How to Grow More Vegetables : And Fruits, Nuts ... - Shroomery

i-
a
1
2
Income*
31
222 WHO IS ECOLOGY ACTION?
1
2
Vegetable
yields #
31
mechanized organic techniques (assuming similar non-meat
diets). In addition, chemical techniques deplete the soil’s
capacity to produce. Wilson Clark, in the January 1975 issue of
Smithsonian, noted: “Even though more corn was produced per
acre in 1968 than in the 1940s, the efficiency with which crops
used available [nitrogen] fertilizer actually declined fivefold.”
Chemical agriculture requires ever-increasing amounts of
fertilizer at an increasing cost as petroleum supplies dwindle.
The use of chemical fertilizers depletes beneficial microbial life,
breaks down soil structure, and adds to soil salinity. Impoverished
soil makes crops more vulnerable to disease and insect
attack and requires increasing amounts of pesticides to sustain
production. “A modern agriculture, racing one step ahead of the
POTENTIAL OF SMALL-SCALE GROW BIOINTENSIVE FOOD-RAISING
AS INDICATED BY ECOLOGY ACTION’S RESEARCH TO DATE
Production as compared to U.S. commercial averages, per unit area
#
1
Grain
yields
2
3+
1
3
Nutrition
per unit
area
6
= U.S. Commercial
Agricultural Average
= GROW BIOINTENSIVE Low
= GROW BIOINTENSIVE High
*More if food is marketed
directly to store or consumer.
# Full range does not apply
to all crops.