MinmiTheDinoMar 11

Today I will be giving a little talk to my team about the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by optimizing nitrogen fertilizer application.

Let me tell you. I planned to study French poetry. Be a novelist. Life really takes you where it takes you, man.

(Also I know so little about this so if anyone has thoughts hmu)

#climate #agriculture

Show threadTilda Moose, citizenMar 11
@minmi
Best to do away with chemical fertilisers altogether, and build soils up to lock carbon in, using manure, compost, etc.
If in doubt, check #permaculture out.
DM me if this is helpful and you'd like any more discussion!
Show threadMinmiTheDinoMar 11
@MattMoose could that work on like a nation-wide scale though? It seems like we need the synthetics to get everyone fed.
Show threadeswillwalker
@minmi @MattMoose How much synthetic N are we using to grow ethanol feedstocks and meat production? We could dispense with all of that and work to engage more legume production, where microbes provide access to atmospheric N.
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Show threadTilda Moose, citizenMar 12

@ELS @minmi

Interesting, sounds more like a closed (sustainable/restorative) nutrient cycle, than an open (unsustainable, extractive) one.

I'm coming at this from a #permaculture and #agroforestry background, in studies at least, and some hands-on in community gardens. Really keen to know how this would scale. Seems that smaller scale projects (mixed polycultures) are inherently less damaging than extensive monoculture; I'm quite firm on that. Just waiting for scientific corroboration on it.