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Full Circle Approach to Agriculture
Contemporary agriculture (often called conventional) was built on a premise of directly feeding a plant the nutrition it needs. This ignored the soil.
The counter-movement to this often says "Feed the soil to feed the plant."
But modern breakthroughs and the cutting edge of learning about plant physiology - rhizophagy, gene modulation, biophotonics - and well as field trials has revealed a somewhat ironic truth.
For true regeneration our strongest pathway is "Feed the plant to feed the soil."
Cover cropping, seed treatment, and foliar application are time and again seen to be our greatest leverage points in the field.
Contemporary ag actually had the correct ordering of priorities in a very limited respect without a proper set of holistic goals. "Organic" had the right goals with a reversed set of priorities. (And in the reciprocity of nature this old-school organic approach can have results, but it can end up that you're going the long way.)
Now we can have a convergence using our humility and curiosity. The toolkits and infrastructure of contemporary agriculture are better poised to be adapted to restoring and regenerating life. The preparations and mindset of "organic" approaches can be more readily adapted to the tasks at hand.
We as thoughtful stewards can transcend categories and align ourselves and our food back to Nature. That, to me, is the core of the Regenerative approach.
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Full Circle Approach to Agriculture
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