An opinion column published by Albuquerque Journal discusses the potential benefits of returning to early twentieth century farm practices like fertilizing with manure, composting, using no-till practices and other approaches.
Based on social responsibility and a desire to combat global warming, some of today’s young farmers are adopting these methods in an attempt to build carbon levels in soil. This is accomplished by creating humus, a dark soil that’s beneficial to plants, helps to prevent soil erosion and might slow down climate change.
From Albuquerque Journal:
“Building humus is a great way to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide in the soil for potentially long periods of time, which means that “old” practices can address “new” challenges, such as climate change.”
Via: Albuquerque Journal > Agriculture needs to take a few steps back, forget modern styles
