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  • From: Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] hard science behind no-till
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:45:23 -0700 (PDT)

Perhaps there is still hope if science has finally caught on to
what practitioners have known all along. Now scientists need
to make the step and understand that there is no need for
NPK or any other fertilization if sufficient amounts of organic
matter are returned to a healthy soil.
 
Dieter Brand
Portugal

TradingPostPaul <tradingpost@riseup.net> wrote:

Now here's some of the hard science behind no-till.
http://notill.org/leading_edge/LE%204-3%20Web%20p264-267.pdf

Serious, credible research.

"With no-till and abundant mulch covering the soil surface, we find—in
stark contrast to nearly all of agricultural history—a method of growing
crops that can accurately be called sustainable."

paul tradingpost@lobo.net



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