layer of compacted soil
is the culprit: just dig 15 cm (6
in) down and you will meet this hardened soil. Unless you eliminate this layer,
soil salinity will always be a problem and farming will become more and more
difficult as the years go by. Now we have learned from nature that to solve the
problem of soil salinity, you have to get rid of the compacted soil layer.
Ask nature about the correct method for applying ferilizer
is time let’s ask how nature applies fertilizer. As farmers, we know that there
are so many different and complicated methods of fertilization. Observe nature’s
soil and you will see that in autumn, leaves accumulate on top of the ground.
Every year leaves pile up and are broken down, making the soil richer and richer
by the year. In nature, 3 rules govern fertilizers; fertilizers (leaves and other debris)
are: (i) fresh, (ii) fall on the soil surface, and (iii) applied in autumn.
Compare this to what we learn today which steers us in the opposite direc-
tion. Proponents of conventional agriculture say if you apply fresh material in-
ULC영어본문.qxp_레이아웃 1 2016. 2. 19. 오후 6:39 페이지 51
52
●
JADAM Organic Farming
stead of decomposed material then it will give off harmful gas. ey say if you
apply fertilizer too early (autumn) or on the surface, nutrients will leach and
hence fertilizer efficiency lost. ey also say “bad” microorganisms should be
kept out of the process.
Yet, the “fresh, surface, autumn” method is a proven one. For thousands of
years this was the traditional method of organic farming. For millions of years
this was how the forests have become full of life. When fall came, traditional
farmers scattered cow dung and other organic matter onto the ields which
would break down throughout the winter and would have fertilized the soil by
spring. Our ancestors did not need fancy compost bins or engage in arduous
“turning” of the compost or calculate the green to brown ratio or worry about
mixing oxygen into the heap; but still did excellent farming.
Modern scientiic agriculture suggests exactly the opposite: that fertilizer
should be “fully fermented” and applied “deep into the soil” in the “spring.”
is, again, is not for the beneit of farmers. e usual experts espouse that dur-
ing the entire process of making fertilizer there should be no smell and no mag-
gots should form. e big farming industry sets up difficult and complicated
conditions which are impossible to attain by ordinary farmers. is guarantees a
robust sale of fertilizer. Since the experts stress that the fertilizer has to go deep,
expensive machines have become a farming necessity without which, it is impos-
sible to mix the fertilizer deep into the soil.
I have worked in the ield of agriculture for many years; the degree to which
our economic structure has transformed technology from that which should be
for farmers into that which is entirely for business never fails to shock and dis-
hearten me. Korea has over four thousand years of experience in organic farming
but it is being dismissed, denigrated and destroyed.
If the power of the market is left unrestrained, the current high-cost, inefficient
system will become so irmly established that it will never be reversed. Manufacturers
of inputs and their sales agents will continually conspire to maximize proits.
ULC영어본문.qxp_레이아웃 1 2016. 2. 19. 오후 6:39 페이지 52
Principles
●
53
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |