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Everything the University of Hawaiʻi has published on Korean Natural Farming, free to read. The heart of it is six short papers from 2013–14, in which Hawaiʻi farmers and UH extension wrote down exactly how the core inputs are made. How that happened.
The farmer papers, 2013–14 · UH CTAHR
Hawaiʻi natural farmers sat down with UH extension and wrote out, step by step, how they make six core inputs. Still the most-cited KNF recipes in the world.
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SA-7Natural Farming: Fermented Plant Juice
Sherri A. Miller, David M. Ikeda, Eric Weinert Jr., Kim C.S. Chang, Joseph M. McGinn · 2013
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SA-8Natural Farming: Lactic Acid Bacteria
David M. Ikeda, Eric Weinert Jr., Kim C.S. Chang, Joseph M. McGinn, Sherri A. Miller · 2013
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SA-10Natural Farming: Water-Soluble Calcium
Kim C.S. Chang, Joseph M. McGinn, Eric Weinert Jr., Sherri A. Miller, David M. Ikeda · 2014
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SA-11Natural Farming: Oriental Herbal Nutrient
Kim C.S. Chang, Joseph M. McGinn, Eric Weinert Jr., Sherri A. Miller, David M. Ikeda · 2014
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SA-12Natural Farming: Fish Amino Acids
Eric Weinert Jr., Sherri A. Miller, David M. Ikeda, Kim C.S. Chang · 2014
What the lab found, 2016–2023 · UH CTAHR
University of Hawaiʻi researchers put KNF inputs under the microscope: which microbes are in IMO, LAB and rice-water ferments, and what they do in the soil.
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SA-17An Introduction to Natural Farming Poultry Production in Hawaiʿi
Michael W. DuPonte, Kiersten Akahoshi, Keala Cowell, Lehua Wall · 2016
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SA-19Natural Farming: The Development of Indigenous Microorganisms Using Korean Natural Farming Methods
A. Keliikuli, K. Smith, Y. Li, C.N. Lee · 2019
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SA-21Natural Farming: Comparison of Phosphorus-Solubilizing and Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Among KNF, Organic, and Conventional Farming
A. Keliikuli, K.H. Wang, Y. Li, C.N. Lee · 2021
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SA-22Natural Farming: Bacteria in 10 Sources of Indigenous Micro-Organisms (IMO4) from Natural Farming Operators in Hawaiʿi
C.N. Lee et al. · 2023
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SA-23Natural Farming: Identification of Bacteria in Fermented Cultures of Rice Water and Milk
C.N. Lee et al. · 2023
The first extension guides, 2008–2012 · UH CTAHR
How KNF first entered the University of Hawaiʻi: a guide to catching IMO, and the no-smell piggery.
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LM-23The Natural Farming Concept: A New Economical Waste Management System for Small Family Swine Farms in Hawaiʿi
Michael W. DuPonte, David Fischer · 2012