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:
Note that the Times is careful not to offend any of the “expert’ establishment; but it’s there if you read closely. Thanks to Ed Taylor in Vermont for the link.