* Plant trees, support reforestation projects. * Strengthen the plants in your home and garden, but also in the surrounding area with liquid Wamena fertilizer (fields also benefit).

* Do not use ethanol or biogas for driving.

* Express appreciation in your actions and feelings (!) towards nature and the soil!

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Wamena-Spezialkompost 11.11.2020

"Good compost should be dark brown and crumbly." Composting is not quite as easy as we hobby gardeners think. For example, the quantity ratio of the raw material must be right, i.e. the ratio of nitrogen to carbon: no more than a third of kitchen waste, almost twice as much garden cuttings (leaves, branches, wood chippings, dead plants) and, very importantly, ten percent clayey soil, to prevent decay. The whole thing is piled up in layers to form triangular piles, moistened sufficiently (no moisture!) and restacked every three days (aerate). Covered with fleece, the compost is ready after six to eight weeks. Urs Hildebrandt shows how to compost correctly in courses all over the world.

Healthy compost can usually regenerate damaged soil within a year to the point where it is ready for cultivation again (approx. thirty cubic meters of compost per hectare). Even barren sandy soils can be transformed into flowering oases over a few years if they are nourished with compost.

Side-effect of non-organic agriculture (19.6.2018)

Pesticides
Are poisons designed to harm or kill living organisms. They do this very effectively. However, pesticides are as well harmful to our organism, they pollute water and lead to poisoning and serious diseases in humans.
The carcinogenic effect of pesticides such as fungicides and insecticides on humans has now been scientifically proved and documented. Human are exposed to Pesticides by conventionally grown food or by furniture and building materials which have been immunized against pest infestation.
https://www.beyondpesticides.org/resources/pesticide-induced-diseases-database/cancer

Pesticide-Induced Diseases
Bladder Cancer ● Bone Cancer ● Brain Cancer ● Breast Cancer ● Cervical Cancer ● Colorecatal Cancer ● Eye Cancer ● Gallbladder Cancer ● Kidney/Renal Cancer ● Larynx Cancer ● Leukemia ● Lip Cancer ● Liver/Hepatic Cancer ● Lung Cancer ● Lymphoma ● Melanoma ● Mouth Cancer ● Multiple Myeloma ● Neuroblastoma ● Oesophageal Cancer ● Ovarian Cancer ● Pancreatic Cancer ● Prostate Cancer ● Soft Tissue Sarcoma ● Stomach Cancer ● Sinonasal Cancer ● Testicular Cancer ● Thyroid Cancer ● Uteran Cancer: https://www.beyondpesticides.org/resources/pesticide-induced-diseases-database/cancer
https://extension.psu.edu/potential-health-effects-of-pesticides; Pesticides can make human sick: www.motherjones.com/food/2017/12/drifting-pesticides-keep-making-california-farm-workers-sick/

Veterinary drugs
Pharmaceutical residues from animal husbandry pollute soils and waters worldwide. For many active pharmaceutical ingredients, no or insufficient data on their environmental risks are available. Although resistant germs make the treatment of infectious diseases in humans more difficult, reserve antibiotics are still in used for Industrial livestock farming.

Hormone poisons (EDCs)
Hormone toxins, so-called endocrine disruptors, pose a global threat to health and the environment. Among them are many pesticides and biocides. They disrupt the hormonal balance, a major risk especially during the development of humans and animals.

Biocides
are designed to combat harmful or annoying creatures. Their benefits are often questionable, but not their risks to health and the environment.

Fungicides

Plant does not develop salvestrol; man is less able to protect himself from cancer

(Prof. Potter, UK) Journal of Pharmacy and PharmacologyVolume 59, Issue S1, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1211/002235707781850122/pdf

Important soil fungi are destroyed

Mineral fertilizer (like NPK)

Poor quality brings uranium and cadmium to the fields Uranium is washed into groundwater drinking water cadmium in plants?

Glyphosate (global Herbizide, Roundup) 29.7.2020

chelator, binds important trace elements, plant is therefore inferior

Glyphosate in humans: Binds trace elements, damages the microbiome in the intestine (immune system disturbed)

Apparently promotes the absorption of aluminum; AL contents in humans and animals semen-modifying in animal experiments...

Cancer, immune disorder Brain destruction Soil destruction, genocide? The pineal gland can be destroyed...

Zobiole LHS, de Oliveira RS, Huber DM, et al. Glyphosate reduces shoot concentrations of mineral nutrients in glyphosate-resistant soybeans. Plant Soil. 2010;328:57–69.)

There are clear of the correlation between a sharp rise in disease incidence and the ever-increasing use of the "genetically engineered spray" glyphosate (brand name: Roundup). For example, the number of diagnosed diabetes cases rose steadily between 1980 and 1995 from 5.6 to 8.0 million, and in the following 15 years of the "genetic engineering era" it exploded to 20.8 million by 2010.
In the case of autism, it is even more alarming: in 1975, one in 5,000 children was affected; today it is already one in 68. If it continues like that, one in two children would be born with this severe behavioral disorder in 2025, explains Stephanie Seneff of MIT
German researcher Monika Krüger demonstrated the link between glyphosate and the bovine disease botulism.
According to the latest findings, glyphosate or Roundup has several fatal properties: - It kills the intestinal bacteria that are the key to our health. Instead, disease-causing germs can proliferate. Modern' allergies or diseases such as wheat intolerance are most likely glyphosate intolerances. -
It makes other chemicals such as aluminium, which is contained in vaccines or flavour enhancers, much more toxic. -
It attacks detoxification organs such as the liver and kidneys, making it harder for the body to excrete glyphosate. -
It inhibits the liver's ability to activate vitamin D, which could be one reason for the widespread vitamin D deficiency. -
Genetically engineered plants sprayed with glyphosate or Roundup contain significantly less nutrients such as magnesium or iron.
Many people working in slaughterhouses know that animals fed with genetically engineered plants suffer from severe stomach infections much more often than others. Judy Carmans from Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, documented this in a study on pigs.
Top scientist and glyphosate expert Don Huber from Perdue University in Indiana, USA, called for an immediate ban on "Roundup-Ready plants" in 2011, as plant and animal diseases are already "reaching epidemic proportions".
A large number of cows had suffered miscarriages because of the feeding.
The consequences of genetic engineering in Argentina are similarly as in USA.
More and more super weeds that survive the total plant poison glyphosate grew in the fields. As a result, farmers increased the amount of poison, from one to two liters per hectare to around ten liters today. This genetically manipulated and sprayed soya is eaten by the animals, whose meat and dairy products then end up on the plates of unsuspecting citizens.
Doctors made alarm at a conference in Cordoba in 2010. The final paper stated: "First, more newborns suffer from birth defects and there are more deformities than usual in this population group. Secondly, there was an increased incidence of cancer in children and adults (...), toxic liver diseases and neurological dysfunctions.
The first statistics on malformations in the Argentinean province of Chaco are clear: in 1997, 19 out of 10,000 newborns were born deformed, and by 2008 this figure had quadrupled to eighty-five. The children are born with water heads, monster noses or crippled. Mothers in agricultural areas increasingly complain about the death of their children after glyphosate spraying.
Argentinean doctors not only called for an end to pesticide spraying in populated areas, but also for a ban on the most dangerous pesticides such as atrazine: "These are veritable chemical weapons.
In March 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization (WHO) re-evaluated it as "probably carcinogenic" glyphosate on embryos:
Andres Carrasco of the University of Buenos Aires found malformations in animal embryos even at much lower concentrations of glyphosate than those commonly used in agriculture. Carrasco noted that reduced head size, genetic changes in the central nervous system, increased mortality of skull-forming cells, and deformed bones and cartilage are regular and systematic consequences of glyphosate use.
A French research team led by Gilles-Eric Seralini discovered that Roundup leads to complete cell death within twenty-four hours - it blocks cell respiration and causes DNA damage. They also found that glyphosate-resistant genetic maize causes cancer in rats and causes them to die earlier. In the comparison group fed without genetic engineering, the animals remained healthy. This was one of the first serious long-term studies on the health effects of genetic engineering.

Genetic engineering 29.7.2020

For twenty years, the USA and Argentina in particular have been relying on genetic engineering and associated sprays such as glyphosate. The consequences for health are devastating, as practice shows and studies have shown. In Germany, a mysterious epidemic has destroyed thousands of livelihoods in agriculture. But resistance is growing worldwide.

In genetic engineering, genes are mixed at will between humans, animals and plants. The barriers set in creation are thus broken through and mixed creatures are created in a way that nature could never produce.
In May 2009, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine went public and warned of "serious health risks associated with the consumption of genetically engineered food". The doctors referred to the alarming studies: "There is more than a coincidental link between GM food and adverse health effects."
In 2014 a study appeared with the title "Genetically modified plants, glyphosate and the destruction of health in USA" (Swanson et al.). It shows the connections between the increase in serious diseases and the cultivation of genetically modified plants. All data are based on official US government data. The result: The more genetic engineering was cultivated, the sicker people in the USA became - A significant increase was found for high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, obesity, lipoprotein metabolic disorder, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple, sclerosis, hepatitis C, end-stage kidney disease, acute kidney failure, as well as thyroid, liver, bladder, pancreas, lung and leukemia. Japanese scientist and genetic engineering expert Masaharu Kawata of Nagoya University said: "Genetic soy should not have been approved. (...) Monsanto's conclusion that genetically modified soya is safe is wrong, probably even criminal”.

Wherever hybrid corn and artificial fertilizers are used, dependencies arise and the soil is leached out.

Infertility through genetic engineering

Studies from Russia, Egypt or Austria show that mice or hamsters fed with genetically modified soya or maize were largely sterile after three to four generations.

Sergei N. Lazarev: "It has been scientifically proven that the number of cancers is rising rapidly in regions where the consumption of genetically modified food has increased.

The use of pesticides such as glyphosate is closely linked to genetic engineering. This total herbicide is blamed, among other things, for foetal malformation and has been classified by the UN as "potentially carcinogenic".

In Switzerland there is GMO-free soya!

The more genetic engineering the more people become ill

Life expectancy in the USA has fallen sharply since the use of genetic engineering seeds
The eight major GM crops are corn, soybeans, canola, cottonseed, sugar beet, papaya, zucchini and pumpkin.

Example Tanzania

To access Western development aid funds, Tanzania amended its seed laws to prohibit the sale of uncertified or untested seed. This means: If a farmer sells traditional seeds, he is threatened with at least five years in prison.

Hybrid seeds developed using genetic engineering methods are now available.

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and Monsanto, is also behind seed laws like the one in Tanzania. They want to break up traditional seed breeding and privatise genetic resources so that a commercial seed market can be established.

AGRA is also campaigning for the adoption of national fertiliser strategies. Professionals are transnational corporations.

Actions and Warning
Action against GMOs in our food http://gmoaction.org/

There is a public letter (thank you!) of US-farmers concerning their way of production.
www.theletterfromamerica.org

• American Farmers Abandoning Genetically Modified Seeds: “Non-GMO Crops are more Productive and Profitable”: www.globalresearch.ca/american-farmers-abandoning-genetically-modified-seeds-nongmo-crops-are-more-productive-and-profitable/5366365

• Many American Farmers Ditching GMO Seeds for Economic Reasons
www.thealternativedaily.com/many-american-farmers-ditching-gmo-seeds-economic-reasons

Books Steven Drucker: Altered Genes, Twisted Truth;
Film: "Bought Truth: Genetic Engineering in the Magnetic Field of Money" by Bertram Verhaag

World Agricultural Report 29.7.2020

Published in 2008. It is the result of six years of work by four hundred scientists from fifty-two countries. Until today, genetic engineering has not yielded more output, as the World Agriculture Report emphasizes. The future of agriculture worldwide lies with smallholders and family-run farms that operate ecologically. Organic farming can also be used to feed a growing world population, the authors refer to numerous studies. Where should people work more in the future, if not in agriculture?

What can we do?
Buy organic, regional and seasonal food whenever possible. Grow your own food - even if it is 'only' on your balcony in the city. You will not only taste the difference, but also feel the joy of working with nature! The best protection against GMOs is offered by (unprocessed) organic products, preferably directly from the farmer. This way you also avoid pesticides and other chemical additives. To detoxify the body from GMOs, you should eat above all fresh fruit and vegetables containing sulphur, preferably prepared raw. A high fibre content is important. Salads and smoothies are also recommended. Drink plenty of good water! Sport also supports the detoxification of the body. The skin as the largest organ of excretion is helped by deacidifying bath salts ("crystal base") for detoxification. Mineral preparations ("Zeolite", "Sango Calcium") bind harmful substances in the intestines. The most important prerequisite for effective detoxification is healthy intestinal bacteria.

The above dramatic consequences of non-organic agriculture like soil degradation and healthy issues force human to go different ways. There are numerous!

Trees are good rainmakers, more plants make more rain

Every gardener knows that rain is good for plants. The reverse is true, however. Scientists have now investigated (Geophysical Research Letters) what effects the vegetation of a region can have on the weather. According to the researchers, about 30 percent of annual rainfall is caused by vegetation in the Sahel zone.

Plants release some of the moisture into the air via the leaves.

In addition, the vegetation keeps the water close to the surface of the ground, so that it can evaporate more easily from there. More water in the air can lead to more rain.

The vegetated areas can also absorb more solar energy than the bare, lighter ones, which leads to more turbulence in the atmosphere. This can also cause precipitation.

