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Depends. "Soil degradation" can mean a lot of things. Disease buildup from doing 1 crop too much, compaction, consumption of organic matter, straight-up eroding it away, etc.
These are all completely reversible, fairly quickly, if you start managing it right.
These are all completely reversible, fairly quickly, if you start managing it right.
Soil quality is so amenable to human improvement that there are actually a lot of good soils out there that are completely man-made.
One example, there's patches of ancient human-made soil in the Amazon that add up to about the same size as France.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_pre…
One example, there's patches of ancient human-made soil in the Amazon that add up to about the same size as France.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_pre…
So I'm not personally too worried about "soil degradation" per se.
Again, this one's difficult to explain to folks not personally familiar with doing ag on a day to day basis
and keep in mind that I'm in veggie/fruit farming, YMMV with meat/dairy/grain etc, and "east coast" in this instance p much means "everywhere except CA"
and keep in mind that I'm in veggie/fruit farming, YMMV with meat/dairy/grain etc, and "east coast" in this instance p much means "everywhere except CA"
But basically, the east coast approach is basically: farming is a ~lifestyle~
West coast: farming is a JOB
West coast: farming is a JOB
eastern US: countryside is slower-paced. ahh nature. sometimes you get stuck behind slow-moving tractors!
California farm regions: FRANTIC ACTIVITY ALL THE TIME. Lots of trucks filled w produce barreling down highway every May-Dec
California farm regions: FRANTIC ACTIVITY ALL THE TIME. Lots of trucks filled w produce barreling down highway every May-Dec
In light of what's going on with #Dreamers, it's time to talk about Japanese internment.
Because the #DACA showdown is Japanese internment 2.0.
Because the #DACA showdown is Japanese internment 2.0.
Japanese immigrants in the 19th & early 20th centuries came to the US in large part for manual farm labor in California.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
Japan had much more advanced horticulture than the US at that time, so these immigrants weren't just bringing brute labor. They were bringing a lot of basic how-to's of commercial farming that built the foundation for California's success as an agricultural powerhouse today.
