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The struggle beneath our feet….
….bit by bit, the word is getting out. And when the New York Times “gets it”, maybe there’s hope. The struggle is to save the microbe, the little critters that make soil alive and productive. They are threatened, of course, by modern chemistry which supposedly increases crop yields. Fertilizers, herbicides and all those products kill the microbes and the nutrient value not only of the soil but our food. The only answer is to pour ever more chemicals on the land. Ian Mitchell-Innes (see “Yes, it’s true” below) calls it an addiction with farmers enriching the big drug companies to support the habit. Here’s the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/opinion/sunday/the-hidden-world-of-soil-under-our-feet.html?ref=science&_r=1& Note that the Times…
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Yes, it’s true….
….Greg and Jan Judy’s Green Pastures farm certainly lives up to its name. More than 50 would-be grazers attended Greg’s three-day program near Moberly, Missouri last week to study the power of mob grazing. It’s been a cold, wet spring but the proof was there as you drove down the road. Greg’s green pastures alongside neighbors who were still feeding hay! The featured speaker was Ian Mitchell-Innes who practices a version of what might be called “Mob Grazing for Dummies”. Ian’s approach is throw you in the shallow water so you don’t have to drown. He has become something of a missionary in the battle to save the microbe. There’s…