Acres U.S.A., The Voice of Eco-Agriculture, April 2026 | Issue #658, Copyright 2026, 67 pages. Become an Acres U.S.A. Eco-Farmer Member here! Contents April 2026 • Issue #658 Photo: Diverse Cover Crops (Courtesy of Chelsea Green) — Rich, organic soil on Eliot Coleman’s Four Seasons Farm. Read our interview with Eliot — who has a new book promoting on-farm fertility through green manures and intelligent tillage — on page 46. On the cover: (Courtesy of AEA)— A diverse cover crop grows on a vegetable field. FEATURES DEPARTMENTS Know Your Costs to GrowA new tool helps vegetable farmers determine which crops make sense financiallyBY ANNE & ERIC NORDELL There’s Compost and Then There’s CompostResidues from -cides and antibiotics can wreak havoc on your compost; testing it is vitalBY MATT POWERS The Vortex of HealthStructured water in theory and practiceBY STEVE DIVER Hide It Under a Bushel?Letting light shine into a plant’s lower canopy can turn shaded growth into saleable yieldBY CRAIG HARTSOUGH Conducting the Eco-orchestraEcological pest and disease control forces us to be ecosystem designers, actively participating in living systems BY MARK SHEPARD A Multiplicity of MicrobesPlant diversity leads to microbe diversity, which leads to ecosystem functionalityBY JAY FUHRER VIEW FROM THE COUNTRYMonthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor OPINIONRearranging the Deck Chairs on the OrganicWithout fundamental reform of the USDA Organic Program, family farms will continue to sink — while fraud flourishesBY MARK KASTEL ECO-UPDATENews in brief on developments in agronomic science REGEN AGRONOMYCompost-poning the FertilitySeparating soil-building decisions from fertility management helps vegetable growers avoid nutrient excesses that weaken crops and invite pest pressureBY KATIE MEYER INTERVIEWNo-Till? No ThanksOrganic pioneer Eliot Coleman defends intelligent tillage and green manures as tools for building and sustaining fertility REVIEWS MARKETPLACE CLASSIFIEDS ECO-MEETINGS ECO-GRAPHIC Become an Acres U.S.A. Eco-Farmer Member here!
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