Healthy soils also can help plants take up nutrients and can hold water in the root zone, where plant's most need it.
A healthy soil also has the ability to absorb more carbon from the air.
Our foods are less nutritious than ever because of soil degradation, so farming practices that build
healthy soil also grow healthier foods.
Not exact matches
Organics protect future generations by lessening parents and infants» exposure to toxins; they
also help build a
healthy soil base.
Organic cotton is not just
healthier for your baby but it's
also good for long - term health of the
soil and our planet.
However, «farmers will have to adequately feed the
soil with enough nutrients, so that the pods are
healthy, they
also have to get good irrigation, and that is why our Chinese friends are here to find the best possible way of irrigating our farms.»
In this way it might be possible in future to offer food substitutes under medical supervision — these can range from «
healthier»
soils through to food supplements with a high iron content but
also include a general
soil «diet.»
Similarly, embedding your plants in
healthy soil replete with beneficial insects and worms can
also help reduce the need for pesticides.
Soils also appeared to be
healthier in organic plots, with 40 % more roots colonized by fungi that assist with plant nutrition.
With rich,
healthy soil, crops
also may need fewer pesticides or fertilizers, farmers are finding.
Steiner
also brought forth a unique and comprehensive approach to
soil, plant, animal, and human health that recognizes the importance of the
healthy interplay of cosmic and earthly influences.
It's
also known for removing toxins, so try throwing it in your
soil to encourage happy,
healthy plants.
It
also uses technology to maintain
healthy moisture in your
soil — not too damp, not too dry, just right.
We believe there should
also be a list of natural things and practices that plants and
soil need to be produce
healthy and healthful foods.
THE LURE OF POLITICALLY CORRECT DIETS For some high - minded teenagers, anti-saturated fat dogma may dovetail rather conveniently with pro-vegetarian arguments, 12 particularly because the search for «meaningful moral standards, values and belief systems» is a critical developmental task during adolescence.13 (It should be noted that moralistic claims in favor of vegetarianism often prevent earnest vegetarian teens from coming face to face with underlying farming realities — including the fact that sustainable farming requires enriching
soil with animal products such as bone meal and manure.12) Recognizing the fact that adolescent boys
also can be preoccupied with physical concerns about weight or athletic prowess, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that a sizeable proportion of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «
healthy» lifestyle.
Many
also assume that the quality of the
soil is key to ensuring a
healthy crop.
All farmers are supposed to do is make sure the crops have what they need, and from this perspective it is clear that too much intervention will lead to poorer outcomes, and
also clear that interventions tend to tilt
soil away from a
healthy balance which results in cascading failures until the deficiency is corrected.
rooflite
soil systems
also mimic natural
soil profiles to support
healthy root environments and vigorous plant growth, an essential part of minimizing and delaying any water runoff from the roof.
Also, the benefits of no - till sequestration are tripled when combined with the planting of winter cover crops which are used in organic farming to maintain a
healthy soil.