Gene Logsdon has written about farms and farming for more than forty years.  Without getting too technical, here’s a snippet from his latest work – Holy Sh**: Managing Manure to Save Mankind. The important take away here is that healthy soil built by sustainable farming practice has broad implications.

“The effectiveness of compost for disease protection has moved now from the greenhouse potted-plant industry into field agriculture. For example, a new Pythium disease is attacking carrots on large commercial farms. Chemical approaches to the problem have been inadequate, but an application of 8 tons of composted cow manure per acre is bringing some control over the disease.” 

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