4 ms·
A large part of the problem in the us is soil depletion. We need to regenerate it by allowing roots of various weeds to pull nutrients up to the surface.
by gadflyinyoureye 2y ago
A large part of the problem in the us is soil depletion. We need to regenerate it by allowing roots of various weeds to pull nutrients up to the surface.
- dghughes 2y agoClimate change too. Even weeds people don't or can't eat have less nutrients in them. That's quite disturbing plants are not as nutritious but you can't tell that by looking at them.
- aitchnyu 2y agoThis makes me scratch my head. Can you share the science?
- gadflyinyoureye 2y agohttps://www.npr.org/2021/02/24/967376880/new-evidence-shows-fertile-soil-gone-from-midwestern-farms https://www.npr.org/2021/02/24/967376880/new-evidence-shows-... Basically our use of fertilizer and weed killer killed off our microbiome in the soil. This lead to soil collapse where churning biological process add nutrients back to the soil.