Dedicated to the development and extension of new technologies promoting sustainable
agriculture and ecological restoration
The conservation tillage innovation called land imprinting was invented in 1976 and then patented in
1980. This science-based innovation is uniquely capable of nearly total conservation of soil and water
resources to ensure re-vegetation even in arid land areas such as the Mojave Desert that receives,
on an average, 76 mm (3 inches) of rainfall, annually.
The science and technology of sustainable agriculture and ecological restoration are merging into a
single discipline with the passage of time. Agronomists are applying some ecology and ecologists are
applying agronomy in their sustainable agriculture and ecological restoration projects. This merger of
the two disciplines is being driven by a common concern over global land degradation or
desertification that threatens the welfare and even survival of all species, including our own.*
While world population of humans is growing rapidly, the acreage of productive land is shrinking and
we are now experiencing shortages of food and medicine worldwide. Agricultural lands are becoming
degraded or decertified and are thus less able to provide sustained production of food, feed, and
fiber, while becoming an increasing source of environmental pollution. Likewise natural lands are
becomingdegraded and are thus less able to provide the services of healthy and woodland logging,
land tillage, outdoor recreation, urban and industrial development, and military activities. The
foregoing activities cause well vegetated land to become denuded, thereby decreasing rainwater
infiltration and increasing water runoff, erosion, sedimentation and flash flooding.*** The degraded
land is less able to infiltrate and hold soil moisture; consequently, plants experience a more arid
1980. This science-based innovation is uniquely capable of nearly total conservation of soil and water
resources to ensure re-vegetation even in arid land areas such as the Mojave Desert that receives,
on an average, 76 mm (3 inches) of rainfall, annually.
The science and technology of sustainable agriculture and ecological restoration are merging into a
single discipline with the passage of time. Agronomists are applying some ecology and ecologists are
applying agronomy in their sustainable agriculture and ecological restoration projects. This merger of
the two disciplines is being driven by a common concern over global land degradation or
desertification that threatens the welfare and even survival of all species, including our own.*
While world population of humans is growing rapidly, the acreage of productive land is shrinking and
we are now experiencing shortages of food and medicine worldwide. Agricultural lands are becoming
degraded or decertified and are thus less able to provide sustained production of food, feed, and
fiber, while becoming an increasing source of environmental pollution. Likewise natural lands are
becomingdegraded and are thus less able to provide the services of healthy and woodland logging,
land tillage, outdoor recreation, urban and industrial development, and military activities. The
foregoing activities cause well vegetated land to become denuded, thereby decreasing rainwater
infiltration and increasing water runoff, erosion, sedimentation and flash flooding.*** The degraded
land is less able to infiltrate and hold soil moisture; consequently, plants experience a more arid
Barren Land
After imprinting
Results
4 Months Later
Who can benefit from this site?
ecosystems such as clean soil, water and air, pollination and abundant and
diverse medicinal plants.**
Land degradation or desertification is caused by such human activities as
livestock grazing, forest and woodland logging, land tillage, outdoor recreation,
urban and industrial development, and military activities. The foregoing activities
cause well vegetated land to become denuded, thereby decreasing rainwater
infiltration and increasing water runoff, erosion, sedimentation and flash
flooding.*** The degraded land is less able to infiltrate and hold soil moisture;
consequently, plants experience a more arid environment, especially during
short term droughts. A vicious cycle of land aridification and denudation forms
the insidious process called desertification, wherein the land dries out and many
life forms die or flee.**** degraded and are thus less able to provide the
services of healthy ecosystems such as clean soil, water and air, pollination and
abundant and diverse medicinal plants.** To the left is barren land prior to
imprinting.
