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Podcast: Almond Journey
Episode: Episode 67: Off-Ground Harvesting and Soil Health With Bret Sill
Description: Kern County almond grower Bret Sill shares some of his experiences building the soil biology in his orchards through practices like integrating sheep into the orchard and planting cover crops. Sill also discusses his experiments with off-ground harvest and reflects on how this approach might fit into his overall system. Ultimately, Sill is looking to reach his productivity goals with minimal inputs while maximizing the value of every almond produced.“The things I've been thinking about is: how do we add more value (by) trying some of the regenerative practices. I can only cut out so much co...