Watch as Joshua Andersen of Johnny Appleseed Organic demonstrates power-composting the farm's hearty Coker oat grass with a flail mower. The benefit of this method is that it breaks down the material — including tougher varieties of cover crops — into very fine pieces, aiding the decomposition process and speeding up the release of carbon into the underlying soil.

Learn how to make a micro-swale with Joshua Anderson of Johnny Appleseed Organic. A swale is a perfectly level ditch on contour that distributes water over longer areas to pacify the water's effect on landscapes. For this project, he uses a rotary plow to create this fixture of climate farming.