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Regenerating soil is nothing new, really. The Amazonian tribes learned how to cultivate a rich black soil[0] long time ago. There is ongoing research on how to
by bostik 9y ago
Regenerating soil is nothing new, really. The Amazonian tribes learned how to cultivate a rich black soil[0] long time ago. There is ongoing research on how to make that work again on an industrial scale - and with sufficiently short timespans.
The article mentions that even common composting helps, but the problem tends to be how to prevent it from running off. No wonder. As anything in biology, soil regeneration takes time. Having your fresh biomass flow elsewhere runs counter to the purpose.
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_preta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_preta
- sigmaprimus 9y agoI agree this is nothing new, and although I tend to believe that no till is an essential part of healing the soil it will not work alone if nothing is done to break up the agricultural economic complex controlled by the multinational companies only interested in profit. A good book published in 1975 written by Masanobu Fukuoka called "One Straw Revolution" is very informative on this subject easy reading and obtainable for free by searching it's title followed by .pdf in your favorite S.E.