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Attention to soils can pay off
Farmers are on the cusp of a soils renaissance. Soils expert David Montgomery at the University of Washington says farmers are on the verge of a revolution focusing on soil health. Montgomery tells Brownfield a shortcoming of the last 100 years of farming is the loss of emphasis on soil life and nutrients necessary to maintain plant life. That, he says, will change.
“We’re really poised for, I think, a renaissance in farming practices that can combine the benefits of some of the wisdom of ancient practices that helped build fertility,” said Montgomery, in an interview with Brownfield Ag News, “but also take advantage of modern technologies and modern science, the kinds of things we have gotten very good about over the last 100 years, and bring those sort of two very different views of the soil together.”
Montgomery is a geologist by training and author of several books on revitalizing soil, including his latest, Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life.
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