JRD3DUMay 29, 2025
Permaculture notes. You can't force rice to grow on every piece of land: understand what the land is and isn't to select appropriate crops & beyond expected yields. Beautiful cardamom at 20$/kg.
.
#throwback to #2012 trip throughout #Asia, #Nepal.
.
#permaculture #appropriatecrops #cardamom #organic #culture #foodchain #humanconnection #biodiversity #water #travel #food #namaste #grateful #explorenepal #bestoftheday #foodphotography #passionpassport
ben dafydd gillardApr 30, 2024

"Megadrought forces end to sugarcane farming in parched Texas borderland"

"Though sugarcane was a reliable cash crop, it is also a water hog. In a place like the lower Rio Grande, where average rainfall is 29 inches or less a year, sugarcane requires up to 50 inches of water a year."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/texas-sugarcane-farming

#GlobalWarming #AppropriateCrops

Megadrought forces end to sugarcane farming in parched Texas borderland

The state’s last sugar processing mill closed because there’s just not enough water in the Rio Grande to share between the US and Mexico

The Guardian