Roller/Crimper No-Till: Advancing No-Till Agriculture

by Jeff Moyer

Roller/Crimper No-Till is an expanded update of the groundbreaking work Organic No-Till Farming. This book presents farmers ― organic and conventional ― with a proven system that limits tillage, reduces labor, cuts toxic inputs and improves soil structure. Based on the latest research by pioneering agriculturists, this book arms you with new technologies and tools based on sound biological principles, making it possible to reduce and even eliminate tillage. Jeff Moyer’s clear and comprehensive guided tour of non-toxic, roller/crimper-based no-till is based on using soil biology to power the system. Field-tested over many seasons, these methods make cover crops into a source of fertility as well as a tool for weed management. As traditional tillage turns into rotational tillage, natural soil biology is maximized and synthetic inputs are minimized. Combining the best aspects of no-till with recent innovations in equipment design and in-field research, the system laid out in this book “provides great potential for agricultural change,” Moyer writes, “through the use of cover crops and reduction of synthetic herbicides, while giving organic farmers what they need in terms of weed management and soil building practices.” For organic farmers who want to refine their practices and conventional farmers wanting to stop chemical mowing and save on inputs, Roller/Crimper No-Till is truly indispensable.

286 pages, Paperback

Published April 13, 2024

About the author

Jeff Moyer is an award-winning documentary producer, award-winning songwriter, author, disability right’s advocate and motivational speaker.

Jeff Moyer was born in 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio. At five, Jeff began to go blind. That same year, Jeff's brother Mark was born with a severe cognitive disability. Jeff's progressive blindness and Mark's grim circumstances helped him understand the need for the acceptance and inclusion of people with disabilities.

Mark was institutionalized in 1963 at the barbaric Columbus State Institution for the Mentally Retarded, where he suffered until 1981. Jeff became a leader in the disability right’s movement after graduating with honors from The University of California at Berkeley in Social Welfare. Jeff received a Master's degree in Rehabilitation Administration from The University of San Francisco. Jeff has worked as a rehabilitation program developer, assistive technology pioneer, disability access consultant, author, songwriter, publisher and motivational speaker since 1973.

Jeff has presented to numerous national and world conferences and has spoken and sung in 47 states. He has been featured as an NPR "Morning Edition" Commentator, on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, on 20/20, in National Geographic, and in a BBC documentary on the U.S. Disability Rights Movement.

After 20 years of advocacy, in 2002, Jeff was successful in moving Mark, back into the community with supported living services. Much of his published music and writings address the normalcy of disability, the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity, humor and the importance of social inclusion.

Following Mark’s death in 2014, Jeff and his wife Cristi moved to Chula Vista, CA.