This Sonoma County Vineyard trial seeks to investigate the economic and soil health tradeoffs of compost application in combination with common tillage practices.
Silvopasture at SoMar Farms in Northwest Marin county was designed to increase biological and structural diversity by installing clusters of native trees in a rangeland system.
The Gamble Ranch Field Trial, located in the Oakville AVA in the middle of Napa Valley, incorporates the Mainardi plow with compost application and green manure cover cropping, and monitors the effects on soil properties and vineyard productivity.
Napa County RCD’s Huichica Creek Vineyard trial sought to demonstrate conservation practices including those to promote soil health, carbon sequestration, erosion control, water conservation, and irrigation scheduling.
The Yagi Sisters Farm Field Demonstration in Sebastopol investigates whether strategic tillage with scale-appropriate equipment can help improve economic efficiency and farmer physical well-being without tradeoffs in soil health.
The MacLeod Vineyard Field Trial sought to demonstrate the benefits and challenges of tillage practices in Sonoma County vineyards.
The Ferrington Vineyard Field Trial seeks to demonstrate the benefits and challenges of reduced tillage and cover cropping in Mendocino County.
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