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Author Archives: Maarten Stapper
Plenty of Healthy Food from Healthy Soils, GMO not a Solution
Consumers are becoming aware of the good taste and health of organic food and demand is increasing. Organic farmers and gardeners did recognise negative factors in our industrialising food production systems. Now they are following their leaders in active soil … Continue reading
Canberra Times March 2007: CSIRO axes Stapper
Canberra Times, 20-24 March 2007 Biological and organic farming systems expert and GM critic Dr Maarten Stapper, has been dumped by the CSIRO in a time when Australian production can hardly keep up with organic demand in the cities.
Soil Fertility Management paper feedback
From a retired CSIRO Research Fellow:“Maarten, I have just caught up with your paper in the Sustainability #61 newsletter, it is absolutely right! I think not enough effort has been put into soil biology and in particular as a means … Continue reading
Irrigated Wheat Management
Summary The report discusses the important findings and conclusions of the GRDC Irrigated Wheat Evaluation Project, conducted from 2001 to 2005. It highlights a range of factors that could contribute to building a crop structure (ie canopy management) necessary for … Continue reading
Keep the Moratorium: First Quantify GM Advantages
The GM Moratorium needs to be extended until long-term, generational studies become part of the OGTR regulations for approval. GM has to be treated as an introduction of a self-reproducing chemical. Marketing and trade of Australian products will be severely … Continue reading
Healthy Food from Healthy Soils, GMO not a Solution
Consumers are becoming aware of the good taste and health benefits of organic food and demand is increasing. Organic farmers and gardeners recognise negative factors in our industrialising food production systems. They actively undertake soil fertility management by improving soil … Continue reading
Farming Systems in Transition
As managers using the soils, what do we look at, what do we (want to) see? After decades of regular use of single-super phosphate some farmers and graziers stopped using it when they became aware of the detrimental impact it … Continue reading
Managing Soil Health
As managers using soils for production, what do we look at, what do we (want to) see? After decades of regular use of single-super phosphate some farmers and graziers stopped using it when they became aware of the detrimental impact … Continue reading
About Dr Maarten Stapper
Dr. Maarten Stapper is a farming systems agronomist who’s main focus is helping farmers improve the profitability of their operations by harnessing the power of natural healthy soil processes. Maarten believies that by improving the use of inputs and understanding … Continue reading