Posts by Lee Rinehart

Lee Rinehart has been writing and educating on sustainable agriculture for over 20 years. A graduate of Texas A&M University and a Program Specialist for NCAT’s ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, his work focuses on agronomy, livestock, and grazing. Lee can be reached at 479-587-3474 or lee@ncat.org.
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Natural Senescence: Integrating Tools into Gardening as We Age

By Lee Rinehart / July 3, 2024

A gardener will likely confront the necessary evils of power tools as their body experiences aging, but there are workable solutions for overcoming this ethical and practical gardening challenge.   …

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For the Love of the Wild: Livestock Pastures as Wildlife Habitat

By Lee Rinehart / April 4, 2022

Our agricultural landscapes are habitat for wildlife, and we have a large toolbox of practices that can help us be better stewards of our land and all its inhabitants. One…

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Independent Farmers Explore Seaweed for a Marine Based Economy

By Lee Rinehart / April 6, 2020

There are now opportunities for entrepreneurially-minded people to enter the seaweed farming business and have a chance to succeed.  The article is part two of a two-part series on ocean…

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Developing a community of ocean farmers for healthy seas, healthy food, and healthy economies

By Lee Rinehart / October 7, 2019

Small-scale ocean farming is restorative and provides valuable ecosystem services through nutrient extraction and carbon sequestration. There are opportunities to put skilled, entrepreneurial people to work for a more sustainable,…

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Add Diversity to Your Pastures with Multispecies Grazing

By Lee Rinehart / January 14, 2019

Much has been written on diversity of crops, forages, and soil biology but the diversity of grazing species is just as important. “The presence of multiple species of large herbivores…

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Building Healthy Pasture Soils

By Lee Rinehart / June 28, 2018

The following article is an excerpt from the factsheet “Building Healthy Pasture Soils” available in full at www.ATTRA.org and can be downloaded as a free PDF at the website, along with many other guides…

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Building Healthy Pasture Soils

By Lee Rinehart / October 2, 2017

Focus on biology to build resilient soils that sustain production and deliver profitable yields with reduced inputs.   Soil fertility in pastures goes well beyond a simple discussion of soil…

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