That sounds very familiar. I love in the big plain down the middle of California our "black dirt" goes down 6-7ft then there is gravel weirdness. You have to check the dirt before deep ripping to make sure you don't get rocks and the dirt is still good. We get seasonal workers from Mexico and we had to dig holes to prove that was true. They just have the same soil all the way down.
These crops are not grown in soil. Essentially, we are farming hydroponically in the dirt, using a toxic chemical soup to substitute for what nature intended. The soil (a living ecosystem) does not exist in these giant monoculture systems, which provide the grains upon which the world depends.
The original soil has long since been compromised and can only be replaced by regenerative agriculture. The powers that be lose control under such circumstances and are thus motivated to keep the wolf at bay as long as possible.
It's a fragile, unsustainable system that threatens catastrophic failure with the breakage of any link in the chain.
Listen to Graham handcock who talks about how the soil in the Amazon rain forests is black and wonderfully fertile..and even a little mixed with poor soil will turn poor soil good. Analysis say its not natural and has been made
Yes, interesting article. I was not aware of these soils. However, as someone who has grown vegetables and fruits on my small amount of land, I know that soils can be depleted VERY QUICKLY, and fertilization doesn't return the land to its previous state. For example, when we moved here I had several varieties of bananas, and planted them in an appropriate spot in our yard. For the first two seasons, they grew like gangbusters, one variety reaching fifteen feet tall, and nearly all of them produced fruit. Since then, they have grown smaller and smaller each successive year, despite me fertilizing heavily with balanced time-release fertilizer. It's a real head-scratcher for me...I don't know what's missing.
Similarly, I have grown tomatoes in large, above-ground tubs with drip irrigation, in special mixes that don't break down and provide superior aeration to the roots. I fertilize regularly, yet the plants never produce more than five tomatoes each before the summer heat gets them.
You should look into JADAM and korean natural farming.
Long of the short, think of the great forest of the world, they grow without fertilizer, the great plains of the world same thing, jungles, why is that ?
Soil bacteria both anox and anaox, (+ other bio) and a contentious source of organic material to feed the carbolic and hummric acid cycles needed to crack the mineral molecules present from ingenious rock.
Industrial Fertilizers, herbicides, insecticide, constantly airation, disrupts the balance and destroys the soil eco that nature has created.
Man will NEVER improve upon what God has perfected.
From the article: "The productivity of this land is so great and the land itself is in such demand that the sale of agricultural land has been illegal in Ukraine since 1992 until the ban was lifted in 2020, but the land, transported by truck, could be sold and bought illegally.
According to the NGO "Green Front", the black market for illegally acquired chernozem in Ukraine reached approximately 900 million dollars a year in 2011. This fact, the change of the land law in 2020 by Zelensky's executive was highly controversial and some point to one of the reasons why his popularity began to decline, as all this land was now open to exploitation by large landowners and foreign companies."
That sounds very familiar. I love in the big plain down the middle of California our "black dirt" goes down 6-7ft then there is gravel weirdness. You have to check the dirt before deep ripping to make sure you don't get rocks and the dirt is still good. We get seasonal workers from Mexico and we had to dig holes to prove that was true. They just have the same soil all the way down.
The Secret Of Eldorado - TERRA PRETA (60 mins)
The Secret of El Dorado (Horizon 2002) Discovery of Terra Preta (15 mins)
The Secret of El Dorado The discovery of Biochar (48 mins)
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tl:dr - It's the carbon (C60) content, you can amend your soil to mimic it.
Like shungite?
You make biochar from activated charcoal.
I know that fren, my comment about shungite is that its also C60
Here is my issue with this premise:
These crops are not grown in soil. Essentially, we are farming hydroponically in the dirt, using a toxic chemical soup to substitute for what nature intended. The soil (a living ecosystem) does not exist in these giant monoculture systems, which provide the grains upon which the world depends.
The original soil has long since been compromised and can only be replaced by regenerative agriculture. The powers that be lose control under such circumstances and are thus motivated to keep the wolf at bay as long as possible.
It's a fragile, unsustainable system that threatens catastrophic failure with the breakage of any link in the chain.
Listen to Graham handcock who talks about how the soil in the Amazon rain forests is black and wonderfully fertile..and even a little mixed with poor soil will turn poor soil good. Analysis say its not natural and has been made
Will do. It makes sense, to some degree, if you consider that the microflora and microfauna would serve as an innoculation.
I still can't imagine how it would have any sort of long-term effect under current farming practices, though.
I put it up on Ashlanddog. Graham Hancock is great! Long vid. Vi think the bit about the soil is near the end
Thank you!
Is this why Bill Gates did not buy any farm land in Pennsylvania? Hmmmm
Might be PA is a commonwealth and also dollar for dollar you'd get more acres in Midwest
Yes, interesting article. I was not aware of these soils. However, as someone who has grown vegetables and fruits on my small amount of land, I know that soils can be depleted VERY QUICKLY, and fertilization doesn't return the land to its previous state. For example, when we moved here I had several varieties of bananas, and planted them in an appropriate spot in our yard. For the first two seasons, they grew like gangbusters, one variety reaching fifteen feet tall, and nearly all of them produced fruit. Since then, they have grown smaller and smaller each successive year, despite me fertilizing heavily with balanced time-release fertilizer. It's a real head-scratcher for me...I don't know what's missing.
Similarly, I have grown tomatoes in large, above-ground tubs with drip irrigation, in special mixes that don't break down and provide superior aeration to the roots. I fertilize regularly, yet the plants never produce more than five tomatoes each before the summer heat gets them.
Soil health is puzzling...
You should look into JADAM and korean natural farming.
Long of the short, think of the great forest of the world, they grow without fertilizer, the great plains of the world same thing, jungles, why is that ?
Soil bacteria both anox and anaox, (+ other bio) and a contentious source of organic material to feed the carbolic and hummric acid cycles needed to crack the mineral molecules present from ingenious rock.
Industrial Fertilizers, herbicides, insecticide, constantly airation, disrupts the balance and destroys the soil eco that nature has created.
Man will NEVER improve upon what God has perfected.
God I Love Dirt, a world in and of itself....
Yep. On out farm we have a PCA who does samples and hours of work to pick which fertilizers will keep the dirt good. Dirt health is no joke.
What is a PCA?
It stands for pest control adviser. They do all the chemical related recommendations and delivery.
Thanks for the input...
From the article: "The productivity of this land is so great and the land itself is in such demand that the sale of agricultural land has been illegal in Ukraine since 1992 until the ban was lifted in 2020, but the land, transported by truck, could be sold and bought illegally.
According to the NGO "Green Front", the black market for illegally acquired chernozem in Ukraine reached approximately 900 million dollars a year in 2011. This fact, the change of the land law in 2020 by Zelensky's executive was highly controversial and some point to one of the reasons why his popularity began to decline, as all this land was now open to exploitation by large landowners and foreign companies."
There you have the wealth of Zelinsky!