While I was searching for images of life in the soil, I came upon the following on Sweet Bay Farm’s website (see above). They’re working to restore soils depleted by decades of monoculture—the continual cultivation of a single crop, in this case tobacco—so this picture of several earthworm tunnels in a clod does not yet suggest anything teeming.
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Ollin Farms (Longmont, CO) has received a 0% loan from SOIL.
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In Fort Collins, CO, Nic Koontz and Katie Slota of Native Hill Farm received a $30,000 loan.
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In Carbondale, CO, Harper and Christian received a $7,500 loan to help them purchase materials for a mobile walk-in cooler and drip-irrigation system.
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Aspen Moon Farm (Longmont, CO) received a $30,000 0% loan from SOIL.
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Eric and Jill Skokan, owners of Black Cat Farm and Black Cat Farm Table Bistro in Boulder, received the first 0% loan made by SOIL.
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Amanda and Brian Scott of 63rd Street Farm in Boulder received a $10,000 loan from SOIL.
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A Conversation With Jeff Moyer
Jeff, before we begin, I want to thank you for the images of the jars of water, one with soil rich in organic matter and one with the dissolved murkiness of soil that is deficient in carbon. Ever since you showed those images during a public talk a decade or so ago, the comparison has stuck with me.
Colorado Soil Systems Receives 0% Loan
In 2016, Colorado Soil Systems received a $15,000 zero-percent loan from the 2Forks Club. This loan allowed us to establish a fruit-tree rootstock nursery to preserve indigenous trees that grow in the valley; purchase irrigation supplies, fencing, and soil amendments; and embark on a vegetable- and flower- production operation.