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0 pointsfoxhop8y ago0 comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1aR5OLgcc0

For more on this topic, please research:

- no-till farming

- polycultures (no monocultures)

- cover crops (or cover soil when not in use)

- reduce or eliminate chemical inputs

- permaculture

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Houshalter8y ago

Most farming is no-till now, because of the "chemicals" you seem to hate.

foxhopOP8y ago

That is false. Most farm land is tilled, plowed, driven on by machines for seeding and harvest, and disturbed regardless of the chemical inputs.

Houshalter8y ago

I can only speak for my region. But plowing and cultivating has become a lot less common over the past few decades. Herbicides kill the weeds effectively which reduce the need for it.

I think you don't know what you are talking about.

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0 pointsfoxhop8y ago0 comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1aR5OLgcc0

For more on this topic, please research:

- no-till farming

- polycultures (no monocultures)

- cover crops (or cover soil when not in use)

- reduce or eliminate chemical inputs

- permaculture

0 comments

Houshalter8y ago

Most farming is no-till now, because of the "chemicals" you seem to hate.

foxhopOP8y ago

That is false. Most farm land is tilled, plowed, driven on by machines for seeding and harvest, and disturbed regardless of the chemical inputs.

Houshalter8y ago

I can only speak for my region. But plowing and cultivating has become a lot less common over the past few decades. Herbicides kill the weeds effectively which reduce the need for it.

I think you don't know what you are talking about.

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