Conclusion: Barren regions contribute to lower precipitation.

http://www.bioedonline.org/news/nature-news/more-plants-make-more-rain/

Agroecology (25.6.2019)

Agroecology is the study of ecological processes applied to agricultural production systems. It has much in common with organic and integrated farming.

The future belongs to small farmers, not monocultures
Small farms are more productive than large monoculture farms
Local know-how should be retained.
Small farmers as the key to regional food security
Small farms conserve more resources
Small farms ensure areas of agricultural biodiversity
Small farms are more resistant to climate change
Productivity increase of the smallholder system through agroecology
In order to bring large parts of agriculture back to small farmers, political reforms are needed.
Reducing the export orientation!
Rural social movements, agroecology and food sovereignty are crucial issues.

--Small farms and agroecology are the future of agriculture

https://www.twn.my/title2/susagri/susagri098.htm

https://monthlyreview.org/2009/07/01/agroecology-small-farms-and-food-sovereignty/

--Small Farms as a Planetary Ecological Asset: Five Key Reasons Why We Should Support the Revitalisation of Small Farms in the Global South

https://twn.my/title/end/pdf/end07.pdf

--Agroecology-training-manual

https://agroeco.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Agroecology-training-manual-TWN-SOCLA.pdf

http://www.plantpartners.org/agroecology-articles.html
Agroecology: http://agroeco.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Agroecology-training-manual-TWN-SOCLA.pdf

http://agroeco.org/miguel-altieri/

song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=zuUpZLv2qeo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroecology

Root intensification 1.7.2019

Economical use of water, fertilizer, more cow dung. Plant the seed at precisely defined intervals (preferably with a cord with knots). Very labour-intensive but up to 3 times as large harvests.

System of root intensification: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_of_Rice_Intensification

https://futopiapress.wordpress.com/tag/system-of-root-intensification/

A guide based on SSIA, an SRI application from the Philippines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSjaBt3QnFU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_of_Rice_Intensification

Schindele's Minerals 7.7.2019

These minerals can have a very positive influence on plant growth. Schindele's minerals are also a medical product!

www.mineralien.co.at/en

The Food Assembly (3.7.2018)

The Food Assembly is an online farmers market that aims to help farmers sell their produce direct to consumers. Direct contact with the producer. The project was motivated by the desire for healthy eating and sustainable living.[3] Anyone can open a Food Assembly in their neighborhood and recruit local farmers to sell produce at through the local food assembly. No residual because only what is ordered is delivered. More than 400 registered in many European countries!
ORDER ONLINE: Choose from a wide range of local products: fruit, vegetables, bread, cheese, meat, beer and much more... it is up to you how much you buy and how often!
COLLECT YOUR ORDER: Every week your Assembly takes place in a local venue. Collect your order from here and meet both the people behind your food and your neighbours.
EAT BETTER: Every season taste the freshest food available in your region.
SHOP FAIRLY Support your local producers and economy! In each Assembly producers set their own prices and receive an income that is both fair for them and good for the local economy.
https://thefoodassembly.com/en

https://www.fginsight.com/news/dont-miss/a-rural-initiative-helps-to-connect-farmers-to-their-local-communities-52062

http://tech.eu/features/2673/food-assembly-profile/

Sustainable agriculture by Permaculture

With nature, instead of against nature... A sustainable natural cycle with the aim of always being able to harvest something somewhere, thanks to interlocking and mutually supportive garden zones. Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems that have the diversity, durability and self-regulating capacity of natural ecosystems.

A sustainable natural cycle with the aim of always being able to harvest something somewhere, thanks to interlocking and mutually supportive garden zones. Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems that exhibit the diversity, permanence and self-regulating capacity of natural ecosystems.

More and more people are realizing that things cannot go on like this - with the exploitation of the soil, for example, with more and more fertilizers, pesticides and genetic engineering. And if you now ask yourself what you can do to help Mother Earth get better, the answer is simple:

Do permaculture. In the allotment garden and on the balcony. Plant some vegetables, fruits, herbs - horizontally and vertically. With your own compost you reduce the mountain of waste and contribute to the active build-up of humus. It works even on small areas and doesn't stink if you do it right. It even works indoors, with a worm farm.

Permaculture is a design principle - and it is basically highly political. It has something to do with self-empowerment. Growing one's own food, being able to take care of oneself, understanding the cycles of nature and using them for the benefit of all - all this makes us less dependent on large corporations, political decisions and the consumer industry.

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"Regular farming leaches out the soil. Even the soil of an organically cultivated field is not as diverse as a forest soil.

"Regular farming leaches out the soil. Even the soil of an organically cultivated field is not as diverse as a forest soil.
"Properly combined, the plants keep each other in balance, and there's not much to cut or weed."
Permaculture is a strategy against climate change. (Mark Shepard (1950) is the author of Restoration Agriculture, the international bestseller on permaculture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xKb8rPb2ps)

Permaculture uses observation of nature to create regenerative systems,
Permaculture is an agricultural system utilizing the patterns and features observed in natural ecosystems.
It ensures regenerative and self-maintained habitat and agricultural systems
Working with, rather than against nature.
Looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system.
Permaculture is a design method and a sustainable agriculture, where I do not have to fertilize regularly
It follows basic ethical principles, a holistic, integrative approach
Returning waste back into the system to recycle into usefulness, that creates loops
Permaculture maximizes useful connections between components and synergy of the final design. The whole system becomes greater than the sum of its parts.
Permaculture draws from several disciplines including organic farming, agroforestry, integrated farming, sustainable development and applied ecology

Example Concept „Mutterhof“ of Robert Briechle: Now 182 different plants, before it was only 16!

It applies self-regulation
It uses and values renewable resources
It produces no waste
Integrate rather than segregate: By putting the right things in the right place, relationships develop between those things and they work together to support each other.
Use and value diversity: Diversity reduces vulnerability to a variety of threats
A mature ecosystem has a huge number of relationships between its component parts: trees, understory, ground cover, soil, fungi, insects, and animals. Because plants grow to different heights,
A diverse community of life is able to grow in a relatively small space, as the vegetation occupies different layers (7 layers in a food forest).
Mutual support guilds are groups of plants, animals, insects, etc. that work well together.
Plants may be grown for food production, draw nutrients from deep in the soil through tap roots, are nitrogen-fixing legumes, attract beneficial insects, and repel harmful insects.
Placing contrasting environments on an ecosystem: Permaculturists argue that where vastly differing systems meet, there is an intense area of productivity and useful connections. An example of this is the coast; thus creating ponds in a garden can have the effect.
Domesticated animals are often incorporated into site design, ensuring the efficiency and productivity of the system
Agroforestry: is an integrated approach of permaculture, which uses the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops or livestock. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies to create more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy and sustainable land-use systems
Hügelkultur is the practice of burying large volumes of wood to increase soil water retention. The porous structure of wood acts as a sponge when decomposing underground. Hügelkultur berms kept or generated enough heat to allow the roots to survive during alpine winter conditions
Mulch is a protective cover placed over the soil. Any material or combination can be used as mulch, such as stones, leaves, cardboard, wood chips, gravel, etc., though in permaculture mulches of organic material are the most common. They perform more functions. These include absorbing rainfall, reducing evaporation, providing nutrients, increasing organic matter in the soil, feeding and creating habitat for soil organisms, suppressing weed growth and seed germination, moderating diurnal temperature swings, protecting against frost, and reducing erosion.
Sheet mulching serves as a "nutrient bank," storing the nutrients contained in organic matter and slowly making these nutrients available to plants. It also improves the soil by attracting and feeding earthworms, slaters and many other soil micro-organisms, as well as adding humus. It can be used to reduce or eliminate non-desired plants by starving them of light.
Earthworms "till" the soil, and their worm castings are among the best fertilizers and soil conditioners.
Keyline design is a technique for maximizing the beneficial use of water resources. That could include trickle irrigation, rain-water-usage, water re-usage etc. There is an extra document (water and irrigation) concerning these topics.
Masanobu Fukuoka: the fruit trees should be raised all their lives without pruning, so they form healthy and efficient branch patterns that follow their natural inclination. It is the Philosophy of nature farming or "do-nothing" farming.
100 square meters can feed up to 4 persons in that way.
With diluted Urine (1:10) of one single person 300 square-meter can be fertilized and supported with Phosphor (P). https://ecovillage.org/terra-preta-production-part-ii
Ash can be used to ensure Kali (K) for the soil, For the correct dosing and mixing ratio see online.
In order to accumulate nitrogen (N) use legumes like lupine, pea or alfalfa (lucerne). These are sustainable replacement for any chemical NPK-fertilizer.
Mixing of fields and hedges ensure a balanced agriculture with necessary space for useful animals.
Reforestation ensures more rainfall in a specific area.
Units of 100 ha are not possible, but smaller units.
The negative side-effect of current intense agriculture are good arguments to generate good business with organic products.
Based on material of Wikipedia and more sources.

Links

http://i-permaculture.org/

Many links can be found in Wikipedia “Permaculture”

www.krameterhof.at/cms60/index.php?id=151

https://www.facebook.com/WestCornwallPermaculture

http://serenitystablesincornwall.weebly.com/
www.ranchomastatal.com
Man Quits Job in Finance to Create Incredible Permaculture Property - From Finance to Farmer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jh1481J6qw
free Ebook: Case Study Permacultural Organic Market Gardening and Economic Performance

https://www.permakultur.ch/pdf/Permacultural%20Organic%20Market%20Gardening%20and%20Economic%20Performance_Final%20Report_Nov15_Bec%20Hellouin%20Farm_sylva_AgroParisTech.pdf

from that book: a. In 2013, the first year the gross sales was 33,000 € for 1,000 m². The following year, it reached 57,000 €.

Biointensive agriculture

Biointensive agriculture is an organic agricultural system that focuses on achieving maximum yields from a minimum area of land, while simultaneously increasing biodiversity and sustaining the fertility of the soil.[1] The goal of the method is long term sustainability on a closed system basis. It is particularly effective for backyard gardeners and smallholder farmers in developing countries, and also has been used successfully on small-scale commercial farms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biointensive_agriculture

Holistic Planned Grazing (26.5.2019)

Also called "Rotational Grazing", More animals, only outdoors, pasture for a few days: Due to high density the excrement are kicked into the ground, everything is eaten, not only favorite herbs (which disappear then). Holistic management in agriculture is a systems thinking approach to managing resources developed by Allan Savory for reversing desertification.

Four principles

Holistic management planned grazing has four key principles that take advantage of the symbiotic relationship between large herds of grazing animals, their predators and the grasslands that support them

Nature functions as a holistic community with a naturalistic relationship between people, animals and the land. If you remove or change the behavior of any keystone species like the large grazing herds, you have an unexpected and wide-ranging negative impact on other areas of the environment.
It is absolutely crucial that any agricultural planning system must be flexible enough to adapt to nature’s complexity, since all environments are different and have constantly changing local conditions.
Animal husbandry using domestic species can be used as a substitute for lost keystone species. Thus when managed properly in a way that mimics nature, agriculture can heal the land and even benefit wildlife, while at the same time benefiting people.
Time and timing is the most important factor when planning land use. Not only is it crucial to understand how long to use the land for agriculture and how long to rest, it is equally important to understand exactly when and where the land is ready for that use and rest.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holistic_management_(agriculture)

www.savoryinstitue.com

https://www.savory.global/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/about-holistic-planned-grazing.pdf

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5LHoh-OKUfU#!

How Holistic Planned Grazing Works in 60 Seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C70OC6R6eok
Holistic Planned Grazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHoh-OKUfU

Agroforestry (26.5.2019)

Combine woody plants with arable crops or grassland in a way that benefits nature, climate and harvest. In doing so, the area under and next to the woody plants can be used either for garden and arable crops or for animal husbandry. A major advantage is that they can better withstand prolonged dry periods, as the microclimate in the field is improved under the protection of the trees and evaporation is reduced.

Agroforestry is a land use management system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland. This intentional combination of agriculture and forestry has varied benefits, including increased biodiversity and reduced erosion.

Agroforestry combines two worlds that complement each other wonderfully: Arable farming and forestry. In agroforestry, trees and hedges line the fields or stand right in the middle of them. Their trunks are surrounded by wildflowers and 'weeds' that spread unhindered among the 'crops'. Butterflies dance through the air and birds rejoice because they finally find sufficient shelter and nesting sites again. A colourful bouquet of life that delights our eyes and refreshes our souls.

The trees not only provide wind protection and a habitat for many animals. With their roots they protect the humus from erosion and bring a lot of carbon into the soil. In this way they bind carbon dioxide from the air and nourish the soil. Together with the wild plants, they penetrate the topsoil deep down with a network of roots. This loosens the soil, brings nutrients to the top and aerates the soil. In addition, only the long tree roots can absorb nitrogen in the lower layers of the soil, thus preventing it from polluting the groundwater as nitrate. Grass that sprouts around the trees helps to gently channel rainwater into the soil. Dead roots - whether of 'weeds' or grasses - are a feast for soil organisms. The wildflowers attract insects that eat aphids and other 'pests' that would otherwise roam the area in search of weakened plants. Birds also participate in this policing work.

