Organic Farming and Sri Lanka

 There's an Ohio farmer David Brandt who has used organic, no-till farming methods for decades. He's been successful at it, but it took a long time for him to figure out a working system. No-till regenerative agriculture is really a good thing, if people can make it work. Some farmers might not be able to make it work in a reliable way.

I've been trying to grow cover crops for the past 5 years in my garden. It worked 2 out of 5 years according to plan. 3 out of those 5 years, including this past year, the cover crops failed over the winter. The cover crops can add nitrogen and beneficial soil structure when they grow in the off-season months. They failed, I think, because there are rodents in the garden and they ate the roots and plants over the winter.

I realized, in the spring, that if my family truly depended on my garden to live, we'd be forced to scramble for other soil amendments. In fact, other methods of saving and improving the soil quality are much more reliable, for example, adding composted manure or large quantities of fall leaves.

Sri Lanka forced farmers to use organic methods--something that takes a smart person years to figure out--and quite predictably it was a disaster. European countries are attempting the same thing right now.

The thing that's actually happening is some white liberal armchair "experts" looked at a really simple sales brochure style explanation of organic farming methods and then enacted laws based on what's essentially a TV commercial. They're people who are entitled, but also stupid and lazy. They're good at glad handing, going to conferences and the like, but they're actually total losers. Those loser people are going to kill off tens of millions unless the hard nosed, competent and practical people kick their asses.