Returning to the “roots” of agriculture could help current problems

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