Experience has shown that cereals in particular benefit from the agroforestry method: The competition for light between trees and crops causes wheat, for example, to ripen later. This increases the quality, the protein content in the grain is much higher. Last but not least, trees provide shade - for the farmer sweating in the field as well as for the field, which likes it cool and damp. And if the farmer needs the money, he can selectively cut down trees and replant them. In this way, he earns twice from the soil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry

Don't feed the plant, feed the soil! 9.4.2022

One half of the land I cultivate for people, the other half is cultivated for nature. Alternate crops that only serve to improve the soil. His fields are a happy jumble of crucifers like vetch, clover and other 'weeds', dotted with potatoes and other crops. One looks in vain for 'pests'; instead, the soil is crumbly and soft, full of the finest roots and mould, which fungi and microorganisms love above all else. And people also get more than enough to eat: with his method, the farmer harvests fourteen equally large potatoes from every tuber planted. That would be a lot even in conventional chemical farming. Bob Cannard's credo is: "In the gardens of the future, we must feed nature as well as people.

From the root to the tip of the leaf, plants release nutrients that promote the growth of bacteria and fungi. There is a lot of give and take in the soil, a million bacteria settle per teaspoon of soil around the root system of a plant. The roots feed soil fungi and other microorganisms with simple sugars, protein and carbohydrates, and in return they protect them from disease. The microflora in the soil, for their part, know exactly whether the plant has just germinated, is growing or is about to mature. Accordingly, the nutrient solution for the roots is precisely adapted to the plant's current needs. In fact, the soil crumb is the actual digestive organ of the plant.

Gashouse cultivation of plants

Glas-houses have many advantages, e.g.

several harvest in one year
The humidity remains in the system.
By regulating Temperature, humidity and light, all cultures can be cultivated (see botanical garden)
A very comfortable ambient
Independent of harsh weather conditions
Protection against wild insects etc.

Terra Preta or Biochar

Biochar is charcoal used as a soil amendment. Like most charcoal, biochar is made from biomass via pyrolysis. Biochar is under investigation as an approach to carbon sequestration to produce negative carbon dioxide emissions. Biochar thus has the potential to help mitigate climate change via carbon sequestration. Independently, biochar can increase soil fertility of acidic soils (low pH soils), increase agricultural productivity, and provide protection against some foliar and soil-borne diseases. Furthermore, biochar reduces pressure on forests. Biochar is a stable solid, rich in carbon, and can endure in soil for thousands of years.

An amazing natural sustainable technology for long term excellent harvest. Terra Preta are main aspects for sustainable agriculture. ingredients for the production of Terra Preta: biochar powder, (effective) microorganisms (EM), organic waste, soil animals and joy for experimentation. There is a basic recipe of Dr. Juergen Reckin.

Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar Biochar

www.biochar.org ; www.biochar-international.org ; http://biocharfund.org ; https://www.soilassociation.org www.thefullwiki.org/Terra_preta; https://www.ithaka-institut.org/en/; http://www.ithaka-journal.net/?lang=en; http://www.swiss-biochar.com/eng/biochar.php;

Make your own Terra Preta / Biochar very easy! 13.10.2018

Dig your own soil Kon-Tiki

Biochar can be produced with little investment.

Links:
www.ithaka-institut.org/en/ct/111; info@ithaka-institut.org
En francais: http://www.kon-tiki8303.ch/index.php/fr/
Kon-Tiki – the democratization of biochar production
http://www.ithaka-journal.net/kon-tiki-die-demokratisierung-der-pflanzenkohleproduktion?lang=en
http://www.ithaka-journal.net/druckversionen/e012014_schmidt_kon-tiki_2014.pdf

Good pictures: https://mollesnejta.wordpress.com/2015/10/24/kon-tiki-quechua/

China has a small unit for 12 US$.

Terra Preta Sanitation

Terra Preta Sanitation

Terra preta is the name of a carbon and nutrient rich soil, which has been produced by pre-Columbian cultures by the incorporation of manure, charcoal and bones into the grounds. Today, this concept has been rediscovered for the treatment of human faeces and household wastes (e.g. kitchen wastes). A promising application of terra preta sanitation (TPS) is the adaption of existing urine diverting toilets to replace the storage and dehydration treatment of urine and faeces. Terra preta sanitation (TPS) systems are based on a three-step process of collection (including urine diversion), lactic acid fermentation and vermicomposting. Lacto-fermentation is an anaerobic process, but in opposition to anaerobic digestion no gases are produced. The process thus is also odour free which makes it particularly interesting for in-house systems even in urban areas. TPS has a high potential to prevent nutrient or carbon loss to the atmosphere by producing highly fertile compost (terra preta) and liquid fertilizer for agriculture.

Advantages

Conservation of organic wastes and faeces in highly fertile black soil
Production of urine-based liquid fertilizer and prevention of ammonia loss to the atmosphere
Potential for large-scale and urban application
Allows carbon sequestration
No or only negligible greenhouse gas production
Stable process
High pathogen reduction

Disadvantages

Relatively new technology (requires further research)
Operation and maintenance is low, but crucial for correct functioning (e.g. growth of microbial mix)
There must be a need and demand for the use of terra preta compost and urine-based fertilizer

More: https://www.sswm.info/water-nutrient-cycle/wastewater-treatment/hardwares/processes/terra-preta-sanitation

Loolaboo

combines sanitary comfort with the Terra Preta Sanitation method. This universal, modern toilet design has been created for global use in most diverse countries. It allows for use both when sitting or squatting to ensure cultural acceptance around the world. The toilet functions with a minimum amount of water rendering access to water and sewerage systems unnecessary. Production, installation and service of the toilet are very affordable.

http://www.loolaboo.com/

https://terraboga.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/Otterpohl.pdf

Video engl: https://media.tu-harburg.de/aww/TPS/videos/TerraPretaToilet_low.mp4 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_R09cYq6ys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-iO6Tw3UUM (29 min)

https://www.designmadeingermany.de/2013/24459/

detailed information free ebook: https://www.dbu.de/phpTemplates/publikationen/pdf/180615110354odmi.pdf

http://www.wecf.eu/english/publications/2015/terrapreta-handbook.php

Rockdust 26.5.2019

Rock dust, also known as rock powders, rock minerals, rock flour, soil remineralization, and mineral fines, consists of finely crushed rock, processed by natural or mechanical means, containing minerals and trace elements widely used in organic farming practices.

The igneous rocks basalt and granite often contain the highest mineral content, whereas limestone, considered inferior in this consideration, is often deficient in the majority of essential macro-compounds, trace elements, and micronutrients.

Rock dust is not a fertilizer, for it lacks the qualifying levels of nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockdust

Sea Minerals for Fertilizer 26.5.2019

Dr. Murray used sea solids — mineral salts remaining after water is evaporated from ocean water — as fertilizer on a variety of vegetables, fruits and grains. His extensive experiments demonstrated repeatedly and conclusively that plants fertilized with sea solids and animals fed sea-solid-fertilized feeds grow stronger and more resistant to disease.

https://www.acresusa.com/products/sea-energy-agriculture

https://www.healthy-vegetable-gardening.com/sea-minerals-for-fertilizer.html

Urine as fertilizer, the liquid gold (3.7.2018)

Human is integrated and part of the nature. We eat organic matter of the nature. And we breathe and this CO2 is reconverted by the trees and plants to organic matter again. What about human urine and excrements, an excellent fertilizer? Are all human an excellent “fertilizer-factory”? Depending of what we eat, drink and take on medicine, the “remains” could be used for to fertilize the fields.

1/3 of our precious potable water is only for to flush our toilette! A lot can be saved if only the Urine is used in a different way, and win/win-Situations are possible. Phosphorus as fertilizer components is a limited resource. Phosphorus is part of the Urine and from 1000 kg of Urine 2 kg of Phosphorus can be extracted. This substance is far too valuable to simply be flushed down the toilet, because it contains the three main nutrients that plants need for life: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. 1 liter of Urine contains 10 g nitrogen, 6,875 g Phosphorus, 8,125 g Cali. Cali is a limited resource! In addition, urine contains various amino acids, hormones, vitamins and micronutrients which are essential for a healthy plant growth.
Human urine, for example, is an excellent source of the growth hormone Auxin. Specifically, one of the most potent auxins found in human urine is indole-3-acetic acid. This has a stimulating effect on root and flower development, even in very small quantities. Scientists around the world confirmed that urine is an ideal agricultural complete fertilizer. An adult human produces 20 g of Urine daily. With this quantity more than 3 kg of tomatoes could be produced.

A Good fertilizer
It has already been found in recent years that the urine contained in nitrogen is super suitable as fertilizer. However, you should not pee directly on a plant, but mix the urine with water (20 parts water, 1 part urine). Now you can fertilize your whole garden with the liquid. But it is not only the plants that benefit. Our body fluid also contains phosphorus and potassium, which can restore the soil to new health.

Good for the ground
But it is not only the plants that benefit. Our body fluid also contains phosphorus and potassium, which can restore the soil to new health. You should pee in the garden, especially in autumn, so that the soil can absorb a lot of minerals for next spring.

Bye Bye Bye Weeds
If you also have something against weeds, you simply have to pee a little bit over it. Our urine acid fights the unwanted undergrowth, discolors then and they die.

No craving for mushrooms
What works great with weeds also helps with plants infested by fungi. In a ratio of 1:1 with water you only need to spray your urine onto bushes and plants with a spray bottle and wait a little.

Support for the Compost
Urine can also help elsewhere in the garden: on your compost heap. Normally the composting process takes quite a long time, but the uric acid helps to accelerate this process wonderfully. The acidity is most concentrated in the first urine of the day.

Animal defense
If you leave urine on the green area, which belongs to you, you can drive away fabulously smaller animals such as cats, foxes and rabbits. Like the dogs are doing as well.

It is a good feeling to be aware that we are producing “food” for our beautiful garden!

Odour nuisance caused by urine can be neutralized with primeval rock flour or organic charcoal
By the way, not using the toilette for Urine reduces the water demand in the house drastically and saves money!

In order to avoid the little smell outside in the garden, it is possible to dig a plastic bottle (open at both sides) in the ground and fill the bottle with Urine / water (using a funnel) and close it again on the upper side (with a small hole in the lid) or leaving it open. In any case it is much more efficient to bring the water deep in the soil and not on top (evaporation).

Urine is a rich source of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium has shown good results as fertilizer for cucumbers, corn, cabbage and other crops. A study investigated a fertilizer mixture of urine and ash for tomatoes. Wood ash also contains higher concentrations of calcium and magnesium. Plants fertilized with urine supplied four times more tomatoes than unfertilized plants, the scientists report in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. This means that urine is almost as effective as expensive artificial fertilizer. A mixture of urine and wood ash provides the same yield and avoids over-acidification of the soil. In a taste test, all tomatoes tasted the same. Urine-fertilized tomatoes are not contaminated with germs. However, the urine should be sprayed around the plants and should not come into direct contact with the fruits because this can lead to ammonia burns. Source: Research teams around Surendra Pradhan from the University of Kuopio (Finland). https://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Urin-ist-toller-Tomatenduenger-article500710.html

Take care! However, it should be mentioned that it is also not good for green areas to be soaked too often with Urine. Of course, residues of medication and other not wanted substances can also enter the soil of the fertilized plant with the urine. This can also include salt, depending on how we eat.

Using animal and human excrement for agriculture (19.6.2018)

This is much more challenging than using only Urine! The human excrement in China were collected daily in portable containers and processed outside the settlements together with soil, animal excrement, ash and organic waste in pits or heaps into compost. In addition, there were methods in the cities to form the sun-dried excrement into lumps and to sell them as dry fertilizer. Due to systematic manure and farming, the partly very good soil has been preserved without losing its fertility. The techniques of “hot composting”, to destroy the germs was developed by Sir Albert Howard in India.
Almost all the nitrogen that is converted by humans is excreted as urine, in the case of phosphorus it is about half. Other macronutrients for plants, such as potassium, Sulphur, calcium or magnesium, are often scarce in soils, while they are found in varying amounts in human excrements. Feces, however, are not feces. A healthy person who eats a healthy and wholesome diet has the whole range of high-quality substances in his feces, especially when he is not taking pharmaceuticals. So if we want to use excrement, we should take those from health-conscious people. With the right mixture of lactic acid bacteria, it is possible to collect excrements odourlessly and hygienically in any apartment, even in the city. After about two to three months of correct worm composting in summer, this compost could be introduced into the soil and wood could be planted there for a firewood plantation, for example.
There is a 4000 year old tradition of excrement and manure recycling in China. Also the Mayas, Aztecs and Incas there was this tradition, but badly documented.
Compost toilets, do not pollute lakes. They produce humus, which is reintegrated into the material cycle of nature as an important link! After conversion, temperatures of around 70°C arise, which kill off pathogens. These conditions are present in garden composts with a volume of at least 1 m³ or in aerated thermocomposters with soil connection. More and more cities motivate for use of compost-toilette (like at the main-station in Hamburg, Germany etc) because it reduces the water demand drastically.

One problem is the remaining quantities of medication. Those who use many and critical drugs should not use this method!

