Can chickens boost soil health on organic vegetable farm?
A university trial is part of a USDA funded national effort to diversify the farms. Historically, chickens were not a rare sight on farms, where they contributed to soil fertility as they freely pecked and scratched around vegetable gardens and crop land. Now, University of California Cooperative Extension specialists have launched a research project to quantify the potential for chickens to be part of safe and sustainable commercial organic vegetable production. “It's not a new idea. A lot of farmers are trying this kind of thing,” said UC Davis International Agriculture and Dev...
Source: farmprogress.com