I don't much about Jim Kovaleski's methods, but from a brief look at his site
Grass Fed Market Garden, it looks like he's a permaculture artisan of sorts.
As with much of permaculture, the answer is some flavor or another of "it depends." As in Bryant Redhawk's
Epic Soil Series, the soil is more complicated and wonderful than imagineable! And there is so much that can be done to develop and grow better soil. Some soils are more difficult to start with than others, but I think where your land is right now does not necessarily predetermine its future or potential.
From another discussion on
too much drainage, it looks like Ken Peavey had success with mulching a lot:
Ken Peavey wrote:I have added volumes of compost several times per year for several years with no change in the soil quality. Mulch has proven to be the best thing. It cuts down the weeds and helps to preserve the moisture and amendments. Right now I have 2 trials going on, 1 with hugelkulture, the other with leaf mold. It is too early to make a call on effectiveness, but I am hopeful.
From a discussion on
makign sand into soil, it appears that some amount of clay may be necessary to get things moving forward to awesome longer lasting soil.
Bryant RedHawk wrote:Clay is going to be your Need it first item on the soil building front, without some clay everything you add will go away fast, leading to more inputs of organic matter.
I have not tried Jim's methods, so I do not know.