In Durban, South Africa a lot of compost toilettes are installed with great success. They save a lot of water and generate precious resources. Some devices: http://www.ecosan.co.za/ https://www.jojotanks.co.za/

Links:
http://www.berger-biotechnik.de/downloads/diplomarbeit-scheie-wird-erde.pdf
https://oya-online.de/article/read/588-Wie_man_shit_to_gold_power.html

The Moringa-Tree

Can be cultivated for its leaves, fruits, and roots for a variety of food and medicinal purposes. Moringa leaves could practically wipe out malnutrition on our planet.
They contain
2 times the Protein of Yogurt
7 times the Vitamin C of Oranges
3 times the Potassium of Bananas
4 times the Vitamin A of Carrots
It’s like growing multi-vitamins at your doorstep.
Vitamin A, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin C, Calcium, Chromium, Copper, Fiber, Iron, Manganese, Magnesium. Phosphorus, Potassium, Protein, Zinc
Experts agree that the long-term solution to malnutrition is the use of foods rich in the essential nutrients often lacking in people's diets. Modern scientific research is proving that Moringa leaves are one of the richest sources of such nutrients. Even small amounts of the leaves could protect thousands of people from suffering and death.
The young fruits can be cooked in a number of different ways. An excellent oil is derived from the seeds, which is used for cooking and lubrication of delicate mechanisms. The leaves are extensively used as a vegetable in many parts of the world, and the root can be made into a condiment similar to horseradish. M. oleifera is also of interest because of its production of compounds with antibiotic activity. Can be used for cleaning water as well.
Links: www.treesforlife.org/our-work/our-initiatives/moringa/moringa-tree
www.tfljournal.org; www.miracletrees.org; www.moringa-europe.com

Amazing growth of plants by simulation of the original conditions 7.7.2019

Amazing growth of plants by simulation of the original conditions 7.7.2019

When seeds are now exposed to a fake primordial environment, they grow back to their original form. The reason is to be found in the changed magnetic field of the earth. Dr. Fritz Florian has a technique to implement that.

How plants thrive depends largely on the environmental factors. In addition to light, fertilizer, water and ambient temperature many other factors play a role. Seeds and plants react differently to the size of the peel and the resulting vibration from the shell. Only with the correct diameter of the coaster (bio-resonance), plants develop rapidly.

left normal growth, right with specific treatment.

Certain natural-physical influences can significantly improve germination and plant growth. If a specific frequency acts on seeds before sowing, the growth behavior increases considerably. Thunderstorms and lightning can activate not only rainwater but also seeds.

The effect can be explained by converting electromagnetic radiation into scalar waves through the aluminum foil.

Electromagnetic waves have little effect on plants, scalar waves a lot.

Dr. Fritz Florian showed how lightning discharges can be used to generate turbo growth, up to 100% higher! A simple plasma discharge ball 8 cm from Conrad is sufficient. An MP3 player also works.

All research was done with underground sowing and Composana growing and herb soil.

It is crucial that one gets into the bio-resonance of the plant concerned (e.g. 1.5 Ghz). This depends on the size of the coaster. Each plant has its own specific bio-resonance.

- The discharge ball should be exposed to the seed for 1-5 minutes.

- Then plant underground.

- Each seed must be reactivated.

- It can also activate the water in pipes and the plants grow better. A pump is not a problem.

- Each plant has its specific optimal frequencies.

- Experiments have been made with cress, radish, maize, mung beans, apple trees.

Grander water for better yields is available here: www.grander.com

Aluminim trunk sheathing promotes fruit tree growth

The wrapping of tree trunks with an ALU foil promotes cambium growth (lowest layer of the bark). ALU foils may only be applied from May to October. This can increase the yield of apple trees. ALU wrappings also promote wine harvests. In addition, this measure reduces the damage caused by game browsing. The effect can be explained by converting electromagnetic radiation into scalar waves.

Lightning promotes germination and growth

Before sowing, seeds are exposed to low-energy electromagnetic fields. This activates the seeds, which germinate after irradiation with certain frequencies.

Champignons

Brown Champignon were wrapped in a box with a kitchen ALU foil (floor and outside surfaces of the box). The champignons growth in the ALU-coated box grew much faster and developed a magnificent design.

Parts list for increasing growth via aluminum ring sheathing

- Use Composana growing soil or organic soil.

- Arrange rows of dishes from small to large in a linear way from left to right and do not put everything on one base, as the aluminum foils interact.

- You must leave 1-2 cm space between the coasters.

- First make a linear row of coasters with ascending diameters of 8 - 16 cm.

- Separated from this is another linear aluminum coaster row with ascending diameters of 8-16 cm.

- The seeds may only be sown under the iris.

- various monocot and dicot organic seeds (organic garden cress, grass, organic chives, organic parsley, organic savory, etc.)

- Plastic coaster series, 2 pieces each with a diameter of 9 cm, 12 cm, 14 cm and 16 cm,

- self-adhesive tape-shaped aluminum foil or aluminum freshness retaining kitchen foil

- Ensure uniform water temperature.

For this study 3 normal and 3 aluminum coated bowls (diameter 9 - 16 cm) are needed. The organic cress seeds distributed evenly over the tray bottoms are covered with organic soil and then watered generously.

Daily sufficient watering is important! The ideal cress growth is at 18 and 23 degrees, at too high temperatures "rot" seedlings. In approx. one week the plants are ready and ready to eat.

Place a round wire or plastic grid (e.g. 5 mm grid spacing) on the prepared layer of soil (see below), then press one seed each into the middle of the squares with a wooden stick as evenly as possible (approx. 1 - 1.5 cm) into the soil (if it must already be underground).

- the substrate (the earth) must be homogenized as good as possible, e.g. by good crumbling, then ideally sieve through a wire mesh and mix well again

- Filling quantity absolutely equal (weighing) and equal compaction

- Watering conditions equal and optimal -

- and of course the same location conditions (on the window sill they are not everywhere

right away!)

STUDY RESULTS: Significant growth differences can be seen after only a few days. In almost all lower, aluminum-coated shells, however, cress thrives splendidly or like a turbo! The scalar information of the aluminum sheaths enables the turbo growth of many plants with bio-resonance. Aluminum-encapsulated shells are always in the lead when it comes to growth progress. Skalar-influenced turbo plants only grow faster, more intensely, bushier, higher, but die a few days earlier due to stress.

Other aspects:

- electric scalar waves produce better harvests, better durability, better appearance

- Monocultures do not have to destroy the soil but overfertilise it.

- Faraday greenhouses are conceivable that will produce better harvests.

- Scalar plant fertilization by satellite?

More (in German): https://www.modern-media.at/forschung/20-pflanzencode-entschluesselt.html

fritz.florian@florian.at; http://www.borderlands.de/net_pdf/NET0315S36-38.pdf
Fritz Florian: Decoding the plant code, generating turbo growth.

One example
bill of materials

- organic herbal soil

- various mono- and dicotyledonous organic seeds (organic garden cress, grass, organic chives, organic parsley, organic savory, etc.)

- Coaster series, 2 pieces each with a diameter of 9 cm, 12 cm, 14 cm and 16 cm,

- self-adhesive tape-shaped aluminum foil or aluminum keep-fresh kitchen foil,

For this study 4 normal and 4 aluminum coated bowls (diameter 9 - 16 cm) are required. The organic cress seeds are evenly distributed over the tray bottoms, covered with organic soil and then amply watered.

Daily sufficient watering is important! The ideal cress growth is 18 and 23 degrees, at too high temperatures "rot" seedlings. In about one week the plants are ready to eat.

STUDY RESULTS: Significant differences in growth can be seen after just a few days. Only in the normal 16 cm bowl a natural, meagre growth shows up. In almost all lower, aluminum-coated bowls, however, cress thrives splendidly or like a turbo! Mother Nature confirms scalar models of thought that apply prospectively to most seed species. The proven basic cress study has finally succeeded. The scalar information of the aluminum coatings enables the turbo growth of many plants in bio-resonance. Aluminum-coated shells are always one step ahead in terms of growth progress. Skalar-influenced turbo plants only grow faster, more intensive, bushier, higher at scalar bio-resonance (see biological window table by K. Meyl), but die a few days earlier due to stress. In comparison, uninfluenced plants grow miserably.

Best growth in 14 cm and 16 cm bowls. Turboplants are living bigger but shorter

Homeopathy for plants 15.7.2020

Christiane Maute and Vaikunthanath The Kaviraj are the pioneers

He applies homeopathy to a wide variety of plant diseases - such as pest infestations, injuries, leaf and root diseases and deficiency symptoms.

In Australia, where he practiced, his method has since become very successful and widely used.

Calendula for injuries during repotting or Calcium phosphoricum for basic stem rot, he also used rare homeopathic remedies such as Hyssopus for fire diseases, Mentha viridis for pests, Nasturtium for aphids and pumpkin bugs, Ocymum for tomato diseases and Ricinus communis for pests in viticulture.

Pius Strickler has made the experience on his farm that homeopathy in combination with EM (Effective Microorganisms) produces the best and fastest effect. EM bind the antioxidants in the soil, which are produced by the use of artificial fertilizers and sewage sludge etc. Furthermore, it fertilizes its soils with PRP' in order to supply them optimally with minerals.

Bauer Strickler also mixes EM into the feed, manure and slurry. If he now brings manure and slurry onto the field, he has the EM in the soil and from there back into the animals' feed. So the circle is complete.

When producing the water for watering, make sure to use a plastic watering can, as metal can possibly influence the effect. You should also never use spoons and vessels made of metal to crush the globules; glass, wood and plastic are better. The same rule applies to stirring.

Never mix different medicines with each other; always give only one medicine at a time and wait for an appropriate reaction. If nothing happens, it was the wrong homeopathy; if there is an improvement, nothing more needs to be given.

For this reason, watering and spraying containers must also be washed with hot water (60° C) after each use to remove any residue. When spraying the homeopathic remedy, make sure there is no wind, otherwise the remedy will spread throughout the garden.

With Silicea, Kaviraj could even achieve what many people dream of. In Australia, he planted parts of a desert south of Victoria with Silicea water. In this experiment the sand was simply doused with Silicea water. Now you have to know that Silicea is extracted from horsetails, which grow on moist soil, sometimes even in water. So Silicea has something to do with water.

When Kaviraj came back to the desert six weeks after the treatment and stuck a spade into the sand, the sand below the surface was still wet. Due to the persistent moisture, grasses could develop in the sand, which over time resulted in humus. After the grasses came the flowers, then bushes and eventually even the eucalyptus. These trees can develop roots of 300 to 400 meters in length, are evergreen and very fast growing. This is how a eucalyptus forest was created in the desert, which provided shade. Thanks to the shade, the air cooled down and there were temperature differences in the air. So rain clouds could form - and where rain falls, nature can thrive.

Effective Microorganism (EM) (20.6.2018)

EM is a liquid mixture of important probiotic, beneficial microorganisms that are known to work cooperatively to provide tremendous benefits for soil and plants.

EM technology will improve:

Seed germination and plant health
Plant nutrient uptake
The composting process (including bokashi composting)
The soil in your lawn and garden
Water quality
Breakdown of sewage sludge
positive effect on growth of vegetable.
Many are used for improving the performance of sanitation systems, namely pit latrines, septic tanks and wastewater treatment plants.

http://www.gardenerspantry.ca/microorganisms/effective-microorganisms.html

Many applications: www.agritech.tnau.ac.in/org_farm/orgfarm_effective%20microorganism.html

How To Make Effective Microorganisms: https://www.smilinggardener.com/soil-food-web/how-to-make-effective-microorganisms/

Bokashi consists of bran that has been fermented with effective microorganisms and then dried for easy storage. It is used primarily in bokashi composting, and as a general soil amendment.

EM for more quality of life and environmental protection

With EM, environmental protection is fun, because the use of Effective Microorganisms (EM) is possible and effective in all areas of our everyday life. The positive influence emanating from EM improves the quality of food and contributes to the health of all living things.

Alfalfa (Lucern)

Good for feeding young children! All what is necessary is inside. Problem: Taste is not good. Can be eaten or a drink can be mixed, may be with other (good taste) ingredients.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfalfa

Vertical farming

Vertical farming is the practice of producing food in vertically stacked layers, such as in a skyscraper, used warehouse, or shipping container. The modern ideas of vertical farming use indoor farming techniques and controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) technology, where all environmental factors can be controlled. These facilities utilize artificial control of light, environmental control (humidity, temperature, gases...) and fertigation. Some vertical farms use techniques similar to greenhouses, where natural sunlight can be augmented with artificial lighting and metal reflectors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_farming

https://vertical-farming.net/

one example for vertical farming

The starting point was the desire to always have fresh herbs ready for personal consumption.

Seeds are neither chemically nor genetically treated. The seedlings were then placed in incubators (modular system) where they could grow under optimal conditions with regard to light, moisture and nutrients. The growth processes are digitally monitored and controlled and thus require little personnel.

The declared goal was to create a network of farms that would produce as close to the end consumer as possible.

We create an environment in which nature's growth processes are reproduced as accurately as possible and without long delivery routes.

It is harvested twice a week and sold with roots at the fresh food counter. This ensures that important nutrients and vitamins are retained longer until the customer frees them from roots at home.

https://www.ignant.com/2016/05/02/infarm-indoor-farming-berlin/

https://infarm.com/

Aeroponics

Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium (known as geoponics)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroponics

Compost

Compost is organic matter that has been decomposed and recycled as a fertilizer and soil amendment. Compost is a key ingredient in organic farming.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compost

The Food Cycler - Indoor Composter - No Food Waste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdJSBZn3ehU

Test: First Impressions -- Food Cycler CS-10 -- Indoor Residential Composter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsNF74mvDVA

Folkewall

The Folkewall is a construction with the dual functions of growing plants and purifying waste water.

This technique makes an efficient use of space by fulfilling two essential functions: vertical plant growing and purification of greywater. This system is also known as a living wall or green wall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folkewall

Foodscaping

Foodscaping, sometimes called edible landscaping or front yard farming, is a type of landscaping in which all or major areas of a lawn on private property or sometimes public property are used to grow food

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodscaping

Horticulture

Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of growing plants. It includes the cultivation of medicinal plants, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mush

rooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and non-food crops such as grass and ornamental trees and plants. It also includes plant conservation, landscape restoration, landscape and garden design, construction, and maintenance, and arboriculture. Inside agriculture, horticulture contrasts with extensive field farming as well as animal husbandry.

