - - Cover cropping
      - Compost
      - Deep mulching with compost
        
        Applying thick layer of weed-free compost to suppress weeds
- - - - Adding herbicides & fertilizer to “fix” soil. Trying to add back organic matter & nutrients that have been losts through tillage.
        
        Not sustainable or good for environment
- - - - Imbalance in the soil = poor electrical ground
        
        Designed to be a alternating current system, but we usually observe a direct-current system. Resulting in soil depletion.
        
        Definition of soil health as the capacity of a soil to function. Unhealthy soils are not functional and healthy soils are highly functional (Article 7)
        
        Need to think of soil health like we think of the heath of a forest, lake or human community. Can be a self-sustaining community. (Article 6)
        
        "Tilling the soil is the equivalent of an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and forest fire occuring simultaneously to the world of soil organisms." (Article 6)
        
        Tillage creates a hostile rather than a hospitable place for soil microbes to live and work. (Article 6)
        
        Soil is a living system and the life depends on the status of microorganisms inhabiting the soil
        
        "Let biology do the work." "Good biology builds good soil texture and chemistry." (Article 6). A self-sustaining system
    - - Nutrient deficiency = antenna will not function as designed to do so
        
        Weeds act as "lighthouses"
        
        Guide farmers to making decisions to achieve better soil health