Cog wrote:I'm wondering if it is even possible to go backwards with regards to farming practices. Modern farming resembles a mining process more than sustainable agriculture. Without the addition of artificial fertilizers, would the soil even be organic rich enough to support going back to more ancient practices?
I would surmise that soils on the mega-farms might be so depleted of organics that it might take considerable amendments before you could generate food from what was once very rich soils.
Cog wrote:I'm wondering if it is even possible to go backwards with regards to farming practices. Modern farming resembles a mining process more than sustainable agriculture. Without the addition of artificial fertilizers, would the soil even be organic rich enough to support going back to more ancient practices?
I would surmise that soils on the mega-farms might be so depleted of organics that it might take considerable amendments before you could generate food from what was once very rich soils.
Newfie wrote:Damn, I can't figure out why I'm loosing so many posts!
The mind exercise is .....can a state support the current population based solely upon resources in its own borders?.........
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Are there even enough fields in NY State to support that population? It gets cold in NY. Short growing seasons.
Cog wrote:The way my father did his garden on the farm was to move the garden plot every couple of years. This also helped with insect pests that would get established in a garden plot. We had some cattle and where they congregated to eat hay during the winter and drink water they would obviously deposit manure. By moving fences around, what was once a feed lot is now a new garden spot. It worked very well and we didn't have to add amendments to change the soil. Worms and the cows did that for us.
onlooker wrote:Speaking of regions, I do not see how the Philippines can feed but a small percentage of their huge population further down the road. No matter what land is available or what percentage still retain agricultural production knowledge. Just the physics of extracting enough food for a huge population seems difficult now and especially into the future.
onlooker wrote:So we can all agree that lawns are truly a waste and would be much better to be converted to some sort of plot to grow food!
Timo wrote:onlooker wrote:So we can all agree that lawns are truly a waste and would be much better to be converted to some sort of plot to grow food!
Not necessarily. We discovered a woodpecker who had dug a hole into one of our trees to build a nest yesterday. Obviously, the tree is dying, and we were planning on cutting it down this fall. I hope the pecker has successfully nested and moved on by then. Long story short, food gardens don't make very good habitat for wildlife, unless you're growing food for them and not yourself. Everything needs a balance to survive. Humans have tipped that balance against ourselves. Now, we're falling PDQ, and we're facing an uphill battle to restore that balance so we can continue living.
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