A new documentary shows how soil is one of Earth’s greatest treasures, and how healthy soil is the key to a sustainable nutrient dense food system that truly nourishes you and your family and prevents disease It takes the earth hundreds to thousands of years to transform weathered rock into a rich organic soil that’s teeming with life and beneficial to plants The modern food system, based on monoculture, agricultural chemicals, and GE seeds, is decimating Earth’s soils at an alarming rate Chemical agriculture depletes soils of nitrogen, destroying their biome, and leads to soil erosion, salinization, massive runoff, and pollution Organic farming and properly managed grazing builds the soil, rather than destroying it, and uses much less water and fuel than monoculture
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 22:38:39 +0000
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