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*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable production intensification*****

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Dear Subscribers,****

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Please see an interesting communication on no-till garden in southern North
Dakota (with a hyperlink to the photo) from Frank Kutka, North Dakota SARE
Coordinator and Dickinson Research Extension Center Assistant Director,
North Dakota State University.

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I understand that no-dig or no-till gardening involving mulch and
diversified crop associations is being practiced in many parts of the
world, illustrating that CA principles work just as well at small or micro
scales.  ****

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*Amir Kassam *****

*Moderator*****

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Plant Production and Protection Division****

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations****

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome
Italy
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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca****

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From: *Kutka, Frank* <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 4:12 PM
Subject: no-till garden in southern North Dakota coming along very well
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>

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Dear Amir:****

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Please note this lovely vegetable no-till garden in Selfridge,
ND<ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/data/agp/Friedrich/CA-CoP-L-message/DSC_0302%20%282%29.JPG>.
Corie Lund and the others at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service office there sprayed out a poor quality lawn this spring and then
poked seeds and a few transplants into the ground.  They did add extra
water too, but this is clearly a huge leap forward from bindweed and
dandelions without the expense of turning the area into dust and mud
first.  It has come a long way since the first photos I sent back in June
and local folks are very impressed to see that no-till can be adapted to
small acreages too.****

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Peace,****

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Frank****

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Frank Kutka****

North Dakota SARE Coordinator and
Dickinson Research Extension Center Assistant Director****

*NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY*****

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Room 205****

1041 State Ave****

Dickinson ND 58601****

phone: 701-483-2348, Ext 113****

fax: 701-483-2073****

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www.NDSARE.info <[log in to unmask]>****

www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/dickinso/ <[log in to unmask]>****

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“We Hidatsa women were early risers in the planting season; it was my habit
to be up before sunrise, while the air was cool, for we thought this the
best time for garden work… weeds at this season are apt to have seeds, so
that it was my habit to bear such weeds off the field, that the seeds might
not fall and sprout the next season… When, therefore, we had a year of good
crops, we put away seed enough to last for two years; then, if the next
year yielded a poor crop, we still had good seed to plant the third
season.”  Maxi'diwiac (Buffalo Bird Woman) 1917****

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