Horticulturists apply their knowledge, skills, and technologies used to grow intensively produced plants for human food and non-food uses and for personal or social needs. Their work involves plant propagation and cultivation with the aim of improving plant growth, yields, quality, nutritional value, and resistance to insects, diseases, and environmental stresses. They work as gardeners, growers, therapists, designers, and technical advisors in the food and non-food sectors of horticulture. Horticulture even refers to the growing of plants in a field or garden.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture

Hydroponics

Hydroponics is a subset of hydroculture, the method of growing plants without soil, using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent. Terrestrial plants may be grown with only their roots exposed to the mineral solution, or the roots may be supported by an inert medium, such as perlite or gravel. The nutrients in hydroponics can be from fish waste, duck manure, or normal nutrients; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroponics

Russian Dacha Gardens (23.4.2019)

Russia shows that it is possible to feed the world only by small individual private gardens. Russia has an amazing model for urban agriculture, obtaining over 50% agricultural products from family garden plots. The backyard gardening model uses around 3% arable land, and accounts for roughly 92% of all Russian potatoes, 87% of all fruit 77% vegetables, and 59% all Russian meat according to the Russian Federal State Statistic Service. With 35 million private gardens in Russia (“dacha”) 71 % of the people produced 1999 50 % of the milk and 87 % of the fruits. All is ecological and sustainable. The state supports this highly productive “farming” by a right for all Russian people for a small land of 1-3 ha.

There is enough food for all!

Links:
https://smallfarmersjournal.com/russian-dacha-gardens/

https://underwoodgardens.com/russian-dacha-gardening-homescale-agriculture-feeding-everyone/

https://underwoodgardens.com/downloads/Russian-Household-Gardening-Report.pdf

http://naturalhomes.org/naturalliving/russian-dacha.htm

Urban Agriculture, urban farming

Worldwide, horticulture and small-scale agriculture in the city is very popular. Partly it is also due to the need of the people to feed themselves. Partly, however, it is also due to the joy of nature, the thriving and beauty of plants. Just like animals, plants are also good for many people. We notice how good it does us to go into nature. Maybe we can bring this experience into our home or on the roof garden? At least we know that we will harvest healthy vegetables, because there is no need to spray them. Who has a higher disposition knows that plants can react to human proximity. Some even talk to their plants. The necessary impulses, inspirations and information can be obtained very well from the Internet. LED lamps open up completely new perspectives for working on different floors and getting a lot of benefit from a small area, perhaps even a profit on sales.
If the hemp cultivation should be legalized, then one can certainly grow hemp for commercial use (clothes, paper, bags) or drug use very profitably. This is certainly better than buying drugs on the black market and you do not know what you will get. But you could also motivate the government to legalize hemp cultivation, as many countries are doing now.
With this option one would have the boys motivated for it.
In an advanced level you could also do water games, a fountain or a small lake. The noise alone is very calming and increases the humidity. If there is enough space, you could also keep small animals like chickens. Chickens provide valuable proteins very efficiently and you can feed a lot to them.
For fertilization one could simply use diluted urine. With a healthy diet an excellent fertilizer.

Urban agriculture, urban farming or urban gardening is the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around a village, town, or city. Urban agriculture can also involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agroforestry, urban beekeeping, and horticulture. These activities occur in peri-urban areas as well, and peri-urban agriculture may have different characteristics.

An alternative to the agricultural industry: Urban agriculture (Urban Gardening).

Will Allen, a pioneer of Urban Gardening in the US introduces the aquaponic system in a greenhouse, where aquaculture and plant cultivation (hydroponic) are linked together in a closed loop.

The feces of the fish serve as fertilizer for the plants and the plant remains serve as fish food.

For Will Allen, the answer to the question of world nutrition is clear: "Worldwide local food systems".

The local project aims to give all residents in a neighborhood access to "good", ie healthy, high quality food.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agriculture

http://publica.fraunhofer.de/documents/N-506944.html

Books:

The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land of Curtis Allen Stone

Urban Farmer Curtis Stone: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-BlDCX__nCLs_ZF9meYQbw

http://theurbanfarmer.co/

The Market Gardener: A Successful Grower's Handbook for Small-scale Organic Farming of Jean-Martin Fortier http://www.themarketgardener.com/

Curtis Stone, Owner Green City Acres, Kelowna, BC, Canada it is possible to get 50.000 € / 1.000 m². 75.000 $ auf 1.400 m².

Pakaraka Permaculture, Tames, Neuseeland: 80.000 $ auf 1.000 m²,

The edible city (15.6.18)

The example of the initiative " Incredible edible "in the English city of Todmorden. The idea: "Create edible landscapes" to reduce dependence on food imports. On urban green spaces, citizens build fruit and vegetables under the guidance of activist Mary Clear. Disregarded public areas that exist in every city are transformed into orchards and vegetable patches: the driveway to a hospital is planted with fruit trees. The ugly plant trough in front of the police station becomes a vegetable patch. It's incredible. The citizens just need to reach out and take the fruit.

"In my search I realized how complex the production of food is. And how vulnerable the globalized markets are, on which everything depends today. It was a big mistake that we let the decisions about our food made by a few corporations. Small farmers almost everywhere in the world are displaced by large farmers. But they are not sustainable and therefore cannot secure the nutrition of our children and grandchildren. The solution obviously lies in the small solutions. Especially in Africa and Asia, where the population is growing fastest, the small farmers can get more out of the limited land. Above all, they ensure a better distribution of food and income. This is clearly the most effective way to fight hunger. In Europe too we need peasant agriculture. It is not about romantic ideas, but about the vital interest that the soil fertility is preserved. We should therefore demand of our politicians to stop to support the industrial agriculture instead of even subsidizing it. We consumers can empower small and medium-sized farmers by buying more regionally, so that our food system gets the necessary stability for the future. At any rate, I feel responsible for where my food comes from and how it was made. And I know now that we can help with every purchase that the soon 10 billion people will all be full. "
Example

The edible city of Andernach is unique in its kind. Throughout the entire city area, visitors and citizens can first enjoy the flowering crops, which they can harvest later when everything is ripe. Pumpkins and tomatoes, wine grapes and potatoes and other fruits and vegetables grow on the city wall. Everyone can harvest the fruit and vegetables. What remains is sold cheaply. There are even chickens in the edible city. Unemployed people care for the edible city. They earn a little extra to their unemployment money. Primary schools now have school gardens. The children take care of the plants. The children learn a lot and have fun doing it. Everyone makes sure that nothing is destroyed. Garbage is not thrown into the green areas anymore. They keep a distance of 8-10 meter to streets and plant special plants in between to neutralize exhaust-gases.

Links: www.andernach.de/de/leben_in_andernach/es_startseite.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSI3ckG5Y9g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-KioYhTQyI

Raised-bed gardening, excellent for urban farming (8.7.2018)

Raised-bed gardening is a form of gardening in which the soil is formed in three-to-four-foot-wide (1.0–1.2 m) beds. The soil is raised above the surrounding soil. The vegetable plants are spaced in geometric patterns, much closer together than in conventional row gardening. The spacing is such that when the vegetables are fully grown, their leaves just barely touch each other, creating a microclimate in which weed growth is suppressed and moisture is conserved. Raised beds produce a variety of benefits: they extend the planting season, they can reduce weeds if designed and planted properly, and they reduce the need to use poor native soil. Since the gardener does not walk on the raised beds, the soil is not compacted and the roots have an easier time growing. The close plant spacing and the use of compost generally result in higher yields. There is no need to bend over to tend them.
No snails, if a snail fence is installed. The use of the heat from rotting below layers (at the roots) due to the layered structure results in considerably faster growth. By adding a cover, the raised bed can also be used as a cold frame (hotbed).
For urban farming planting is also possible on terraces, backyards or entrance areas, simple everywhere.
Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raised-bed_gardening

Reforestation (3.7.18)

Trees are our brothers and sisters and they help us so much! Reforestation can be sponsored by CO2-certificates! Ecuador made a very successful and fast reforestation-project!

Reduction of soil erosion by wind and water
Maintaining the fertility of surrounding agricultural land
Raising the groundwater level
Protection of groundwater catchment areas
Restoring biodiversity
Stopping the threat of desertification
Prevention of flooding due to the high water storage capacity of forests.
Protection against avalanches in mountain regions
Wood utilization or utilization of fruits, leaves, etc.
Binding and storage of CO2 to reduce the greenhouse effect (CO2 sequestration)

Only 25% of the rainfall occurs on the earth by the evaporation of the oceans. 75% of the precipitation are a product of green plants. Lehane describes it: "The deforested land has no voice with which it could call for water. The clouds move over it and keep the rain to other, greener areas."
Due to evaporation of the trees and plants, the climate changes and there are not so much the extremes of hot and cold temperature.
They encourage rainwater to remain in the soil instead of disappearing too fast

Trees give us shade, also for young plants
Trees make the soil more fertile, increase soil moisture and reduce erosion.
Trees supply us with wood that we use to build houses, make furniture, build fences, and burn for heating and cooking.
Trees provide us with fruits. You can grow many food trees—on a large scale to sell, or in a garden to eat at home. These foods provide us with carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins and minerals.
They provide us with animals. Birds and other animals will return to areas they had left when their habitat is restored.
They keep the moisture for a long time and release it slowly.
They also help prevent desertification.
Trees act as windbreaks to protect crops from strong winds
Trees save money for fuel, stakes and many more.
They generate about 40 % of the world’s oxygen (in one year, an average tree inhales 12 kilograms (26 pounds) of CO2 and exhales enough oxygen for a family of four for a year.)
Forests provide significant income and livelihood options
The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) recommends the planting of deciduous trees (loosing the leaves every year) where water scarcity is a problem. They consume less water than evergreens during critical periods of water shortage and compete less with crops.
As the forest grows, trees can be thinned out or pruned and used for timber or fuel. People can collect fruit, seeds, nuts and medicines from the forest.
Fertilizer trees make the soil richer so crops grow better! And thus reduce the need for chemical fertilizers
Trees control weeds such as the parasite striga
In short: Trees provide a wide range of products (timber, fruit, medicine, beverages, fodder, oils)
They provide life supporting services (carbon sequestration, erosion control, soil fertility)
Trees are beautiful!

More: http://www.alternative-technology.de/Reforestation/reforestation.html

Seaweed

Contains Fiber, magnesium, vitamin C, Vitamin A, Alginic acid, iodine, proteína, iron

Calcium, potassium. It is growing up to 40 cm a day! Perfect in combination with a off-shore fish-farm. Seaweed has a variety of purposes, for which it is farmed

Requirements: the presence of seawater (or at least brackish water) and the presence of light sufficient to drive photosynthesis. Another common requirement is a firm attachment point,

Main producer: Indonesia and Philippines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaweed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_seaweed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaweed_farming

PRODUCTION, MARKETING AND TRADE OF SEAWEEDS

http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/ab728e/AB728E12.htm

Wild fish resources might collapse by year 2050!

If we continue like that, the wild resources will collapse by year 2050 (Pew Environment Group and UN). According to the World-fishing-report of the UN (FAO), 80 % of the resources are over-fished. There are many alternatives for sustainable fishing, Norway is ahead. One is the certification and consulting by MSC or similar labels. In protected Fish-reservations the fish and ecosystem can recover. And even outside that area, there is much more fishing possible, so fisher have a benefit, although they lost some fishing-space. And diving-tourism can be another income! The fish realize, that they are protected and sometimes come very close! Fascinating!

Off-shore sweet water Aquaponic fish farming

A system that combines the breeding of fish with the cultivation of useful plants. Here, the fish provide nutrients for the plants, which in turn filter the water. An efficient and environmentally friendly method...

Background

Water is just a carrier for specific purpose like transporting the food to the plant or to animals. How we can throw it away instead of processing it and use it again? An Aquaponic-system is a closed system and loop, with maximal usage of the resources available.
Mankind developed from hunting and collecting food to be farmer. Concerning fish we are still just hunting and collecting. Fish-farms offer new perspectives.
The space on land for agriculture is precious and limited and the output decreases, whereas human population increases.
Excessive production of meat is a big problem for the environment and for the health of human (antibiotics etc). The input of food and water compared with the product is irrational! Fish is a good replacement.
But if we continue fishing like we do today, the wild fish-resources collapse from year 2045 on may be earlier. We need solutions to avoid that. Our children will enjoy fish as well.
Fisher needs to travel already far outside for fishing, in India sometimes 300 km. That reduces the profit due to high basic cost, time and gasoline.
Fish is an essential and healthy food for a great part of mankind and little replacement available. At least for the Omega 3 fatty acid the walnut could be a replacement.
Fish have a good ratio of input of food and the output.
Fish-farming could be a solution to allow the wild resources to recover.
Marine fish-farming mainly uses other fish for feeding them. Sometimes one fish eats 4 fish until he is ready!
Fish produce very precious fertilizer, which is not used at the moment.
The fertilizer of mankind is a limited resource.

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Aquaponic is a proven and very interesting technology combing fish-farms with vegetable-production.

