Hate to break it to you, but organic- as it's practiced in the US- is far from the gold standard.
Yes, for many of the reasons you listed, organic is much better than conventional practices...BUT organic still requires a lot of organic inputs for fertility, still uses organic pesticides, still involves a lot of tillage as well as bare f…
Hate to break it to you, but organic- as it's practiced in the US- is far from the gold standard.
Yes, for many of the reasons you listed, organic is much better than conventional practices...BUT organic still requires a lot of organic inputs for fertility, still uses organic pesticides, still involves a lot of tillage as well as bare fallows. So what really is the ideal is regenerative forms of plant and meat production that optimize soil health.
This blog includes a list of bullet points as to why organic Ag is far from the gold standard. The USDA Organic label has more to do with following rules than producing best outcomes.
I am trained in science but this was heavy even for a physician (retired neurologist). I love your focus on the gut microbiome as there is increasing evidence it has a major impact on the nervous system. And thank you for introducing the concept of the “soil microbiome.”
I grow food in my backyard, at the community garden, and in a wild setting, the only input is 1/2 square yard of both horse manure and wood shavings to make aerobic compost, and since this stores energy on the form of bi-phosphate, I really don't need to make any more since everything here other than what I eat recycles. I refuse to use the word organic and instead use natural. The fascists can't patent that word.
Organic is a co-opted term in US and one where producers have to pay to use it both for land certification and produce/meat certification. Compliance is a lot of bureaucratic paperwork. Recycling manures in composts is fine.... though not absolutely essential for nutrient cycling. Horse manures in particular can be problematic because horses are given so many drugs. Regardless, as this other blog https://lachefnet.wordpress.com/2020/12/28/restoring-the-soil-microbiome/ from the same source notes, in regenerative systems, the key for plant nutrition is soil health full of active microbiology. Tillage, especially frequent tillage, doesn't promote soil health. Most organic relies on a lot of tillage.
You are missing a lot of what I am actually doing, proving a small holder doesn't need anything. I only import the manure because I don't want to take care of animals, instead I want to go hunting and fishing. Regen ag is just a continuation of the fascist hierarchy and will fail.
The aerobic compost I make binds these chemicals and heavy metals with carbon becoming inert.
I'm doing it, this methodology I am applying works.
LOL, your comment about regen Ag is downright silly. Why? Regen Ag is the exact opposite of "fascist hierarchy" since it does away with the need for all the inputs from all the corporations that farm farmers. Anyway, thanks for the laugh.
Lol...now you're just being even more ridiculous....borderline mentally ill. ..though still very AMUSING. So ROTFLMAO. ...Thanks for the laughs. You're a regular Bob Hope.
Regen ag requires a market that is flush with discretionary income, out of reach for a lot of people right now with the number increasing. But it is the economy of large land owners that can afford the consulting fees and for now there is a market for it - but I don't see many converting so there's that too. I don't expect this phenomenon to last very long, like decades or something, but hey, that's what I think doesn't mean I'm right.
Hate to break it to you, but organic- as it's practiced in the US- is far from the gold standard.
Yes, for many of the reasons you listed, organic is much better than conventional practices...BUT organic still requires a lot of organic inputs for fertility, still uses organic pesticides, still involves a lot of tillage as well as bare fallows. So what really is the ideal is regenerative forms of plant and meat production that optimize soil health.
Here's a recent blog on this topic worth reading: https://lachefnet.wordpress.com/2022/07/31/soil-and-human-gut-dysbiosis/
This blog includes a list of bullet points as to why organic Ag is far from the gold standard. The USDA Organic label has more to do with following rules than producing best outcomes.
I am trained in science but this was heavy even for a physician (retired neurologist). I love your focus on the gut microbiome as there is increasing evidence it has a major impact on the nervous system. And thank you for introducing the concept of the “soil microbiome.”
I grow food in my backyard, at the community garden, and in a wild setting, the only input is 1/2 square yard of both horse manure and wood shavings to make aerobic compost, and since this stores energy on the form of bi-phosphate, I really don't need to make any more since everything here other than what I eat recycles. I refuse to use the word organic and instead use natural. The fascists can't patent that word.
Organic is a co-opted term in US and one where producers have to pay to use it both for land certification and produce/meat certification. Compliance is a lot of bureaucratic paperwork. Recycling manures in composts is fine.... though not absolutely essential for nutrient cycling. Horse manures in particular can be problematic because horses are given so many drugs. Regardless, as this other blog https://lachefnet.wordpress.com/2020/12/28/restoring-the-soil-microbiome/ from the same source notes, in regenerative systems, the key for plant nutrition is soil health full of active microbiology. Tillage, especially frequent tillage, doesn't promote soil health. Most organic relies on a lot of tillage.
You are missing a lot of what I am actually doing, proving a small holder doesn't need anything. I only import the manure because I don't want to take care of animals, instead I want to go hunting and fishing. Regen ag is just a continuation of the fascist hierarchy and will fail.
The aerobic compost I make binds these chemicals and heavy metals with carbon becoming inert.
I'm doing it, this methodology I am applying works.
LOL, your comment about regen Ag is downright silly. Why? Regen Ag is the exact opposite of "fascist hierarchy" since it does away with the need for all the inputs from all the corporations that farm farmers. Anyway, thanks for the laugh.
Your response is typical of someone captured by a messianic cult. You simply can't evaluate a critique.
Lol...now you're just being even more ridiculous....borderline mentally ill. ..though still very AMUSING. So ROTFLMAO. ...Thanks for the laughs. You're a regular Bob Hope.
Regen ag requires a market that is flush with discretionary income, out of reach for a lot of people right now with the number increasing. But it is the economy of large land owners that can afford the consulting fees and for now there is a market for it - but I don't see many converting so there's that too. I don't expect this phenomenon to last very long, like decades or something, but hey, that's what I think doesn't mean I'm right.