Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping

Soil Resiliency and Health on the Organic Farm

Part of the NOFA guides. Covers: * Historical roots of cover crop techniques * Thinking beyond this season's cash crop (disease and pest reduction, weed suppression, cash vs. cover crops) * What is a good rotation? (mapping the farm, grouping crops, sample groupings) * The economics of rotations and cover cropping (organizing your work, reducing labor inputs, land and cover-crop seed costs) Including on-farm examples and detailed appendices.

NOFA Guides Set

A series of 8 guides originally published by NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association), on organic principles and practices for both the beginner farmer as well as established farmers looking to convert to organic, or deepen their practices. Each book is 100 pages, but the information is weighty; the guides use a strong whole-systems farming theory behind their practical advice, as well as offer historical information, further resources, detailed appendices, and profiles of various organic farms across the Northeast.