Aquaponic is a proven and very interesting technology combing fish-farms with vegetable-production.
Producing of the necessary sweet water by reverse-osmosis-systems and rainwater-collection. The performance of the osmosis system is not so essential because salt-water is available in abundance.
One lower level for sweet-water fish farming. Another upper level for agriculture (vegetable etc). But horizontal versions are possible as well.
Pumping the water through both container ensure that the precious Ammonia of the fish did not get lost. Bacteria turn ammonia into Nitrite. Water is returned to the fish with ammonia removed.
Multi-Layer systems are possible by using artificial light for the lower-levels provided by solar system to optimize the use of the space (like tower blocks)
Sweet-water fish provide more species which live vegetarian and taste well.
Carp is the most ecological fish available. Especially the Grass carp (Ctenopkaryngodon idella).
It is possible using old ships for to make the construction. They are almost perfect to fit the requirement and mobile.
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Completely autonomy system can be build, because if old ships are used, they have the necessary equipment including sweet-water production and facilities to stay.

Completely autonomy system can be build, because if old ships are used, they have the necessary equipment including sweet-water production and facilities to stay.
If old ships are used, they can prepared and then transported very easy and flexible to the locations.
Land in the cities or close them is very expensive and precious. Using off-shore space allows very little cost for the space.
Close to Mega-cities where space is very limited could be very interesting and a possibility to create new places to stay. Especially if several ship are linked together (off-shore living-space with an option for income-generation). For sure the government need to prepare a legal basis for the specific locations. May be support by subsidiaries for this new technology.
Very short distance to the potential market providing essential basis for the cities, food. And without blocking the streets by trucks.
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Solar-system and small wind turbines can provide the necessary energy. Generator-set are available on the ships in case the batteries are empty.

Solar-system and small wind turbines can provide the necessary energy. Generator-set are available on the ships in case the batteries are empty.
Old container cut in two pieces could be used a tanks.
Also rain-water can be used for the sweet-water fish.
Selling this kind of system could generate a market may be on credit-basis.
Maintenance is a subsequent craft to employee people.
In times of increasing sea-level, these constructions are safe!
Big project could be implemented by a cooperative or on a rental base.
Norway is very much ahead in fish-farming (using few antibiotics etc) and they are pleased to be consulted!
LED-Lamps offer a good choice for illumination of the lower levels. But also fiberglass could be uses to transport the light to the lower layers with high efficiency.
But check the overall cost for feeding the fish etc.
The problem with Aqua-Ponic is that the water of the plants and the fish would need a different pH value.
Furthermore you would have to add some fertilizer to the water when planting, which is not good for the fish. That is why some work with 2 independent circuits.

Links

More pictures on: www.forwardthinkingarchitecture.com/SMART-FLOATING-FARMS-SFF (thank you for that amazing impulses!).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaponics

Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_multi-trophic_aquaculture

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273062397_Aquaponics_and_its_potential_aquaculture_wastewater_treatment_and_human_urine_treatment

http://www.wise-intern.org/journal/2015/documents/IrrigationandAquaponicsFinalDraft_000.pdf

http://anthroponics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Sanchez-2014.pdf

Examples
Singapore Aquaculture Technologies (SAT) has a 3000 square meter offshore farm using the Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS). It creates controlled living conditions through a multi-stage water treatment process. The farm also features a high degree of automation, self-regulating control loops, AI functions and an integrated farm management information system to ensure environmentally friendly and efficient operation. There is a stress-free environment for the fish. The system independently tracks growth rates, detects diseases and guarantees best water quality with optimal oxygen concentration.

Swimming fish-farms and vegetable-production to ensure harvest as well in times of over flooding.
Co-production of fish and vegetable in coastal Banglades: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_1BJMdsYDw

http://www.bluegoldbd.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Practical-Action-Aquageoponics-v3.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_floating_cage_aquageoponics_system

Genius impulses of Gunter Pauli, various topics.

www.theblueeconomy.org/principles.html

www.theblueeconomy.org/cases-1-to-100.html

www.theblueeconomy.org/cases-101---112.html

http://www.gunterpauli.com/blog

Fishing Sailboat

www.theblueeconomy.org/uploads/7/1/4/9/71490689/case_85_fishing_sailboat.pdf

Farming Fish without Feed

www.theblueeconomy.org/uploads/7/1/4/9/71490689/case_47_farming_fish_without_feed.pdf

Aquaculture with Chinese Medicine

www.yooyahcloud.com/MOSSCOMMUNICATIONS/cNnrMb/Case_30_Aquaculture_with_Chinese_Medicine.pdf

The Land Institute Transforming Agriculture

https://landinstitute.org/

A Global Agricultural Research Partnership

http://www.cgiar.org/

https://ccafs.cgiar.org/

Sweet-water from sea-water, the Reverse Osmosis
It requires a lot of energy and water pressure (pump) and at least 2/3 of the water is enriched with minerals and only 1/3 can be used.

The water is freed from all coarse pollutants by water filters upstream of the membrane. Then we pass the water into the heart of the reverse osmosis plant.

The membrane cleans the water of all salts and residual pollutants. At the end of the filtration process you will get the perfect water to irrigate your plants.

The pH of osmosis water is between 5 and 6.5.

Graphene-filter
This is a brand-new-technology! With the help of a filter made of graphene, seawater can be desalinated with much less of the energy required today. It transforms with a membrane of graphene oxide salt into drinking water. Without much effort. It could save mankind from water scarcity!

Sea-water reverse Osmosis plants can supply the irrigation-water, but need energy to ensure that. (Solar, wind, free energy)

More hints

The plants are killed by total herbicides (e.g., glyphosate) so that they are no longer available as food for microorganisms. The amount of glyphosate has quadrupled.
The field fertility can only be kept alive for a while by using a lot of artificial fertilizer.
Spot fertilization with needles decreases the damages
Ploughing a maximum of 15 cm depth in order to keep the humus
The soil can store CO2, humus formation by CO2
But too much oxygen in the soil releases CO2
In good humus, fungi provide particles of potassium with spores so that it can trigger the rain and thus influence the climate.

Soil preparation methods

1. Applying Bokashi to the ground in January / February, it invigorates the microorganisms

2. Apply compost tea in March to revitalize if required enriched with Leonardite

3. Application of compost tea during the introduction of the seeds or plants, prevents stress during rooting.

4. Applying compost tea at the first sheet formation, prevents stress during growth

5. Apply compost tea every three weeks, up to 6 weeks before harvest, acts as a fungicide and deprives the plant of stress during growth

Good films

Humus - Forgotten climate aid Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJCAzbRDQ6g

comment: www.deepdyve.com/lp/elsevier/humus-forgotten-climate-aid-a-film-review-oin0hi8GSC

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4tad9f

How we can feed 10 billion: http://www.10milliarden-derfilm.de

How we can feed 10 billion?

Extract from the film 10 Billion, how we can feed them all www.10milliarden-derfilm.de , Thank you!

By 2050, it is estimated that about ten billion people will live on Earth. Food production today is very complex and dependent on the global, slightly vulnerable markets. Throughout the world, smallholders would be ousted by industrial food production. Especially the fast-growing African and Asian populations, effectively working smallholder farmers could best fight hunger in the regions. In Europe, in contrast to the industrial landscape, the rural landscape can work sustainably and at the same time protect the soil. When consumers buy regional products, they can strengthen small and medium-sized businesses with every purchase.

"Industrial agriculture produces cheap and big quantities. But in the long run, that threatens sustainability. Because it loots scarce resources such as water and fertilizer and destroys arable land regardless of losses. The organic farmers, on the other hand, protect the resources and soil fertility, but produce less and more expensive.

Speculation with food: Betting on hunger

The question of food for the world is not just about producing enough food - it's about making food affordable to all. For this, the stock market is no impetus - or even the wrong way: The two World Food crises in 2008 and 2011, triggered riots and protests against the rise in food prices in many countries. Investments in agriculture must therefore start at local level and ensure the survival of smallholders, who are particularly affected by price volatility. "But how do we manage to ensure that investors' money reaches even small farms and thus really works against hunger?"

Alternative: Organic fertilizer
With the help of organic fertilizer sources, especially the so-called green manure, in which clover (a legume) used. Legumes (nitrogen-fixing legumes such as beans, peas or clover) can replace chemical nitrogen fertilizers. The problem: The yields of organic farming are significantly lower than in conventional agriculture. Conventional agriculture is highly productive but very inefficient. Facing the dwindling mineral fertilizer we have no other choice.

Alternative: Organic animal husbandry

The idea of a "great symbiosis", a form of agriculture in which various livestock such as pigs, chickens and cows live together in a mobile coupling system. Chicken lay the eggs and at the same time prepare meat.

Alternative: Organic feed cultivation

Cows mainly fed on the grass of his own pastures. It works - but only in the manageable framework of a small business.

Homeopathy and agriculture (25.8.2018)

There are proven success using Homeopathy for agriculture. It has many advantages

It has no effects on other plants
It is very cheap
Easy application
It does not threaten the soil
The effect lasts very long
It has no interaction with other plants.
Makes the plant strong against threatens.
Is available in all countries
Less work is necessary
A natural way by strenghten the plant.

The homeopath could be transferred with the irrigation-water.

After 48 hours there should be an effect. Sometimes it is worse if the wrong drug had been used. But there a ways (by other drugs) to come out of that.

Online: search homeopathy agriculture in your language.

Innovation: Plant Factories

Plant factories in Japan, which are actually operated largely independent of soil and weather. Since the agriculturally usable area is very limited, in these plant factories vegetables are grown "vertically", i.e. on several floors. The production in the building is largely automated, without people, expires and no earth is used, even the use of pesticides can be dispensed. More than 16 floors of cultivated land can be cultivated and harvested more frequently than on a field of the same size, these factories are much more productive than field crops. And: By completely controlling the environmental conditions in such a factory, food production can even take place in the middle of the city. The problem is the enormous power consumption for the artificial lighting - and thus the costs.

In vitro meat

The synthetic production of meat from animal stem cells using in vitro technology .The approach sounds tempting: the production of in vitro meat would require less arable land.

Areas that are mainly used today for the cultivation of animal feeds such as soya.

The reduced consumption of energy, water and nutrients would make the production of "laboratory meat" more efficient and environmentally friendly - at least in comparison with meat from factory farming.

Strengthening Regional Structures

A small town in southern England where a citizens' initiative led by Rob Hopkins has set itself the task of supporting local food producers to become more independent in food supply. The introduction of a local currency (the " Totnes Pound") is to ensure that consumers' money remains with regional producers and traders and are not threatened of supermarket chains and banks. The concept of "transition towns" thus aims at an independent nutrition policy based on local markets. 479 municipalities and initiatives are now officially involved in the "Transition Network" worldwide. https://transitionnetwork.org/

Small-scale farming: more independence in terms of nutrition

The majority of the world's population is fed by smallholders. Malawi in Southeast Africa is one of the poorest countries in the world. Here the farmers have switched from monoculture to intercropping: Several crops such as corn, manioc or sweet potatoes are grown side by side on a field. The advantage: the small fields can be intensively managed. And: The failure of a plant no longer leads to hunger, since it can be compensated by the harvest of other plants. It shows how important it is for these peasants to be independent in their diet so that they can produce their basic diet themselves.

Solidary agriculture

The sequence shows an example of a new form of agriculture where consumers are decoupled from the trade and run their own farm: " Community Supported-Agriculture. The idea: "In solidarity agriculture the food is no longer sold through the market, but gets into its own, transparent economic cycle, which is organized and financed by the participants." Several private households thus carry the cost of a farm and receive in return its crop yield.

Regional value-stock companies

The regional value corporations are citizen corporations in the agriculture and food industry. Citizens and organizations (such as companies, churches and foundations) buy registered shares with a village and thus finance businesses from organic farming through food processing to trade and gastronomy. Its purpose is to create more local food sovereignty, actively involving the people involved in the value chain, ie the entrepreneur, the shareholder and the consumer. The regional value corporations are part of the Social Entrepreneurship movement, which aims to solve social problems through entrepreneurial action.

The New Village by Prof. Dr. Ralf Otterpohl update 31.10.2019

Living diversity, producing locally, cooperating with nature and neighbors
The New Village: Hundred mini-farms produce high-quality food and upgrade the soil, small businesses produce a wide range of goods, cultural and educational institutions supply the population, tourism enlivens the place - all in the area of a single farm! New villages enable good living, a self-determined life, contribute to the sustainable supply of the cities. Thus, not only the »good life« becomes possible for the individual: humus build-up, permaculture and ecological production and also support a balanced climate. The "New Village" is a creative synthesis of the advantages of the city and the countryside, showing alternatives to anonymous life in the big cities and alienating wage-dependent work.

Production of food close to consumer, ensures best perseverance of vitamins etc.

Build local businesses! Examples: 100 independent mini farms, distribution via cooperative - Highly productive organic vegetable cultivation - Module houses, decentralised energy and water systems, workshops, community offices, 3-D printers and much more ... - At least 150 to 300 people, then also Kindergarten, school and geriatric care possible (jobs!)

Goal: To regenerate soil and water.
Maybe with transportable module houses.

How it changed!

Details

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The conditions in the world are much worse than we think. But it's easier to get out than we think.
We are in a war with nature. But we are part of nature, we cannot live without the nature.
Due to poor soil there is malnutrition. The brain cannot develop properly especially concerning young children.
In the city we are often consumer-oriented. In the countryside we can become producers without a lot of training. Exchange of experiences via the Internet can help a lot.
There is not
one
model but a variety of templates!
For a mini-farm 3000 m² or ¼ ha are enough!
Larger units can be divided and leased.
1/3 of the time for a mini-farm is enough
Permaculture is an interesting option
As a community, 50 people are minimum.
Minifarms with poly cultures in combination with agro-forestry and food trees can build massive humus.

