Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

This is the point about economic benefit to farmers: promoting the microbes
and organic matter that support them can cut costs dramatically and raise
profits. That can be the difference between living well and going under.
And it doesn't need anything from the gov'mint.

This is from Attra:

The benefits of a topsoil rich in organic matter and humus are many.  They
include rapid de-composition of crop residues, granulation of soil
into  water-stable  aggregates,  decreased  crusting and clodding, improved
internal drainage, better  water  infiltration,  and  increased  water
and  nutrient  holding  capacity.    Improvements in  the  soil.s  physical
 structure  facilitate  easier tillage,  increased  water  storage
capacity,  re-duced erosion, better formation and harvesting of  root
crops,  and  deeper,  more  prolific  plant root systems.
http://attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/soilmgmt.pdf

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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it. 
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On 6/19/2006 at 11:44 AM Andy Hupp wrote:

>And could it be quantified to be turned into an eneomic benefit for
>farmers
>when/if a "cap-and-trade" carbon market is set up?
>
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