Regenerative Nature’s Stew

Which approach do you think is more sustainable for our food future?

In regenerative agriculture, we focus on using natural solutions to enhance the post-harvest quality of produce.

Key elements like calcium and silicon play a crucial role in strengthening plant cell walls, reducing rot, and ensuring a longer shelf life. These minerals also improve the availability of key micronutrients such as boron, zinc, and magnesium, which are essential for maintaining the nutritional quality of crops after harvest.

On the other hand, the conventional post-harvest protocol often relies on synthetic fertilizers pre harvest and treatments like Sporekill post harvest to manage pests and disease. While this approach can protect crops, it may compromise the nutrient density of food and lead to a quicker breakdown of soil biology over time, reducing long-term sustainability.

The difference? Regenerative practices create healthier, nutrient-dense food with longer shelf life by working with nature, while conventional methods focus on quick fixes that can impact long-term crop and soil health. What’s even more crazy is both treatments were kept unrefrigerated, kept in a cool room.

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Soil biology parliament
By Francis Bosah

🗳️⚔️⚖️🦠Belowground —Soil Health— Politics: Farmers Need to Cultivate Political Savvy & Master the Art of Soil Diplomacy

🔎 Microbial Political Landscape

Belowground politics is shaped by two divergent paths: one that builds & sustains & fertility, and another that neglects & erodes them.

has revealed that microbes engage in a intricate "belowground politics," with different species forming coalitions (microbial alliances🪢), communicating 📳, negotiating 🔐 and even sabotaging each other's efforts (rivalries⚔️)

This microbial diplomacy has significant implications for , structure, & overall health, influencing the very foundation of productivity.

Under our feet 🐾, engage in a delicate balance of power ⚖️ , collaborating to decompose organic matter, brokering nitrogen trade agreements & waging wars against plant pathogens.

🔱 Microbial Power Brokers: Farmers' Best Political Ally

By acknowledging and supporting these microbial power brokers, farmers can harness the hidden dynamics of belowground politics to cultivate resilient soil, boost crop yields & drive sustainable agricultural success.

In this underground political arena, microbial relationships are the key to unlocking productivity & ensuring a stable food supply.

🪢Cooperative relationships:

- Mycorrhizal networks: Fungi form symbiotic relationships with plant roots, sharing nutrients & water (van der Heijden et al., 2015)

- Nitrogen fixation: Certain bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant-available forms (Graham & Vance, 2003).

⚔️Competitive relationships:

- Resource competition: Microbes compete for limited resources like carbon, nitrogen & space (Schmidt et al., 2011)

- Antibiotic production: Some microbes produce antibiotics to inhibit competitors (Ratzke et al., 2017).

⚔️Predatory relationships:

- Protozoan grazing: Protozoa prey on bacteria, regulating populations & influencing nutrient cycling (Jousset et al., 2011)

- Fungal predation: Fungi attack & consume other microbes, affecting soil food webs (Chen et al., 2017).

can harness the power of soil microbes by adopting practices that promote & cooperation, such as:

- Using cover crops and organic amendments to create a balanced microbial diet

- Minimizing tillage to preserve soil structure & microbial habitats

- Incorporating crop rotations to foster beneficial microbial alliances

By understanding and working with the belowground politics of soil microbes, farmers can unlock the full potential of their , leading to:

- Improved soil fertility and structure
- Increased crop yields & resilience
- Enhanced services &

😲NOW! The question is: How many global belowground parliaments are still seating? 👉🏿Our soil is broken & needs 🏥 🚑

https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/meru/meru-village-plagued-by-cancer-calls-for-more-research--217910

I remember many years ago, my grandfather is talk about natural farming, and how food was grown and to be eaten as medicine in Zambia♻️.

Whoever bewitched Africans into thinking that the use of pesticides in agriculture is equivalent to producing high yields and healthy crops, has done as injustice. It’s about time we do the right thing and go back to natural farming. Yes, it is possible to upscale natural farming on commercial scale as well as gain better yields than conventional practices.

Due to high use of chemicals in food production, Kenya has a cancer village where people die everyday of cancer 😪

Meru village plagued by cancer calls for more research A village near Nyambene Forest in Meru is grappling with unusually high number of cancer patients.