A farmer profile from the UC ANR Solution Center for Nutrient Management detailing Scott Park’s organic nutrient management philosophy and practices at Park Farming Organics in Meridian, CA. Covers his 4-year ideal crop rotation (tomatoes → rice → beans → wheat), how cover crops between each cash crop cycle provide nutrients and organic matter, his preferred legume-cereal cover crop mix (6:1 vetch/wheat), his organic soil amendment program (green waste compost, chicken litter, seaweed, microbial stimulants, gypsum), how soil testing guides his program, water use improvements, and the overall financial case for organic nutrient management. Notes he has reduced fertilizer use 15% while increasing yields 30–40% and reduced pesticide use 95%.
