Grow Your Own Grains, Part 1: Best Seeding Methods — Low Tech Video, No. 24
May 6, 2022
In this video we show the best methods to seed home-scale grains. … More Grow Your Own Grains, Part 1: Best Seeding Methods — Low Tech Video, No. 24
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Grow Your Own Potatoes — Low Tech Video, No. 23
April 15, 2022
In this video we show the best methods to grow potatoes based on our funded research study. … More Grow Your Own Potatoes — Low Tech Video, No. 23
Free Talk Tonight with CHEW — Potatoes Will Save Humanity
May 6, 2020
Tonight, the institute director, Scott Johnson, will be giving a talk to the Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW). CHEW is a group that sponsors monthly talks on a variety of food-related topics, complete with matching foods to sample. They’re a great group and if you’re in the Madison, WI, area, consider finding out more … More Free Talk Tonight with CHEW — Potatoes Will Save Humanity
Potato Study Update — Parisi Family Farm
August 22, 2019
Last year we carried out a potato study with market gardeners. We found that growing potatoes on the surface was a significant savings in labor with only a small sacrifice in yield by area (read more complete results here). One of our participants, the Parisi Family Farm, decided to scale this planting method up. We … More Potato Study Update — Parisi Family Farm
MOSES Organic Ag. Conference Potato Poster
January 15, 2019
Institute staff will be taking part in the poster contest at the MOSES organic agriculture conference this February. The Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) is a nonprofit with a mission to educate farmers and growers about organic practices. As you likely know, we concluded a study on potato-growing method in 2018 and we … More MOSES Organic Ag. Conference Potato Poster
Potato Study Infographic
December 26, 2018
As part of our potato study, we’re writing two articles — one for general audiences and another for professionals — presenting at conferences, and creating an infographic. This graphic summarizes in a visual way the bare minimum of the study’s information, but it is sharable and quick to absorb. Please feel free to share it … More Potato Study Infographic
Potatoes Five Ways: A Trial Looking at Different Potato-Growing Methods
December 4, 2018
Potatoes are an underappreciated garden crop. People can survive on this tuber alone because it contains everything for complete nutrition. Spuds thrive in diverse soils and climates. They store well and are easy to plant and care for. Because potatoes are cheap in the grocery store, many gardeners opt not to cultivate them, but for … More Potatoes Five Ways: A Trial Looking at Different Potato-Growing Methods
Input Data for the Potato Harvest — Lab Note 2.03
November 5, 2018
We just finished the last harvest for our potato plant study. We are comparing the growth, labor, and yield of five different potato-growing ideas: trench and hill, straw mulch, newspaper-and-straw mulch, containers, and towers. In order to help others reproduce our study or grow potatoes using these techniques, we are providing detailed instructions on our … More Input Data for the Potato Harvest — Lab Note 2.03
Initial Potato Harvest Data — Lab Note 2.03
October 4, 2018
We just finished the last harvest for our potato plant study. We are comparing the growth, labor, and yield of five different potato-growing ideas: trench and hill, straw mulch, newspaper-and-straw mulch, containers, and towers. In order to help others reproduce our study or grow potatoes using these techniques, we are providing detailed instructions on our … More Initial Potato Harvest Data — Lab Note 2.03
Care for Potato Plots — Lab Note 2.02
May 31, 2018
Recently we helped plant out ten plots for our potato plant study. We are comparing the growth, labor, and yield of five different potato-growing ideas: trench and hill, straw mulch, newspaper-and-straw mulch, containers, and towers. In order to help others reproduce our study or grow potatoes using these techniques, we are providing detailed instructions on … More Care for Potato Plots — Lab Note 2.02