Sam Knowlton @samdknowlton
Agronomy consultant to leading ag and food companies – specialty crops, coffee, cacao, agroforestry. @soilsymbiotics & @somafarmgroup samknowlton.substack.com Joined November 2016-
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I’ll be in Lahore, Pakistan this week to speak at the Agri Connections Conference and visit several farms in the region. Reach out if you’ll be there or with any worthwhile recommendations.
The phytochemicals that give flavor to natural foods are the same compounds that directly benefit human health. Humans have ~ 400 olfactory receptors capable of detecting a trillion distinct aromas/flavors. We are wired to choose the most healthful foods
Consumers of the industrial food system pay their food bill 3 times: 1st at the checkout 2nd in taxes that subsidize commodity crop production 3rd in medical costs related to a diet of ultra-processed foods and exposure to agricultural toxins
Cover crops increase infiltration of rainfall by as much as 6x, decrease sediments lost to erosion by as much as 20 tons/acre, and reduce nitrogen and phosphorus losses by as much as 90%. An orchard with cover crops versus an orchard with bare soil after 3 inches of rain:
"There are no unsacred places, only sacred and desecrated places." — Wendell Berry
Industrial agriculture is about trying to exit the cycles of nature. Regenerative agriculture is about embracing and fully participating in the cycles of nature.
Young cacao trees accompanied by a diversity of hardwoods, fruit trees and a perennial ground cover.
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2K Followers 54 Following The communication school of the future. On a mission to help you feel at ease in every interaction."Healthy soil is the foundation of everything we do." Earth Day 2019: Carbon Farming for the Future stemplecreek.com/blogs/blog/ear… via @StempleCreek "A little carbon can make a BIG difference. For every 1% increase in carbon we put back in the soil, we store an average of 18-25,000…
"Plants require 4 H2O molecules for every 1 Nitrate molecule — hence, nitrate fertilizer increases water usage by plants which makes for less water efficient crops, less nutrient-dense crops (they are just water and nitrates), and a higher water bill." It's not just how much…
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George doesn’t understant that the carbon cycle IS A CYCLE. It’s absolutely fine for C to be cycling, that’s what it does. In a healthy ecosystem CYCLING is what nutrients do…the only reason there is so much focus on storage is to offset long lasting fossil fuels emissions.
1. This week’s column is about something we badly want to believe, regardless of the evidence: that livestock farms are benign and harmonious. Why? Mostly, I think, because it chimes with books and cartoons we see as very young children. theguardian.com/commentisfree/… Also: a thread
agronomists are my primary agronomy headache
What are your primary agronomy headaches? What problems would you love to have solved? Ask me anything, will answer to the best of my ability.
@REGENETARIANISM @samdknowlton I'll add Dan Kittredge Bionutrient Institute research bionutrientinstitute.org
@samdknowlton Wow, that's a loaded question for an aspiring microbial ecologist. Where to begin? How about with faculative endophytes that go from the soil into the plant's endosphere (incl. the phylosphere) where they make phytonutrients and other secondary compounds that we eat directly or…
@samdknowlton Not rigorous, but for a bit of a different take on this: I really enjoyed visiting with Navé Strauss of NYC Parks about the connection between soil health and public health in the city. We also did a longer form podcast interview (FoA 126) if interested. youtube.com/watch?v=3c1CKL…
@samdknowlton Will Harris’ book along with this video. youtu.be/85El8PzfKa4?si…
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective—doing less—is the path of the…
And buying 1 tiny 69 kg bag will not change the industry. That's my two cents.
and we all (I hope) know that lower quality makes up most of farmers' volume and income. And it's not even lower quality; it's just not humanly possible to produce 100% 90+ coffees. Big buyers have known this.
It's interesting how I see so many posts about how the industry should recognize 'quality' beyond scores. When you set apart a business and focus on only sourcing top-high-end coffee, and now see the benefits of sourcing 'lower' quality coffee 1/2
6 million percent. Very succinctly said what i try to ramble at social gatherings over a 20 minute period to still blank faces. just gonna print this out on cards and hand to people from now on.........
The only advocates worth listening to are those who seek middle paths and dialectical syntheses between radical change and ridged conservation; doom and optimism; and innovation and return. The path to regeneration is a non-linear advance of both ancient and modern wisdom.
The only advocates worth listening to are those who seek middle paths and dialectical syntheses between radical change and ridged conservation; doom and optimism; and innovation and return. The path to regeneration is a non-linear advance of both ancient and modern wisdom.
A real-life carbon story of large-scale regenerative agriculture linkedin.com/pulse/real-lif… via @SavoryInstitute cc. @ffinlocostain @samdknowlton @fleroy1974 @commongrounddoc
Absolutely stunning day in the orchard. And to top it off I flushed a covey of 15 wild quail out of the clover. These are the days to remember
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