Permanent Agriculture – Soil and Health Library

Soil Fertility and Permanent Agriculture

2 December, 2018
Alice Reinheimer

In part written to refute the claim by the Chief of the US Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Soil, Milton Whitney, who claimed that all soils are inexhaustible of the minerals needed to grow crops. In the run-up to the…

Staircase Farms of the Ancients

9 July, 2018
Alice Reinheimer

"Astounding farming skill of the ancient Peruvians, who were among the most industrious and highly organized people in history." This is the subtitle of this article documenting a 1915 expedition to Peru to investigate the old Incan and pre-Incan farming techniques and culture. Their terracing systems are unparalleled.

Jones, Dr. Christine, Publications

11 August, 2015
Steve Solomon

Dr. Jones explains how the main creators of humus are specialized fungi that plants feed sugars and other complexed nutrients. These fungi, in turn, help feed plants both nutrients and moisture.

Tree Crops: a permanent agriculture

4 February, 2015
Alice Reinheimer

A list of the most important books ever written about sustainable agriculture (and human health) would include Tree Crops, as well as the books by Sir Albert Howard, the publications of William Albrecht and Price's Nutrition and Physical Degeneration.

The Farm That Won’t Wear Out

4 February, 2015
Alice Reinheimer

Originally a series of four magazine articles appearing in The Country Gentleman, and later, responding to popular demand, published as a small book by the author himself. Explains in very few pages the way to achieve a permanent agriculture.