The knee-high grasses growing between the rows at Blossom Bluff Orchards in Reedley might be reminiscent of a bad neighbor letting their yard become an eyesore.

But the grasses and vegetation are all part of farmer Bryce Loewen’s approach to organic farming. He says letting nature take its course has led to healthier soils and sweeter fruit for the dozens of crops he grows.

“If you go around the farm now, you’ll see it’s very green and weeds and all kinds of natural vegetation is just abundant to the point where we have to control it by mowing or weed whacking or something, trying to keep it workable for our people that need to be out there,” Loewen said.

Low-Till Helps Create a Soil Biome: Loewen

Tucked into a corner of a bend in the Kings River, about 150 different varietals on 78 ac

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