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>hammer the land with chemicals Why does it matter if I'm putting syntheticly manufacturer nitrogen on my garden or if I'm putting the blood of farm animals, d
by malfist 3y ago
>hammer the land with chemicals
Why does it matter if I'm putting syntheticly manufacturer nitrogen on my garden or if I'm putting the blood of farm animals, dried and powdered onto my crops?
The end result is the same. Blood meal is just lower yield
- bobthepanda 3y agoExcess nitrogen does run off and tend to kill the river and marine ecosystems it concentrates in. The problem is aggravated by industrial amounts of fertilizer.
- malfist 3y agoBut what does it matter if the nitrogen is from blood meal or from synthetic fertilizer? It's all the same amount of nitrogen
- bobthepanda 3y agoIt isn’t? The blood meal is lower yield because it is less nitrogen.
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoMany of the nutrients in the soil in regenerative organic come from growing beneficial plants in rotation over a period of years. The practices improve soil quality to the point where additional nitrogen does not need to be added in bulk to the soil. They literally do not dump large amounts of nitrogen on the soil in a regenerative organic system. They have other ways to make sure the soil has the nutrients it needs.
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoA regenerative organic farming system and a chemical intensive farming process have many differences. Regenerative is not just "chemical intensive farming but with organic chemicals".
- mythrwy 3y agoBlood has other minerals as well. Iron comes to mind.