Dodon Farms in Anne Arundel County uses modern science to address Maryland’s chaotic climate – known as an “agroecological-focused winery”. Dr Tom Croghan shares his biodiversity plantings which have been designed to provide natural predators for insect pests, eliminating the use for synthetic insecticides.
Big picture (why this matters for vineyards) This new Standard is the first clear, globally agreed framework for how farms and food & drink value chains should measure, report and manage carbon on land — including soil carbon, biomass, and removals — in a way that stands up to scrutiny . For vineyards, this is…
Ce mois ci, vous ne trouverez pas dans cette lettre de grandes résolutions ou une liste d’objectifs à atteindre pour l’année 2026. On vous propose plutôt de rester encore un peu dans la lenteur hivernale et de faire ici l’éloge du ralentissement… … notamment celui de l’eau. Sur une planète en surchauffe, l’eau est devenue le…
Really excellent deep dive into regenerative viticulture in the December 2025 -January 2026 edition, pages 29-34. ‘Regenerative Viticulture has an open and evolving toolbox for growing soil, vine and ecosystem health. Speaking to industry leaders about cover crops, crimpers, swards, sheep and worm counts, Emma Jenkins MW asks whether this is the next era of…
Adam Huss interviews Erik Schellenberg of Black Creek Farm and Nursery in the Hudson Valley of New York about his experiences with implementing commercial scale married vines. This is an approach to agroforestry that has also been used in other sectors such as cacao and coffee in Brazil, and grapes in Switzerland. One of the…
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