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TABLE OF CONTENTS THE PURPOSE OF THIS GUIDE

2 The Purpose of This Guide At Green Cover Seed, our mission is to help farmers and
3 The Power of Diversity ranchers regenerate God’s creation for future genera-
4-5 Healthy Soil is the Real Key to Feeding the World tions. As producers who make our living from the abundant
resources that God has blessed us with, we should be the
6 Introduction to Regenerative Agriculture most adamant and passionate conservationists. Not only do
7-11 Five Principles of Soil Health our current and future livelihoods depend on healthy func-
12-13 Ecosystem Services from Living Plants tioning soils and ecosystems, but God has charged us with
15-34 Soil Health in Practice - Real Solutions from Real Farmers caring for His creation. Adam, the first farmer, was direct-
15 Interseeding ed by his Creator to care for and protect the soil. At Green
16 Relay Cropping
17 Poly Cropping Cover Seed, we believe that we still have this responsibility,
18-19 Cover Crops - The New “Weed And Feed” and we are called to take the additional step of rebuilding
20 Double Crop Companion Flowers and regenerating our soils. We are committed to educate as
21 Growing Hemp Using No-Till and Cover Crops
22 Interseeding into Cool Season Perennials many people as possible about soil health, and provide as
23 Avoiding the Bermuda Triangle many tools and resources as we can. This Soil Health Re-
24-25 Grassfed Beef and Soil Health: Profit, Possibilities, and Promise source Guide is dedicated to that end.
26-27 Cattle as the Cash Crop
28 Winter Stockpile Grazing
29 The Effect of Grazing on Plant Root Growth “Then the Lord God took the man
30 Prevent Plant and put him into the garden of Eden
31 Regenerative Wildlife Ecology
32-33 Natural Intelligence Farming to tend and keep it (the soil).”
34 Biotic Farming
36 Problem Soils: High Salts and Salinity Genesis 2:15
37 Problem Soils: Iron Chlorosis We acknowledge our own limited knowledge and expe-
38 Problem Soils: Compaction rience, so we have invited some of the best minds in the
39 Problem Soils: Heavy Clay Regenerative Agriculture movement to share their valuable
40-41 Cover Cropping for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects expertise and insight for the benefit of all. For some, this
42 Milpa Gardens Guide may be a reinforcement for what they already know;
44 Quorum Sensing and Auto Inducers in the Soil Microbiome to others, it may be the first step in the journey towards
45 Biological Induction in the Plant-Soil Microbiome healthier soils. This is by no means an exhaustive resource
46-47 Nitrogen: The Double-Edged Sword in soil health; rather it is intended to be a concise and simple
summary of the big concepts and a gateway to deeper learn-
48-49 Biological Inoculants ing and explanations in other formats. Think of this Guide
50-51 Leveraging Soil Biology as a number of seeds that can sprout and grow into deeper
52 Length of Green understanding if you will but plant them.
54-55 Resource Recommendations Many of the articles in this Guide are summaries. The
56-57 SmartMix® Calculator full article, supporting video, and presentations are easily
58-59 Cover Crop Mixes searchable on our website: www.greencoverseed.com.
60-61 Legumes We invite you to do your due diligence and further explore
62-65 Grasses any or all of the topics that we will touch on in this Resource
66-67 Brassicas Guide. We would be glad to hear your comments and feed-
68-69 Broadleaves back on this Guide, and are happy to provide additional
70-71 Perennials copies upon request.
72-75 Green Cover Seed: Built to Serve You
72 Our Team
73 Shipping
74-75 Infrastructure
See back cover for contact information Keith and Brian Berns, founders
Cover Photo by Daniel Collier. Pictured is the Drop-Tine Fall Reload Mix

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