Gillian Julius

[Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming @APZBNF]

"From Andhra Pradesh to the world, the #NaturalFarming movement is making headlines."

@IndiaToday has highlighted #APCNF's remarkable journey, showcasing how 1.8 million farmers are leading one of the world's largest community managed transitions to Natural Farming. The feature recognises APCNF's global recognition with the 2026 @FoodPlanetPrize and its role in restoring soil health, strengthening climate resilience, reducing cultivation costs, and inspiring agroecological transitions beyond India.

#APCNF's farmer led extension model trains Community Resource Persons, Master Trainers, Bio Resource Centre (BRC) entrepreneurs, field teams, and frontline extension staff, who take Natural Farming directly to villages through field demonstrations, mentoring, exposure visits, and continuous handholding. Built on a farmer to farmer peer learning approach, this model empowers experienced farmers to mentor fellow farmers, building trust, accelerating adoption, and creating lasting change across communities.

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@silverpebble Take care Emma…your tiny flowers bring us joy 🌸

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@studio22artz Wow. Gorgeous

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@jzellis Gotta keep the nerd police diligent

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@RobSomerville1 Should be pretty quick. Inoculate with rhizobium as an insurance policy, don’t apply N it will suppress the N fixation. Check after a couple weeks and see if nodules are red, if so they are fixing N successfully. The better your soil structure is the better they will work

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@ryankatzrosene https://t.co/vGGqgGB05B

Dig into politics of why did the land use side of climate change get put to the side

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@arianek Could possibly be pesticide residue …I also have issues but organic seems ok for me

https://t.co/VTgBkPNmMM

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@MattBaume We once had mystery lettuce disappearing from one corner of a container, as well as flattened arugula in the container next to it. Later watched a bunny climb into the arugula and sit it in to reach the lettuce, no interest in the arugula itself but I guess it made a comfy seat

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@jembendell @helenaverley Also this whole situation with olives seems reminiscent of citrus greening…only known cure for that afaik is polyculture ground cover in the rows with good compost. Trees will still get the virus but won’t actually have the disease symptoms

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@jembendell @helenaverley Some folks working on this that I am aware of:

https://t.co/HXw9biwTfw

https://t.co/QDdVsKonv7

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@seattle_tax Also it helps to have a short list of safe snacks and meal ideas identified ahead of time so when you get hungry you already have a plan

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@seattle_tax My experience is the first 4 days suck but it gets much better after that as long as you don’t eat sugar again. I would recommend honey only as sweetener for a while but still allow yourself other carbs (potatoes, fruit, etc) if you are ok with them.

[Neal Spackman @NealSpackman]

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There's a pattern to ecosystem restoration and Nature-Based Solutions that most folks get entirely wrong.

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@louisearable @FWphilclarke I would guess Mg deficiency? Was high K or Ca applied? Or heavy rains on a light soil? Easy to test, give some epsom salts to a small patch and see what happens

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@factchecker103 @jzellis Good luck!

FYI another trick to know, if you replant the largest cloves you get the largest new heads…repeat year after year

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@GlobalEcoGuy The opportunity for (major) shifts to the food system via agroecology to address huge mitigations for climate change (localized cooling, hydrological cycle, desertification impacts etc). Please don’t write something hyper focused on carbon emissions and miss the bigger picture

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@AdithyaR_YXE Envo mask has been best in my experience for others understanding you but it has exhaust valve (so only protecting you not them). Fit is good as long as you don’t turn your head side to side while talking.

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@PadwickNick Congratulations!