Why does Climate Change happen? Even if they don’t know, the farmers have to contribute to the fight – they are causing much climate damage by their farming systems of chemical agriculture!
On Facebook 30
July 2025, Climate Change shares
this info:
“The richest 1% of
the global population are responsible for more carbon emissions than the
poorest 50% combined.”
Yes! The rich are
guiltier of the Crime of Climate Change! What about the farmers? Wikipedia says (30 July 2025, en.wikipedia.org):
The amount of greenhouse gas emissions from
agriculture is significant: The agriculture, forestry and land use sectors
contribute between 13% and 21% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Surprised? If you trample
the Earth, you are also contributing to Climate Change even if you don’t know
or realize it! (image from Pixabay,
pixabay.com)
No, farmers would
contribute zero to Climate Change if they practised Regenerative Agriculture (RA). Yes, with RA, they would
become much richer than they are now – instantly!
And there is a
farmer surprise from RA – every single time a farmer practices RA, he’s a
winner! These RA practices have very low costs and therefore very high returns:
(1) Cover Cropping,
(2) Crop Rotation,
(3) Farm Crops + Tree Crops (Agroforestry),
(4) Green Manuring,
(5) Intercropping,
(6) Multiple Cropping,
(7) No-Till Farming,
(8) Organic Fertilization,
(9) Ratooning,
(10) Rotational Grazing,
(11) “Three Sisters” Planting,
(12) Trap Cropping, and
(13) Trash Mulching.
With RA, farming
is no longer a crime against humanity – it’s a boon for all mankind! If only
for these 2 reasons: (1) RA’s very low cost (VLC) and (2) RA’s very high
returns (VHR). In high contrast, Chemical Agriculture is VHC and VLR.
Consider: Urea per sack, PhP3,000 (May 2022 (Business
Mirror, businessmirror.com.ph). Now then, if you did not use any
chemical fertilizer, you could save so much money!
So we go back to
any and all of the Regenerative
Agriculture practices.
(1) Cover Cropping: Another
crop completes soil cover.
(2) Crop Rotation: Next crop is leguminous.
(3) Farm Crops + Tree Crops (Agroforestry).
(4) Green Manuring: First crop enriches the soil.
(5) Intercropping: 2 crops are better than 1.
(6) Multiple Cropping: More crops are better than 1!
(7) No-Till Farming: You don’t cultivate the soil.
(8) Organic Fertilization: Apply organic fertilizer.
(9) Ratooning: The ratoon is your “2nd crop”.
(10) Rotational Grazing: Patches take turns feeding cattle.
(11) “Three Sisters” Planting: Literally 3 crops.
(12) Trap Cropping: One crop harbors the enemy.
(13) Trash Mulching. Surface materials
enrich soil.
If you notice, in Regenerative Agriculture, with any of
those 13 practices, you are literally all over the place! You will want to
visit your farm every single time to see what’s happening!
Well, any and all
those 13 practices work up the soil naturally so that richness is reached at
any time and all the time.
Unending returns
to natural richness is the unique promise of Regenerative Agriculture – zero in
Chemical Agriculture!@517
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