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  • From: yarrow@sfo.com
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] NO-TILL FARMING OFFERS A QUICK FIX TO HELP WARD OFF HOST OF GLOBAL PROBLEMS
  • Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:11:50 -0800

At 8:16 AM -0800 12/15/07, Phil Bunch wrote:
....>The long term application of tillage and massive nutrient inputs probably
results in a new, less diverse steady state. I don't have data on hand to
back this up but in ecology this is the typical outcome of frequently
repeated disturbance. Given time and the absence of such disturbance,
systems return to a steady state that often is similar to the original.
....

In fact, chemical ferts and tilling kill off the beneficial soil microbiology, so doing either or both will set you back.





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