From The Ground Up Farmers Test a New Kind of Nitrogen Source on the Farm
December 17, 2025Cody Goswick stands beside a gleaming silver machine in a barn on his farm in Lawrence County, Southwest Missouri. With a vent on the left side and an electronics box mounted on the upper side, the unit sits on top of a large, semi-transparent, plastic tank holding liquid. He inspects the control dials and listens to low electrical charges crackle through the unit. This Green Lightning equipment, designed to pull nitrogen straight from the air and turn it into nitrogen equivalent fertilizer, is at the heart of a farmer-led research project conducted by Cody and other farmers, to test alternative fertilizers on their rotational grazing fields, as part of the…
Farmer Donee Boykin says ‘From The Ground Up’ is elevating farmers voices
On a quiet patch of land in Trotwood, Ohio, sunlight filters through rows of vegetables and herbs at Endigo’s Herbals & Organics, LLC. The air carries the scent of fresh soil. It is a sign that the land is alive,…
Testing Fungicides ‘From The Ground Up’ with Farmer-Led Science in Action
Ed Mershon has been in the farming business for several decades, and the farm has served him well. Despite the success of his production business, Ed believes farming is all about learning, adapting, and leading. That encouraged him to join…