Land degradation or desertification is caused by such human activities as
livestock grazing, forest and woodland logging, land tillage, outdoor recreation,
urban and industrial development, and military activities. The foregoing activities
cause well vegetated land to become denuded, thereby decreasing rainwater
infiltration and increasing water runoff, erosion, sedimentation and flash
flooding.*** The degraded land is less able to infiltrate and hold soil moisture;
consequently, plants experience a more arid environment, especially during
short term droughts. A vicious cycle of land aridification and denudation forms
the insidious process called desertification, wherein the land dries out and many
life forms die or flee.****
The no-till method for seeding, called land imprinting, has been under
development in Tucson, Arizona since 1976. Ranchers have applied imprinting
to restore perennial grasses on their degraded range land for erosion control
and forage production. The degradation has been due to a variety of reasons:
overgrazing, fires, over farming, and relatively recently discovered/publicized
global warming. The second picture shows land "imprinted" in order to collect
moisture and nutrients/resources where the climate produces very little
precipitation. More and more lands are facing droughts and low moisture levels
due to global warming. Click on the Barren Land picture to learn more about this
very serious problem. Click on the Imprint picture for one solution re:soil.
The Dixon Land Imprinter, shown above right, has been used to inter-seed
100,000 acres with grasses in southern Arizona since 1980. Early imprinters
were massive machines with large diameter rollers that were designed to
operate on rocky, brushy terrain of the south-western deserts. The Dixon Land
Imprinter is a very simple machine consisting of only two moving parts--the
imprinting roller and the seed-box agitator. Click on the picture for specifications.
This machine was invented by Dr. Robert Dixon, internationally known soil
scientist, leading authority on sustainable agriculture, re-vegetation,
interseeding, reclamation seeding, and erosion control (to list just a few of the
topics on which he has lectured/published scientific writings). Click on the menu
or the Results picture on the left for more details on the uses of this agricultural
breakthrough technology and how imprinting works. Click on the menu at left or
the Imprinter picture above right to learn about the machine specifications.
diverse medicinal plants.**
Land degradation or desertification is caused by such human activities as
livestock grazing, forest and woodland logging, land tillage, outdoor recreation,
urban and industrial development, and military activities. The foregoing activities
cause well vegetated land to become denuded, thereby decreasing rainwater
infiltration and increasing water runoff, erosion, sedimentation and flash
flooding.*** The degraded land is less able to infiltrate and hold soil moisture;
consequently, plants experience a more arid environment, especially during
short term droughts. A vicious cycle of land aridification and denudation forms
the insidious process called desertification, wherein the land dries out and many
life forms die or flee.**** degraded and are thus less able to provide the
services of healthy ecosystems such as clean soil, water and air, pollination and
abundant and diverse medicinal plants.** To the left is barren land prior to
imprinting.
Land degradation or desertification is caused by such human activities as
livestock grazing, forest and woodland logging, land tillage, outdoor recreation,
urban and industrial development, and military activities. The foregoing activities
cause well vegetated land to become denuded, thereby decreasing rainwater
infiltration and increasing water runoff, erosion, sedimentation and flash
flooding.*** The degraded land is less able to infiltrate and hold soil moisture;
consequently, plants experience a more arid environment, especially during
short term droughts. A vicious cycle of land aridification and denudation forms
the insidious process called desertification, wherein the land dries out and many
life forms die or flee.****
The no-till method for seeding, called land imprinting, has been under
development in Tucson, Arizona since 1976. Ranchers have applied imprinting
to restore perennial grasses on their degraded range land for erosion control
and forage production. The degradation has been due to a variety of reasons:
overgrazing, fires, over farming, and relatively recently discovered/publicized
global warming. The second picture shows land "imprinted" in order to collect
moisture and nutrients/resources where the climate produces very little
precipitation. More and more lands are facing droughts and low moisture levels
due to global warming. Click on the Barren Land picture to learn more about this
very serious problem. Click on the Imprint picture for one solution re:soil.
The Dixon Land Imprinter, shown above right, has been used to inter-seed
100,000 acres with grasses in southern Arizona since 1980. Early imprinters
were massive machines with large diameter rollers that were designed to
operate on rocky, brushy terrain of the south-western deserts. The Dixon Land
Imprinter is a very simple machine consisting of only two moving parts--the
imprinting roller and the seed-box agitator. Click on the picture for specifications.
