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Regenerative Agriculture and Direct Drilling
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Reduction in N use as the fifth pillar of Regen. Ag. ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 7226624" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>It's certainly an interesting concept, but it isn't really outcome-based? </p><p>I might find a way to create income in quite a regenerative fashion without producing a damn thing - so my system isn't going to require synthetic N or "be completely reliant on glyphosate" either</p><p></p><p>Yes, we have diversity and growing plants 12 months of the year, because it's a livestock grazing business.</p><p></p><p>But the concept of making RA about restriction of inputs and tools is what's wrong with all incarnations and flavours of agriculture - in that mimicking a closed loop system using an open loop system is flawed.</p><p>Our consumers don't give us their waste to put back, and in a UK sense you aren't even meant to compost your deadstock, it's all very extractive in this respect. That's how cities eat!</p><p></p><p>Yes, nitrogenous fertiliser has a much larger C footprint than ideal, but the real shift away from it is by resourcing it, as [USER=5764]@Blaithin[/USER] put it. </p><p>By making our systems less extractive, less death- and control-based, then the inputs can reduce by themselves. </p><p>There is no need to make RA rigid, it's about flexibilty and exploring how to turn a system based on 'death to foes' about life. And about how to have better conversations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 7226624, member: 63856"] It's certainly an interesting concept, but it isn't really outcome-based? I might find a way to create income in quite a regenerative fashion without producing a damn thing - so my system isn't going to require synthetic N or "be completely reliant on glyphosate" either Yes, we have diversity and growing plants 12 months of the year, because it's a livestock grazing business. But the concept of making RA about restriction of inputs and tools is what's wrong with all incarnations and flavours of agriculture - in that mimicking a closed loop system using an open loop system is flawed. Our consumers don't give us their waste to put back, and in a UK sense you aren't even meant to compost your deadstock, it's all very extractive in this respect. That's how cities eat! Yes, nitrogenous fertiliser has a much larger C footprint than ideal, but the real shift away from it is by resourcing it, as [USER=5764]@Blaithin[/USER] put it. By making our systems less extractive, less death- and control-based, then the inputs can reduce by themselves. There is no need to make RA rigid, it's about flexibilty and exploring how to turn a system based on 'death to foes' about life. And about how to have better conversations. [/QUOTE]
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