About this episode

Peter Henry discusses his transition to agriculture and innovative practices for enhancing plant immunity and soil health.

Peter Henry is a first-generation farmer who manages a diverse, seven-hectare operation in the mountainous terrain of Puerto Rico alongside a dedicated four-person workforce. He transitioned to agriculture during the pandemic after a successful career as a tech executive and startup vice president, initially purchasing the abandoned land with the intent of establishing a shade-grown specialty coffee farm. After encountering significant challenges with his initial coffee crops, Peter successfully shifted his operation toward passion fruit and a highly specialized niche market growing traditional African heirloom vegetables and tubers for buyers in the United States and Canada. Peter focuses heavily on biological soil health and precise nutritional balance instead of conventional chemical applications. He works closely with Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA) to run on-farm trials and design sophisticated nutritional programs using AEA's data-driven inputs. By utilizing rigorous soil testing to address extreme iron and manganese imbalances, Peter designs custom foliar stacks delivered through a specialized micro-sprinkler system to proactively build plant immunity and suppress heavy…

People in this episode

Host: John Kempf

Guest: Peter Henry

Topics covered

• plant immunity
• custom foliars
• targeted nutrition
• biological soil health
• agriculture
• heirloom vegetables

Keywords

• plant immunity
• custom foliar stacks
• soil health
• agriculture
• heirloom vegetables
• nutrition
• Puerto Rico

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Advancing Eco Agriculture

Places: Puerto Rico

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