This machine was invented by Dr. Robert Dixon, internationally known soil
scientist, leading authority on sustainable agriculture, re-vegetation,
interseeding, reclamation seeding, and erosion control (to list just a few of the
topics on which he has lectured/published scientific writings). Click on the menu
or the Results picture on the left for more details on the uses of this agricultural
breakthrough technology and how imprinting works. Click on the menu at left or
the Imprinter picture above right to learn about the machine specifications.
The Imprinting Machine
Developed by Dr. Dixon
THE IMPRINTING FOUNDATION:
New Hope for Damaged Lands
*(Lowdermilk, 1935; Dregne, 1978; Wolf, 1987) **(Buckman and Nabhan, 1996; Chevallier, 1996; Daily, 1997; Duke, 1998) ***(Dixon,
1995; Dixon and Carr, 1997) ****( Dregne , 1978)
Farmer, scientist, contractor,
large agricultural concerns,
government agency, anyone
open to learning about the
newest technology used to
transform barren soil into
fertile crop-producing land.
In this age of food shortages
with mass starvation, the
world leaders need the
information contained in this
site. Through networking,
we can get the information
out that there is a machine
which enables the earth to
extract moisture/resources
from the smallest amount of
precipitation.
Imprinting machines can be
manufactured large enough
to transform thousands of
acres or small enough to
work for the average farmer.
With a united effort, we can
change the current self
destructive path of mankind
by cooperating with nature
to maximize our natural
resources.
This is an exciting time.
More and more people are
waking up to the food crisis
we are currently facing and
are stepping up to the plate
to do what they can to save
our planet -- save ourselves!
government agency, anyone
open to learning about the
newest technology used to
transform barren soil into
fertile crop-producing land.
In this age of food shortages
with mass starvation, the
world leaders need the
information contained in this
site. Through networking,
we can get the information
out that there is a machine
which enables the earth to
extract moisture/resources
from the smallest amount of
precipitation.
Imprinting machines can be
manufactured large enough
to transform thousands of
acres or small enough to
work for the average farmer.
With a united effort, we can
change the current self
destructive path of mankind
by cooperating with nature
to maximize our natural
resources.
This is an exciting time.
More and more people are
waking up to the food crisis
we are currently facing and
are stepping up to the plate
to do what they can to save
our planet -- save ourselves!
Come Join Us!!!
A Non-Profit Organization
The Imprinting Foundation
1616 E. Lind Road
Tucson, Arizona 85719
To email us, click on logo to left
Farmer, scientist, contractor, large agricultural
concerns, government agency, anyone open to
learning about the newest technology used to
transform barren soil into fertile crop-producing
land.
In this age of food shortages with mass starvation,
the world leaders need the information contained in
this site. Through networking, we can get the
information out that there is a machine which enables the earth to extract
moisture/resources from the smallest amount of precipitation.
Imprinting machines can be manufactured large enough to transform
thousands of acres or small enough to work for the average farmer.
With a united effort, we can change the current self destructive path of
mankind by cooperating with nature to maximize our natural resources.
This is an exciting time. More and more people are waking up to the food
crisis we are currently facing and are stepping up to the plate to do what
they can to save our planet -- save ourselves!
concerns, government agency, anyone open to
learning about the newest technology used to
transform barren soil into fertile crop-producing
land.
In this age of food shortages with mass starvation,
the world leaders need the information contained in
this site. Through networking, we can get the
information out that there is a machine which enables the earth to extract
moisture/resources from the smallest amount of precipitation.
Imprinting machines can be manufactured large enough to transform
thousands of acres or small enough to work for the average farmer.
With a united effort, we can change the current self destructive path of
mankind by cooperating with nature to maximize our natural resources.
This is an exciting time. More and more people are waking up to the food
crisis we are currently facing and are stepping up to the plate to do what
they can to save our planet -- save ourselves!
Dedicated to the development and extension of new technologies promoting
sustainable agriculture and ecological restoration
The conservation tillage innovation called land imprinting was invented in 1976
and then patented in 1980. This science-based innovation is uniquely capable of
nearly total conservation of soil and water resources to ensure re-vegetation
even in arid land areas such as the Mojave Desert that receives, on an average,
76 mm (3 inches) of rainfall, annually.
