DesignStudent/FarmersSon
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Hello,
I am a design student in my final year of design as well as a farmer's son that has been lucky enough to grow up on an organic dairy and beef farm.
One of our assignments for this year is a RSA Student Design Awards brief (https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/images/sda-18/sda-19/sda1819_harvestinghealth.pdf).
The brief is very broad: Design a product, system or service which uses sustainable food and farming to help improve people's health or wellbeing.
I believe that when it comes sustainability it is all about being able to survive in such a way that doesn't impact the ability of future generations to also be able to survive.
Therefore, I believe a huge issue is the degradation of our soil due to outdated farming methods, which may inhibit future generations of farmers to produce food sustainable.
I want to start a conversation with you so that I can really understand soil degradation from a farmers point of view. I am looking to gain your thoughts on:
What makes it harder for you to look after your soil?
What would make it easier?
Which methods are you using that are improving soil conditions? What more do you think can be done - wacky ideas welcome.
Do you think the government's 2015 soil protection standards are too soft?
What should be done to increase the carbon and other nutrient levels in the soil?
These are just some examples of the sort of questions I want to discuss.
Any thoughts and opinions on tackling soil degradation are welcome,
And thank you for your comments - they will really help me understand how to tackle the issue.
Thanks.
I am a design student in my final year of design as well as a farmer's son that has been lucky enough to grow up on an organic dairy and beef farm.
One of our assignments for this year is a RSA Student Design Awards brief (https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/images/sda-18/sda-19/sda1819_harvestinghealth.pdf).
The brief is very broad: Design a product, system or service which uses sustainable food and farming to help improve people's health or wellbeing.
I believe that when it comes sustainability it is all about being able to survive in such a way that doesn't impact the ability of future generations to also be able to survive.
Therefore, I believe a huge issue is the degradation of our soil due to outdated farming methods, which may inhibit future generations of farmers to produce food sustainable.
I want to start a conversation with you so that I can really understand soil degradation from a farmers point of view. I am looking to gain your thoughts on:
What makes it harder for you to look after your soil?
What would make it easier?
Which methods are you using that are improving soil conditions? What more do you think can be done - wacky ideas welcome.
Do you think the government's 2015 soil protection standards are too soft?
What should be done to increase the carbon and other nutrient levels in the soil?
These are just some examples of the sort of questions I want to discuss.
Any thoughts and opinions on tackling soil degradation are welcome,
And thank you for your comments - they will really help me understand how to tackle the issue.
Thanks.