“Organic Agriculture Equals Crop Rotation” – Frank A Hilario, UPLB Agriculturist ‘65 (24-09-2022)
(“Crop Rotation” from Princeton Students
Climate Initiative, psci.princeton.edu)
The Princeton students are telling me:
Crop rotation is the
practice of “rotating crops,” or sequentially planting different crops on the
same plot of land. This rotation improves soil health, optimizes soil
nutrients, and combats pests and weeds. Farmers seek to plant consecutive crops
that compliment each other. For example, a farmer may choose to plant beans
after planting corn because the beans will return nitrogen to the soil that the
corn uses up. Rotations can involve as little as two to three crops and as many
as over a dozen.
That
is to say, if you are a true believer in organic agriculture, you rotate the
lives of your crops in your farm or garden – you just remember that and nothing
else.
You don’t have to remember such complicated things as the US
Department of Agriculture describes: “Organic producers implement a wide range
of strategies to develop and maintain biological diversity and replenish soil
fertility” (quoted by Rodale
Institute, rodaleinstitute.org).
Simply rotate your crops and you take care of them, and your health, and your
soil!
And neither do I want to discuss bio-N, organic compost, cattle manure, poultry droppings, domestic sewage and
so on – I want to simplify my life as a blogger to help any farmer simply his regenerative life!
Yesterday, I blogged “Climate Change Solution – “Big
Countries Must Finance Small Countries” – Ferdinand “BBM” Marcos Jr. “Isn’t
That Waiting For Godot?” – Frank A Hilario, Asking For A Friend!” Brains & Beauty Agriculture, blogspot.com).
I see it
today, Saturday, 24 September 2022 (Manila), “Regenerative Agriculture”
ultimately is about regenerative human bodies! “Farm like the
world depends on it” – Regenerative Organic Alliance (regenorganic.org). “Because it does” – Frank A Hilario
Regenerative Organic Alliance says:
We imagine a world in
which farmers, brands, policymakers, educators, researchers and individuals
come together to create a healthy food system that respects land, animals,
empowers people, and restores communities and ecosystems through regenerative
organic farming.
“That
respects, empowers, restores” – that is the agriculture I believe in.
Back
to simplifying my life as a blogger pushing for Regenerative Agriculture, I
will just have to remember this as my mantra: “Organic Agriculture Equals Crop
Rotation.” (And that Organic Agriculture is part and not 100% of Regenerative
Agriculture.)
Rodale Institute says, “The future is organic” (Rodale
Institute, rodaleinstitute.org).
It says of itself: “Rodale Institute has been a global leader in regenerative
organic agriculture for over 70 years.”
What
else?! Organic agriculture helps solve farmer poverty; at the same time it helps
resolve climate change – 2 pressing problems of the Philippines today. So: “The
future is organic.” You can’t blame me if I believe 100% in what Rodale
Institute is saying!@517
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