May 2021 Issue PDF

Acres U.S.A., The Voice of Eco-Agriculture, May 2021 | Issue #599 Copyright 2021, 68 pages  FEATURES  Permanent Soil HealthBY MARK SHEPARDDeveloping a water-efficient landscape is key to permaculture systems.  Every Drop CountsBY MARY ANN LIESERAn overview of water management. Radical EcologistBY JILL HENDERSONNance Klehm fuses art and agriculture with her urban-rural visions of permaculture. Fungi at a PartyBY ALLIE HYMASMycology as a mode of being.  Fertility or Fatality?BY ANNELIESE ABBOTThe controversy over fixed nitrogen. DEPARTMENTS VIEW FROM THE COUNTRYMonthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor. OPINION: Beaver and BisonBY GLENN ELZINGAThe basis of ranching must be a deep understanding of how wild landscapes function.   ECO-UPDATENews in brief from around the world on developments in food and farming. TRANSITIONING: California DreamingBY ARIANNA BOZZOLOMaking an asset work for organic. INTERVIEW: Tom PhilpottWe talk with investigative journalist Tom Philpott about our fragile