The conditions in the world are much worse than we think. But it's easier to get out than we think.
We are in a war with nature. But we are part of nature, we cannot live without the nature.
Due to poor soil there is malnutrition. The brain cannot develop properly especially concerning young children.
In the city we are often consumer-oriented. In the countryside we can become producers without a lot of training. Exchange of experiences via the Internet can help a lot.
There is not one model but a variety of templates!
For a mini-farm 3000 m² or ¼ ha are enough!
Larger units can be divided and leased.
1/3 of the time for a mini-farm is enough
Permaculture is an interesting option
As a community, 50 people are minimum.
Minifarms with poly cultures in combination with agro-forestry and food trees can build massive humus.
Combine productivity and good life.
Maybe with aquaculture ("bio-pool") where you can swim right now.
Create biodiversity.
Hemp cultivation for hemp textile - insulating material - hemp milk - hemp oil - humus build-up approx. 5000 ha required for machinery etc.
Working cooperatively with the soil
It needs good humus to have a good climate. Humus generates water vapor generates rain
We have to feed the soil so that it feeds us as well.
There are sick people through the poor soil.
Trees bring up important substances from the deep layers
You can make good money with healthy food!
Computer-Automation can also be used there is still a lot of development needed.
Work: services, health professions, teachers and much more
It's not about close fellowship, but good neighborhood.
Combine permaculture with bio-intensive!
1,000 m² bed area = 1 workplace
Humus build-up is critical, there's going to be a lot of work
The construction can benefit many generations of people
Space for insects, birds and co-creative people

Overview of films: https://www.youtube.com/user/tubenotter
New towns: Ralf Otterpohl at TEDxTUHH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M0J2u9BrbU
Check Dams (gully rehabilitation and reclamation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nKc5wEjWrY
Forest Keep Drylands Working: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5_0Ph8xxg8
The result of using mulches to transform weeds and grass to intensively cropped vegetables for market on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVY4SJt4mzg
Boulder Checks – Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hyd143KA7E

Book: the urban farmer

Examples

The combination of a community of life and an educational centre makes ZEGG a special place. More than 100 people live and work here together. In the midst of our social and ecological model project, life and learning are the basics.
https://www.zegg.de/en/

Global Ecovillage Network: https://ecovillage.org/

http://ekobyar.se/wp-content/uploads/inspiring_stories_from_ecovillages._experiences_with_ecological_technologies_and_practices_en.pdf

Hemp, no other plant can be used more widely, paper, food, fuel, clothing, health, house and jobs (10.6.2018)

Hemp (Cannabis sativa) is not only one of the oldest crops of humanity, but also one of the most lucrative. Hemp is a miracle plant that uses solar energy most efficiently. Hemp needs 120 days to grow 4 meters high ready for harvesting. In history hemp was banned due to the use as a drug. But we have hemp-sorts now with so few THC (to make a joint of it) that there is no risk anymore drug abuse.

Hemp for paper

Hemp delivers 4 times as much pulp compared to wood and grows 30 times faster. At the same size of usable area, you win from hemp compared to wood about 4-5 times more paper. Additionally better tear strength, durability and longevity. The hemp paper can be recycled more often than conventional paper. The whole plant can be used for making paper. One hectare of hemp can replace 4.1 hectares of wood. Trees need up to 30 times longer for growing. So you get a ratio of 120: 1 for hemp. But at the moment hemp is more expensive! At the moment it is more expensive like as using timber for paper but it can change fast.

Industrial use: As fiber ranging from cordage, construction material and textiles in general, to clothing. Hemp is stronger and longer-lasting than cotton. It also is a useful source of foodstuffs (hemp milk, hemp seed, hemp oil) and biofuels. Textiles and ropes can be made as well.

Build houses with hemp!

There are amazing technologies to use hemp to build houses. See the amazing examples! http://thehempbuilder.com/pictures/; https://newatlas.com/first-us-hemp-house/17115/;

Medical aspects: can be used to cure Nausea and vomiting; loss of appetite and emaciation; spasticity; movement disorders; pain; glaucoma; epilepsy; asthma; Dependence and withdrawal symptoms; Psychiatric symptoms; autoimmune diseases and inflammation; itching, hiccups, attention deficit syndrome (ADD), high blood pressure, tinnitus, chronic fatigue syndrome, restless leg syndrome.
More aspects: No other plant can be used more widely: hemp seeds provide protein-rich foods, hemp fibers the most durable textiles, paper and construction materials, and hemp flowers a medicine used for millennia. Italian farmers grow hemp to cleanse contaminated soil. But leached and poisoned soils can be made usable again and fertile by hemp.
For sure, hemp can be used as a drug as well! But that can be controlled and regulated in another way (dealing is forbidden etc.). Alcohol can threaten human as well.

France and the Netherlands are ahead and it is a big business!

Modem Uses of Industrial Hemp
Hemp Nut: Foods

Energy & Environmental Products

• Ethanol/Biofuels

• Erosion Control Blankets

Foods

• Salad Oils

• EFA Food Supplements

New Use Industrial Products

Links
http://hemptechglobal.com/page1/page1.html;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis

http://nationalhempassociation.org/

good documentation: https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32725.pdf

International association of cannabinoid medicines http://www.cannabis-med.org

mixed information: www.erowid.org

as building material: https://www.hanfstein.eu/home-english/

Books concerning hemp
Herer "The Emperor wears no clothes"

Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible Jorge Cervantes

Coconut revival: new possibilities for the ‘tree of life’ (10.6.2018)

Coconut oil, or copra oil, is an edible oil extracted from the kernel or meat of mature coconuts harvested from the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera). It has various appli

cations. Because of its high saturated fat content, it is slow to oxidize and, thus, resistant to rancidification, lasting up to six months at 24 °C (75 °F) without spoiling

Despite its high saturated fat content, coconut oil is commonly used in baked goods, pastries, and sautés, having a "haunting, nutty", flavor with a touch of sweetness.
Coconut oil has been used for hair grooming.
As biodiesel to use as a diesel engine fuel
Coconut oil has been tested for use as an engine lubricant and as a transformer oil.
Acids derived from coconut oil can be used as herbicides
Can be used for the manufacture of soap

Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil

http://aciar.gov.au/files/node/748/PR125%20full%20text.pdf

Stevia, much better than industrial sugar 5.8.2019

Stevia is a natural sweetener and sugar substitute derived from the leaves of the plant Stevia. It has 30 to 150 times the sweetness of sugar, is heat-stable, pH-stable, and not fermentable.

It contains zero calories. Stevia's taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia

Vegetable gardens against climate change

When the rain comes too late or not at all, it can be a matter of life and death for Mali's farmers. Vegetable gardens with smart irrigation can save them. https://www.dw.com/en/vegetable-gardens-against-climate-change/a-44723671?maca=en-newsletter_en_DW-TV_Global_Ideas-5873-html-newsletter

Vegetable garden in the sea: Floating farm

https://www.sussexproductdesign.co.uk/the-floating-farm

Is sustainable healthy agriculture possible and can we feed all by that? (19.6.2018)

Yes it is! "PERMACULTURE CONTRIBUTES ENOUGH TO FEED THE EARTH'S POPULATION."

Interview with permaculture pioneer Mark Shepard. Because it uses the whole space on different layers contraire to a flat non-organic agriculture. But it is more labor-intense, which is positive to bring work to people. Work is a very precious resource!

We are easily able to feed 10-20 billion people within a maximum of twenty years - even biologically, healthily and sustainably! This is the conclusion of the film Tomorrow - the world is full of solutions.

http://www.tomorrow-derfilm.de/

Good examples for organic agriculture (19.6.2018)

The community of Mals in Southern Tyrol.

More details: http://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-09-30/the-miracle-of-mals/

Another success-story is SEKEM in Egypt: SEKEM's goals are to "restore and maintain the vitality of the soil and food as well as the biodiversity of nature" through sustainable, organic agriculture and to support social and cultural development in Egypt. Revenue from the trading companies grew from 37 million Egyptian pounds in 2000 to 100 million in 2003. By 2005, the organization had established a network of more than 2,000 farmers and numerous partner organizations in Egypt and began increasingly to seek to extend its "experience and acquired knowledge" to other countries, including India, Palestine, Senegal, Turkey, and - in partnership with the Fountain Foundation - South Africa

Links: https://www.sekem.com/en/index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEKEM
https://sekemretreat.com/2017/12/31/sekem-farm/
Book: Sekem: A Sustainable Community in the Egyptian Desert by Ibrahim Abouleish, Markus Kirchgessner

Chlorella, a healthy Superfood with many positive effects? 13.10.2018

Chlorella can serve as a potential source of food and energy because its photosynthetic efficiency can, in theory, reach 8%,[2] which exceeds that of other highly efficient crops such as sugar cane.

Chlorella is a potential food source because it is high in protein and other essential nutrients; when dried, it is about 45% protein, 20% fat, 20% carbohydrate, 5% fiber, and 10% minerals and vitamins. And helping for weight control, cancer prevention, and immune system support.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorella

Energy and vitality for humans, animals, nature, water, and the air through Agnihotra!

Agnihotra has many positive effects - we and our earth need it:

for the purification of the atmosphere, the soil and the water

to restore the ecological balance

to support the health of all living beings

for the production of healthy and tasty food

for the harmonization of body, soul and spirit, for general well-being

The ash is strongly alkaline with a pH value of approx. 10.3. It contains all 92 natural chemical elements in a harmonious ratio. In addition, the ash is very rich in minerals and helps against harmful bacteria and fungi. Its subtle energy is extremely high.

The Agnihotra ash can be used in many ways. It is used internally and externally as powder, powder, in ointments, in combination with water, ghee or honey.

Through Agnihotra, the bacterial load in the air is greatly reduced (experiments with bacterial colonies in Petri dishes).

The bacterial load in the water is significantly reduced.

This also applies to fungi, staphylococci and streptococci. The pH value normalises, water hardness and the amount of solid and dissolved substances decreases; chlorides, nitrates and sulphates are significantly reduced.

Soil: Agnihotra and ash clean and revitalize damaged soil. The result is a positive microflora and microfauna. Microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and algae can thus produce a pure and loose soil. The high content of magnesium, phosphorus and potassium in the ash enriches the soil, making the phosphorus water-soluble. Earthworms, which produce good humus, increase significantly and the soil can store more moisture. The pH value is normalized.

Investigations of incorrectly performed Agnihotra (wrong times, no mantra, other vessel etc.) showed that the effects were very clearly reduced with every change!

Comments: Bacteria are destroyed to 90 %, partly also viruses. According to test protocols, low radioactivity is neutralized. The remaining ash can be used as medicine for humans and animals, as skin ointment as well as for water energization, fertilization and much more. Plants grow about 20 % bigger and my vine, since it got the ashes, delivers more and much sweeter grapes.

https://agnihotra-online.com/index.php/en/

https://agnihotra-online.com/index.php/en/homa-application/homa-farming

A Unit to improve the climate in the cities

Live-wall-Systems

www.greencitysolutions.de

Greening China's Loess Plateau 27.5.2019

How it changed, amazing and respect!

In 2005, the Chinese government completed the world's largest watershed restoration on the upper banks of the Yellow River. They transformed an area of 35,000 square kilometers on the Loess Plateau — roughly the area of Belgium — from dusty wasteland to a verdant agricultural center.

Greening China's Loess Plateau -- by John D Liu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAmai36XJDk

Lessons of the Loess Plateau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QUSIJ80n50

Ecosystem Based Adaptation, The Great Work Of Our Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwDNemiLE9k

https://regenerationinternational.org/Learning-to-Communicate-the-Lessons-of-the-Loess-Plateau

Greening the Desert Projects

Jordan November 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HXCpVRmOYk

Greening Deserts Sustainable Projects: www.greening-deserts.com; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYhQhpzVHpg

Greening Deserts Services www.greeningdeserts.com/

Slope Farming 28.5.2019

350 m³ of water per day collected, seeped away in 24 hours remains in the field and available as groundwater, the city has water: vegetation returns, then family farms establish, which maintain and further develop the soil
www.slopefarming.org.

Hills Aquaculture 28.5.2019

Highest quality food: DHA/EPA Omega3 for brain development, chickens, ducks or fish, which live from water plants / algae, can have very high contents (also for water reservoirs in Africa).
Free Book of Stefan Hügel on www.RuVival.de

Sowing and plants 7.7.2019

The seed should be uniform, well matured and full-grained, with a fine sheen in the skin and with the typical smell of the later plant when rubbed. The ability to germinate indicates the quality of the seed.

As thick as the seed is as high it should be covered with soil. With thicker seeds, the soil can be twice as high as the seed.
Seed beds are endangered by grain-eating birds, possibly covered with a fishnet.
After sowing, the seed should either be sprayed or pressed on.
Better sowing too far than too close! There are cords with the optimal spacing. Keep seeds cool, dry and unheated but frost-free.
When planting a plant, roots that are too long must not be bent but cut off.
Sowing is best in cloudy, rainy weather.

Living in the country according to Anastasia's proposals 3.1.2020

A living fence, a hedge, serves as an enclosure. A ring wall is also suitable. Half to three quarters of the hectare should be forest.
Bees, chickens and goats are mentioned as animal species.
Between the forest and the open space another hedge should be planted to protect the vegetable garden from the animals.
In the vegetable garden there shall be a shallow pond in the size of two ares.
More than 300 beneficial plant species shall grow on the estate.
Special mention is to be made: raspberries, currants, gooseberries, cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, apples, sweet or sour cherries and flowers.
There should be at least one sunflower and two square meters of cereals (rye and wheat) and two square metres of grasses and herbs.
Great importance is attached to a planted family tree. The settlement area should cover at least 150 hectares.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_(book series)

F oil pools

Rainwater is very good for plants. It is best to use sand or gravel on the ground under the foil to protect the foil. Small basins aeration via foam nozzle or plants indoors, otherwise the oxygen content drops dramatically. Filter water. Bury the foil in the edge area. Possibly protection (net) that no animals fall in.

