Chapter 6 - Moving Ecoagriculture into the Mainstream

How strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude! ~Emily Dickinson

It's not what we grow but how we grow. Crop farmers may die and our cattle vanish by the way we care for each. “People’s livelihoods were in jeopardy,” stated Worldwatch Institute.

When land managers put a new grazing system into motion for livestock this improved the growing of crops, water penetration into the soil, fertilization and in two years post groundcover greatly increased.

By changing a simple grazing pattern livestock itself grew by being better fed and kills by lion predators. Fences were installed and wildlife habitat itself grew as well.

Crops can flourish along with livestock by the way we manage out grounds too with simple water and soil solutions. Agroecological results in water rerouted to land areas in need of water in order for plants to grow along with the help of animal maneuver to provide nutrients into the soil.

By placing animals where they are needed and controlling water flows an entire area can be saved or enhanced.

It’s amazing how simply management can do all of these things and how expenses can be cut down with just using your noggin.