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I think the health of all things-from microbes to plants to animals to humans-depends on our soil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The importance of dirt, cannot be understated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bonnie Kaplan<\/a>, a PhD researcher in Canada has tested soils across her country, and with surprise and dismay found that none of them contains optimal nutrients<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Without nutritious soil, plants can’t make what they need to thrive. And the animals that eat the plants, as well as those that then eat the animals, wind up being inadequately nourished as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While organic farming is one attempt to produce healthier crops, it is not the answer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The ecology of the soil comes about from the interaction of microbes, and fungi, and the waste of a variety of plants and animals as well as water, and sunlight, and the cycle of seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Farmers like John and Molly Chester who created the permaculture Apricot Lane Farm<\/a> – “The Biggest Little Farm” (check out the interview below or watch the trailers here<\/a>) realized that, for all their farm produced (in plants, and animals, and wildlife), what they were truly about in their endeavor was making dirt<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe argument for making dirt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n