And farmers and landowners in Michigan have spent over a century and $5 billion installing tens of thousands of miles of subsurface perforated pipe while also constructing thousands more miles of deep ditches along fields. That’s because phosphorus applications on farmland have increased since the early years of the century, according to a comprehensive 2022 evaluation by the U.S. Here is one: More than $427 million in federal funds has been spent in Michigan since 2010 - $105 million in just the last two years - on voluntary bloom-reducing cultivation, fertilization, and manure-handling practices that don’t work. – To a large extent the harmful algal blooms that foul Michigan’s waters and turn western Lake Erie into a toxic inland sea are the result of mismatches. Carl Ganter, Circle of Blueįifth of a six-part series. When the farm's ecosystem finally begins to reawaken, so does the Chesters' hope - but as their plan to create perfect harmony takes a series of wild turns, they realize that to survive they will have to reach a far greater understanding of the intricacies and wisdom of nature, and of life itself.Photographs by J. The film chronicles eight years of daunting work and outsize idealism as they attempt to create the utopia they seek, planting 10,000 orchard trees and over 200 different crops, and bringing in animals of every kind- including an unforgettable pig named Emma and her best friend, Greasy the rooster. The land they've chosen, however, is utterly depleted of nutrients and suffering from a brutal drought.
When the barking of their beloved dog Todd leads to an eviction notice from their tiny LA apartment, John and Molly Chester make a choice that takes them out of the city and onto 200 acres in the foothills of Ventura County, naively endeavoring to build one of the most diverse farms of its kind in complete coexistence with nature. A testament to the immense complexity of nature, The Biggest Little Farm follows two dreamers and a dog on an odyssey to bring harmony to both their lives and the land.
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