• Narauko@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Totally separate from the capitalism part, isn’t composting a portion of what is grown to return nutrients and maintain soil health a thing? Along with crop rotation, I thought composting the unwanted or unusable products either through a feed-to-manure or organic waste composting method was part of healthy arable land management.

    The capitalism part is certainly creating a larger “unwanted/unusable” percentage, but is there any information on how it is impacting overall land sustainability? Monocropping is 100% known to be killing farmland, so I am wondering what the current state of agricultural research is around this.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Totally separate from the capitalism part, isn’t composting a portion of what is grown to return nutrients and maintain soil health a thing?

      Probably not the wisest behavior when there’s a fungal infection going around.