A Real Organic Podcast web page (Episode #122) featuring an interview with Scott Park examining whether organic no-till vegetable production is achievable at commercial scale in California. Scott discusses his participation in the USDA NRCS CIG-funded research partnership with UC Extension, CSU Chico, and Fresno State; his on-farm no-till experiments including a costly 350-acre trial with goat grazing that cut yields by nearly half; what he’s learning about soil compaction, weed pressure, and the trade-offs between soil biology and crop productivity in reduced-tillage systems; and his current “targeted tillage” approach as a middle path.vo
