*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem management* Dear Subscribers, Please see this short three minute video from Ontario Field Crops to listen to a farmer practicing large-scale organic no-till soybean-based production system. From YouTube Organic No-Till Soybean Production in Ontario <https://lessiter.omeclk.com/portal/wts/ucmcnc-cwb-baB78bCyO%7CjkssCc> Morris Van De Walle, a St. Marys area organic cash cropper, shares his extensive experience with roller crimping and cover crop-based organic no-till soybean production on his farm. Source: Ontario Field Crops <https://lessiter.omeclk.com/portal/wts/ucmcnc-cwb-baB78bCyOmjkssCc> *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* *Global CA-CoP* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture *Conservation Agriculture is an ecological approach to regenerative sustainable agriculture and ecosystem management based on the practical application of context-specific and locally adapted three interlinked principles of: (i) Continuous no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance (no-till seeding/planting and weeding, and minimum soil disturbance with all other farm operations including harvesting); (ii) permanent maintenance of soil mulch cover (crop biomass, stubble and cover crops); and (iii) diversification of cropping system (economically, environmentally and socially adapted rotations and/or sequences and/or associations involving annuals and/or perennials, including legumes and cover crops).* *These practices are complemented with other good agricultural production and land management practices.* *Conservation Agriculture systems are present in all continents*. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);