As a result of the industrial revolution, mankind lost 83% of wild mammals. Destruction of natural ecosystems has been named as one of the top problems of the decade at the World Economic Forum, as confirmed by the 2020 Natural Risk Report.
One of the reasons for the deplorable situation is air, water and soil pollution from industrial agriculture. More than 90% of everything we eat comes from the soil, directly or indirectly. At the same time, industrial agriculture using pesticides and mineral fertilizers is the right way to & nbsp; loss of soil – the main resource of the earth, without which humanity cannot feed itself.
Back in 1986, one of the UN reports said that the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides led to a reduction in the useful soil layer – humus – by as much as 30 times. By 2021, the agroindustry is still moving on a path leading to the gradual disappearance of living species, disruption of the food chain and balance.
Attempts by humanity to rebuild nature for themselves invariably lead to collapse. And now the man’s clear task is to restore natural balance, to remove agriculture from the chemical needle. And the tool for this has already been found – permanent cultivation, which can be applied both on a regional scale and on personal hectares.
Permaculture is not just a new approach to land cultivation, it is a new way of looking at the environment. A mindset that will help preserve the environment and reverse the restoration process.
Traditional land cultivation methods have a simple task – to get immediate benefits. The focus on consumption is key.
Permaculture calls for exploring the possibilities of the earth and adapting to natural laws. Its main principle is long-term reproduction without human intervention. It is possible and it works.
The recipe for a sustainable approach to food cultivation and sustainable use of land based on permaculture:
we create an ecosystem in the image and likeness, that is, we observe, learn and help;
we equip the landscape: we plant gardens, form reservoirs, fertilize with what is on the site;
working on the water balance, creating man-made lakes, collecting rainwater and directing it around the site;
we understand that it will take at least three years to restore the site, but every year we will receive more and more high quality food products;
no chemicals and pesticides;
abandonment of monoculture plantings, now on one bed you can grow a basic grocery basket, as it happens in nature;
we are learning to apply the method on six acres, gradually expanding the area to the scale of the agricultural complex.