The science and technology of sustainable agriculture and ecological restoration
are merging into a single discipline with the passage of time. Agronomists are
applying some ecology and ecologists are applying agronomy in their sustainable
agriculture and ecological restoration projects. This merger of the two disciplines
is being driven by a common concern over global land degradation or
desertification that threatens the welfare and even survival of all species,
including our own.*
While world population of humans is growing rapidly, the acreage of productive
land is shrinking and we are now experiencing shortages of food and medicine
worldwide. Agricultural lands are becoming degraded or decertified and are thus
less able to provide sustained production of food, feed, and fiber, while becoming
an increasing source of environmental pollution. Likewise natural lands are
becomingdegraded and are thus less able to provide the services of healthy
and then patented in 1980. This science-based innovation is uniquely capable of
nearly total conservation of soil and water resources to ensure re-vegetation
even in arid land areas such as the Mojave Desert that receives, on an average,
76 mm (3 inches) of rainfall, annually.
The science and technology of sustainable agriculture and ecological restoration
are merging into a single discipline with the passage of time. Agronomists are
applying some ecology and ecologists are applying agronomy in their sustainable
agriculture and ecological restoration projects. This merger of the two disciplines
is being driven by a common concern over global land degradation or
desertification that threatens the welfare and even survival of all species,
including our own.*
While world population of humans is growing rapidly, the acreage of productive
land is shrinking and we are now experiencing shortages of food and medicine
worldwide. Agricultural lands are becoming degraded or decertified and are thus
less able to provide sustained production of food, feed, and fiber, while becoming
an increasing source of environmental pollution. Likewise natural lands are
becomingdegraded and are thus less able to provide the services of healthy
ecosystems such as clean soil, water and air, pollination
and abundant and diverse medicinal plants.**
Land degradation or desertification is caused by such
human activities as livestock grazing, forest and woodland
logging, land tillage, outdoor recreation, urban and
industrial development, and military activities. The
foregoing activities cause well vegetated land to become
denuded, thereby decreasing rainwater infiltration and
increasing water runoff, erosion, sedimentation and flash
flooding.*** The degraded land is less able to infiltrate and
hold soil moisture; consequently, plants experience a more
arid environment, especially during short term droughts. A
vicious cycle of land aridification and denudation forms the
insidious process called desertification, wherein the land
dries out and many life forms die or flee.**** degraded
and are thus less able to provide the services of healthy
ecosystems such as clean soil, water and air, pollination
and abundant and diverse medicinal plants.** To the left is
barren land prior to imprinting.
Land degradation or desertification is caused by such
human activities as livestock grazing, forest and woodland
logging, land tillage, outdoor recreation, urban and
industrial development, and military activities. The
foregoing activities cause well vegetated land to become
denuded, thereby decreasing rainwater infiltration and
increasing water runoff, erosion, sedimentation and flash
flooding.*** The degraded land is less able to infiltrate and
hold soil moisture; consequently, plants experience a more
arid environment, especially during short term droughts. A
vicious cycle of land aridification and denudation forms the
insidious process called desertification, wherein the land
dries out and many life forms die or flee.****
The no-till method for seeding, called land imprinting, has been under
development in Tucson, Arizona since 1976. Ranchers have applied imprinting to
restore perennial grasses on their degraded range land for erosion control and
forage production. The degradation has been due to a variety of reasons:
overgrazing, fires, over farming, and relatively recently discovered/publicized
global warming. The second picture shows land "imprinted" in order to collect
moisture and nutrients/resources where the climate produces very little
precipitation. More and more lands are facing droughts and low moisture levels
due to global warming. Click on the Barren Land picture to learn more about this
very serious problem. Click on the Imprint picture for one solution re:soil.
