Conservation Tillage Farmer Focus Group

The " Conservation Tillage Farmer Focus Group" is a group of progressive farmers working collaboratively with UCCE and CSU Chico RAI faculty to investigate "best methods" for reducing soil disturbance in organic vegetable cropping systems. Tillage is a popular tool to control weeds in organic vegetable production, albiet, at the expense of building SOM due to excessive soil disturbance. A Conservation Innovation Grant will support independent trials on six working farms including Scott Park Farms, Meridian CA; Paul Meuller, Full Belly Farm, Capay, CA; Phil Foster Ranches, Hollister, CA; Paul Kaiser, Singing Frogs Farm, Sonoma County; Tom Willey, TD Willey Farms, Madera County; and the CSU Chico University Farm Organic Vegetable Unit, CSU Chico University Farm. Results (minutes) from our first gathering can be accessed by clicking the links below.  For more information contact Dr. Cindy Daley ( cdaley@csuchico.edu) or Jeff Mitchell ( jpmitchell@ucdavis.edu).