{"id":57583,"date":"2020-10-14T14:22:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T19:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferti-organic.com\/news-letter\/?p=57583"},"modified":"2022-05-17T15:54:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T20:54:41","slug":"it-all-starts-in-the-soil-natural-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ferti-organic.com\/news-letter\/blog\/2020\/10\/14\/it-all-starts-in-the-soil-natural-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"It all starts in the soil: Natural agriculture."},"content":{"rendered":"

At Ferti-Organic<\/strong>, we care about the health of the Earth and consumers.<\/h2>\n

At present, croplands are increasingly worn down because of excessive work, the exploitation of intensive and extremely aggressive agriculture, and not to mention over-fertilization, which also causes the degradation and pollution of both the soil and water tables, thus greatly contributing to global warming.<\/p>\n

For this reason, farmers and companies involved in the agri-food supply chain, such as Ferti-Organic<\/strong>, direct their efforts towards rethinking the entire food production system, working on a daily business to find solutions that benefit agriculture and are conducive to a prompt reversal to history.<\/p>\n

It is important to note that the use of a few contemporary techniques includes the use of highly agrochemical pollutants that contribute to global warming, which makes agriculture responsible for a third of the gases produced.<\/p>\n

At Ferti-Organic<\/strong>, we care about the health of both the Earth and our consumers. We think of a regenerative and more natural agriculture that avoids the use of chemical fertilizers, an agriculture that includes high levels of nitrogen in the production of increasingly organic food. Our goal is to generate holistic production systems, where the synchrony with what we work in croplands undoubtedly enables an enhanced coexistence with nature.<\/p>\n

\u201cStopping the state of degradation of our current system does not suffice. We need to be resilient and, thus, return our soil to how it used to be and to the previous systems\u201d (Steve Rosenzweig).<\/p>\n

In search of positive outcomes in adverse situations, Rosenzweig\u2019s quote invites us to consolidate the concept of thinking about a more organic, natural and regenerative agriculture. For this, we need to consider that it all starts in the soil.<\/strong> The soil is full of life, with insects, bacteria, fungi and many other microorganisms that decompose organic matter and recycle all minerals, which are then absorbed by plants, having the effect of sustaining and maintaining soil carbon.<\/p>\n

It is a known fact that, when the soil is exploited and overworked, many nutrients are lost and more greenhouse gases are produced, but the same things happens when chemical fertilizers are used in excess, especially nitrogen fertilizers, which are only used between 30% and 60%.<\/p>\n

Taking into account some of the recommendations listed below is key to improve the quality of soil used for agriculture:<\/strong><\/h3>\n