The Dixon Land Imprinter, shown above right, has been used to inter-seed
100,000 acres with grasses in southern Arizona since 1980. Early imprinters were
massive machines with large diameter rollers that were designed to operate on
rocky, brushy terrain of the south-western deserts. The Dixon Land Imprinter is a
very simple machine consisting of only two moving parts--the imprinting roller and
the seed-box agitator. Click on the picture for specifications. This machine was
invented by Dr. Robert Dixon, internationally known soil scientist, leading authority
on sustainable agriculture, re-vegetation, interseeding, reclamation seeding, and
erosion control (to list just a few of the topics on which he has lectured/published
scientific writings). Click on the menu or the Results picture on the left for more
details on the uses of this agricultural breakthrough technology and how imprinting
works. Click on the menu at left or the Imprinter picture above right to learn about
the machine specifications.
and abundant and diverse medicinal plants.**
Land degradation or desertification is caused by such
human activities as livestock grazing, forest and woodland
logging, land tillage, outdoor recreation, urban and
industrial development, and military activities. The
foregoing activities cause well vegetated land to become
denuded, thereby decreasing rainwater infiltration and
increasing water runoff, erosion, sedimentation and flash
flooding.*** The degraded land is less able to infiltrate and
hold soil moisture; consequently, plants experience a more
arid environment, especially during short term droughts. A
vicious cycle of land aridification and denudation forms the
insidious process called desertification, wherein the land
dries out and many life forms die or flee.**** degraded
and are thus less able to provide the services of healthy
ecosystems such as clean soil, water and air, pollination
and abundant and diverse medicinal plants.** To the left is
barren land prior to imprinting.
Land degradation or desertification is caused by such
human activities as livestock grazing, forest and woodland
logging, land tillage, outdoor recreation, urban and
industrial development, and military activities. The
foregoing activities cause well vegetated land to become
denuded, thereby decreasing rainwater infiltration and
increasing water runoff, erosion, sedimentation and flash
flooding.*** The degraded land is less able to infiltrate and
hold soil moisture; consequently, plants experience a more
arid environment, especially during short term droughts. A
vicious cycle of land aridification and denudation forms the
insidious process called desertification, wherein the land
dries out and many life forms die or flee.****
The no-till method for seeding, called land imprinting, has been under
development in Tucson, Arizona since 1976. Ranchers have applied imprinting to
restore perennial grasses on their degraded range land for erosion control and
forage production. The degradation has been due to a variety of reasons:
overgrazing, fires, over farming, and relatively recently discovered/publicized
global warming. The second picture shows land "imprinted" in order to collect
moisture and nutrients/resources where the climate produces very little
precipitation. More and more lands are facing droughts and low moisture levels
due to global warming. Click on the Barren Land picture to learn more about this
very serious problem. Click on the Imprint picture for one solution re:soil.
The Dixon Land Imprinter, shown above right, has been used to inter-seed
100,000 acres with grasses in southern Arizona since 1980. Early imprinters were
massive machines with large diameter rollers that were designed to operate on
rocky, brushy terrain of the south-western deserts. The Dixon Land Imprinter is a
very simple machine consisting of only two moving parts--the imprinting roller and
the seed-box agitator. Click on the picture for specifications. This machine was
invented by Dr. Robert Dixon, internationally known soil scientist, leading authority
on sustainable agriculture, re-vegetation, interseeding, reclamation seeding, and
erosion control (to list just a few of the topics on which he has lectured/published
scientific writings). Click on the menu or the Results picture on the left for more
details on the uses of this agricultural breakthrough technology and how imprinting
works. Click on the menu at left or the Imprinter picture above right to learn about
the machine specifications.
Who can benefit from this site?
THE IMPRINTING FOUNDATION:
New Hope for Damaged Lands
*(Lowdermilk, 1935; Dregne, 1978; Wolf, 1987) **(Buckman and Nabhan, 1996;
Chevallier, 1996; Daily, 1997; Duke, 1998) ***(Dixon, 1995; Dixon and Carr, 1997)
****( Dregne , 1978)
Come Join Us!!!
A Non-Profit Organization
The Imprinting Foundation
1616 E. Lind Road
Tucson, Arizona 85719
Email Web Mistress
To email us, click
on logo to left
After imprinting
Barren Land
Results
4 Months Later
The Imprinting Machine
Developed by Dr. Dixon
