SD 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cash Crop, Soil Health
16 Mar 2019
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Everything he needs he gets from the environment, and in the order he needs it. Crop cover for the soil, feed for the cows, armour for the soil, plant the cash crop with cover, repeat. His statistics and pictures speak for themselves, what he does works. It makes him more money and is better all around for the environment. No noxious chemicals, no need for government assistance. He is setting a prime example for what farming should be: sustainability addresses the three e"s (environment, economy and equity). Would you consider his farm operation sustainable? and diversity, making the soil, plants, and livestock healthier. He continues to improve the soil, increasing organism density because he does not need it. We would need less agricultural land, and have healthier land and food produced from it. He has an organic practice, and is overproducing everyone in the area.