THE PARADISE IN THE FOREFRONT, the forest garden By Kristina Peter 25.7.2020

How we can bring the forest into our gardens and thus do nature and ourselves a great favour.

The real home of man is the forest! It offers food and shelter in abundance - for deer, rabbits and forest ants, but originally also for us humans. In addition to medicinal plants, barks and resins, the forests contain many different nuts, berries and wild vegetables.

By carefully selecting and planting edible perennial plants and trees, every garden owner can create his or her own little paradise - a land of plenty, which provides him or her with extraordinarily healthy and very varied food, requires very little time and care and has the highest possible ecological value of all garden species.

Three-layered nirvana of self-sufficiency. On the ground grow wild strawberries, wild garlic, wild onions, Swiss chard, chickweed, lamb's lettuce, chickweed, winter cress and in lighter places melde and goosefoot as well as perennial broccoli, vegetable cabbage and many medicinal and aromatic herbs. While most of the vegetable and lettuce plants in common use today are annual, i.e. they are harvested in the year they are sown and have to be sown again the following year, the main focus is on the selection of herbaceous plants for the forest garden in their perenniality. They can be harvested all the time, grow again and again and sprout from their rootstock every spring. Other ideal members of the forest garden sow their own seeds every year - under optimal conditions. These include lamb's lettuce, sorrel, Melden and many edible wild plants. This saves the forest gardener many time-consuming activities such as preparing seedbeds, sowing, thinning out, planting, etc. In addition, since perennial plants are usually deeply connected to the soil with a widely branched root system, artificial irrigation is also unnecessary.

Of course, sooner or later fungi will also populate the forest garden. The forest gardener can help in this respect: The mycelium (the underground thread network of fungi) of particularly delicate fungi such as the oyster mushroom is inoculated into dead tree trunks.

All imaginable berry species as well as hazelnuts, Jerusalem artichokes and wild roses (rose hips) together with smaller fruit trees such as oat plums, low-growing and sour cherries make up the mycelium. Chestnuts and all high fruit trees such as apples, pears and sweet cherries form the uppermost layer of the forest. Walnut trees are only suitable for really large gardens, as they release active substances into the soil which severely impair the development of other trees and shrubs, which is why hardly anything grows under them. Planting a mountain ash is very advantageous. Although its berries do not taste good to us humans, the blackbirds and thrushes like it all the better. So they leave our cherries, cranberries, bromine berries and gooseberries aside, because rowan berries taste much better to them and are much easier to handle for a bird's beak.

Vertically between the three main layers, climbing plants such as kiwis, vine, runner beans and nasturtium grow.

Robert Hart, the pioneer of the forest garden in the temperate zone (he lives in his forest garden in Shropshire, England), writes of a surviving 17th century plant list that lists at least 73 raw edible vegetable and wild plants that were regularly brought from the forests by collectors of the time and then prepared into a kind of mixed salad or in the form of mixed vegetables.

Such an abundance of green vegetables in combination with fruits and nuts can quickly - depending on the size of the garden - make us self-sufficient. A forest garden of just 40 square metres can manage with four hours of care per week and - depending on culinary preferences - can provide two people with fruit and vegetables almost all year round.

Those who value eggs, meat and honey populate their forest garden with chickens, ducks and bees. Always remember: the less you depend on inferior supermarket goods, the more green leafy vegetables and above all wild plants you integrate into your diet, the healthier you will become!

Many advantages of a forest garden are obvious: a forest is neither ploughed nor chopped, neither irrigated nor weeded, and once it is planted, there is no more sowing and hardly any planting. It is the same in a forest garden and therefore it requires the least possible amount of maintenance of all garden types. While activities such as laborious digging around, sowing, thinning out, planting, hoeing, watering, spraying and fertilizing are completely out of place in the forest garden, it still needs the regular visits and attentive eyes of its gardener. Plants that spread too much and take away too much light from others must be pruned back, mulch is spread out and then, of course, harvested.

Mulching is indispensable, especially in freshly planted forest gardens. For this purpose nature is imitated. Leaves and rotten branches fall to the ground in the forest. They stay there. In the forest, dead material nourishes the living plants. And we do the same in the forest garden. Organic material in the form of a thick layer of straw, leaves, kitchen waste, and branch and lawn cuttings is distributed between the newly planted perennial vegetables and the young fruit trees. It is intended to imitate the always covered soil of a natural forest with all its advantages. Mulch prevents the appearance of unwanted wild herbs (also called "weeds"), protects the soil from sun, wind and rain, reduces evaporation, attracts earthworms and provides the plants with nutrients.

However, mulch material is also loved by snails! But before they destroy the poor little animals, observe what they really do in your forest garden! Do you really eat your vegetable and salad plants? In the beginning, snails can actually cause damage here. Freshly planted perennial vegetable plants are not yet properly rooted. They still suffer from the shock of their new environment. As for snails, you will soon find that they are there, but they feed on your mulch material and not on your vegetables. They help to transform organic material into good soil and nutrients for your food plants.

Of course, there is no reason why you should not continue to plant part of your garden with annual vegetables. Forest gardens and conventional gardens can complement each other perfectly. Whereas in a forest garden green leafy vegetables are mainly harvested in spring and autumn, in a conventional garden most salads are harvested in summer. Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, peas and other annual vegetables are harvested when most of the nuts and many fruits of the forest garden are still ripening.

The secret is therefore: variety instead of simplicity. The more different plants grow next to each other, the healthier the individual plant is. Deep-rooted plants grow next to shallow-rooted plants. The plants provide each other with nutrients and give each other support. For example, fruit trees like nettles, legumes (pulses), potatoes and raspberries, but also hazelnuts and wild roses as neighbours. Such a colourful variety not only brings bees, bumblebees and many other insects into the garden, but also makes any fertiliser application unnecessary.

Forest gardens make free

George Debleds and his neighbors were among the first Haitian farmers to plant saving forest gardens for this purpose. He says, "We could no longer harvest enough to feed our family. But we want Haiti to be green and fertile again. Meanwhile we live here in our forest gardens like in an oasis. Enough water, a soil that gives us two or three harvests a year, and so rich that we can still sell enough at the markets. I hope that our successes will lead to many imitators. Then things could slowly start to improve in the countryside.

Farmers in Haiti border their land with thick hedges to protect their gardens from stray animals and dry winds. They plant shrubs at regular intervals along long lines, preventing the soil from being washed away. They keep the soil covered with plant material and regularly add compost to it to facilitate rainwater seepage and increase fertility. They also plant trees along the fencing and erosion control lines: fruit trees for food production, other trees for cattle feed, firewood, construction timber and furniture production. The trees strengthen and improve the soil and regulate the water balance. They are also compatible with annual crops such as corn, beans, cassava and yams. You just have to choose the right species and plant them in such a way that each plant receives its sunlight. In addition to the usual cultivated plants, fruits (e.g. oranges, bananas, pineapples) grow, along with coffee and various medicinal plants. Forest gardens preserve natural resources and give people good harvests. They transform the land into a source of life again.

Since we have been degraded to a nation of dependents without resistance in the course of a few decades, a forest garden is a giant step towards freedom! A forest garden offers the opportunity to get out of this wasteful machinery, to become independent and thus to become self-sufficient to a certain extent.

"PLANT CITY FORESTS!"

"Millions of people seek solace in the forests, if they can, but there are fewer and fewer of them. But millions of us have gardens that can be planted with trees. If we made full use of all the land at our disposal (allotments, backyards and gardens), then 'city forests' could develop to compensate for the destruction in the countryside!

The primeval code: Electric field instead of genetic engineering 16.7.2020

Twenty years ago, researchers at pharmaceutical giant Ciba (Novartis) found something incredible: stronger plants, higher yields, larger fish - and all thanks to an electric field. In addition, before the eyes of the astonished researchers, primeval forms that had suddenly long since become extinct developed.

Axel Schoen under Professor Gunter Rothe at the University of Mainz also experimented with electrostatic fields around 2001, mainly with hybrid cereals and corn.

Ebner and Schürch recorded among others

- a larger number of cobs per plant (three to six instead of one or two),

- a stocky habitus compared to the norm (broad leaves, thick stem),

- a positioning of the pistons deviating from the standard (at the upper end of the stem instead of the leaf axis),

- Formation of several stems.

The experiments generated a maximum of one corn plant with twelve cobs: "primeval corn", as it is still found in the wild in South American Peru today!

After all, E-field plants yield higher yields than conventional seeds. They grow faster than the pests - so they hardly need any pesticides, fungicides or fertilizers.

The germination capacity has been improved enormously: "In some cases, the germination capacity of treated seeds was even 100 percent!

In addition, the treated seeds grew three to four times faster than the untreated seeds - and produced an additional yield of up to 400 percent compared to the latter. Tthey needed virtually no fertilizer.

Experiences with trout

The fish eggs exposed to the electric field developed into a massively larger wild form of trout, extinct in our country. The electrically treated trout were a good third larger than their con-specifics, heavier, stronger and more colorful. In contrast to the normal rainbow trout, the males' lower jaws were formed into a mighty hook in the front - similar to wild salmon. The experiment was successfully reproduced three times in series.

Daniel Ebner would like to carry out a first pilot project in Burkina Faso in Africa.

UN- employee Jean Ziegler is very interested in the research on the "E-field effect", but is not allowed to comment on it for political reasons, because UN guidelines forbid him to do so.

If you would like to be informed directly about further developments concerning the E-field effect, please contact the Guido Ebner Institute, Daniel Ebner, CH-4143 Dornach

Sources

Book Luc Bürgin The primeval code

The eco-organic alternative to the controversial gene technology

https://www.zeitenschrift.com/artikel/der-urzeit-code-elektrofeld-statt-gentechnologie

Water is the basis of all life, food, nature, Eco-systems. But Energy and information as well?

Background water situation

18 million water-refugees exist in Africa.
70% of the waters, human uses is for the agriculture
Unprofessional irrigation resulted in high salt concentrations in the soil and enormous agricultural damages world-wide. Every year more than 200000 hectares get lost for agriculture only through wrong irrigation. Salt increases the osmotic potential; Plants have more problems to access the Water especially young plants are very sensitive for that.
One vegetation-period the plants evaporate about 800 Liter per m2. (98 % of the irrigation water). So where there are a lot of trees and plants there will be more rain!

Concerning irrigation 7.7.2019

Irrigation has some negative side-effects.

The soil gets enriched with salt, which threatens the long term fertility of the soil.

In rainwater hardly any salts are dissolved. By contrast, our tap water contains a wide range of substances and salts. However, this differs from region to region.

So using the rainwater direct or by a cistern avoids that problem.
Using a glass-house reduces the evaporation-losses and it is somehow a circular water-system.
Sub-surface-trip-irrigation is a genius system to reduce evaporation-losses by 90%! But takes some effort to implement it.
Reforestation will ensure more rainfall as trees are the pumps to transfer the water from the soil to the sky!
Osmosis plant for to generate irritation-water
Using a reverse Osmosis plant which is able to remove all minerals.

Too much water: Capillary Potential of the soil is exceeded, and the soil is damaged. Compression of the soil! No more space for oxygen; Plants die.
Too much water at the roots is very bad because roots also needs oxygen
Best Temperature for the soil is 30°C. Maybe you can influence that by the water-temperature.
The thickness of a plant-leaf indicates the water-content. Thin leaves: the plant must be irrigated; thick leaves, there is no water-demand
If the trees lose the lower leaves, this can indicate an excessive dryness.
If the leaves of the plants hang down, there is demand for water
Drops are like burning glass! Don’t irrigate with sprinkler when the sun shines! Not because of the temperature but because of too much sun on one spot.
Maximum perspiration in the early afternoon, at night only 3-6 percent;
Best time for irrigation: in the morning before 8 o'clock because in the morning the most water can be absorbed; In the evening there is a risk for certain diseases and that snails can come.
In spring and autumn, the nights are cool. During this time, the plants should not be stressed unnecessarily by irrigation, otherwise they will suffer from the humidity at night. Irrigate therefore preferred in the morning - and in any case always only when frost and ice are completely gone!
Even in winter, you must irrigate occasionally. New plantations and evergreen species need water even in the cold season. But irrigate during the day when the individual plants have at least an hour in the sun.
Set to soft water jet, so that the leaves are not damaged. Do not moisturize the leaves to much.
Limit water losses: Dig around the plant a small trench. In this the water stops and seeps directly into the root zone.
Mulch the soil. A mulch layer protects the earth from the sun and wind. The material retains moisture and preventing the soil to be to compact. At the same time, it protects the root zone from temperature extremes. Shredded garden waste is an excellent mulch material, but also gravel and it does not need to be constantly renewed.
Depending from the plant’s different kind and time for irrigation. Good is a short but intense Irrigation. Then let it get dry (test with finger). Plants in pots are often too much irrigated, dry leaves are a sign for it! Too dry: Plant let the leaves hung down.
Change Water-quantities during the plant-growth: 30 %, 70 %, 30 %; In the maturity-stage too much water is very bad.
The surface of the soil should be dispersed time and again. Not good if the ground is hardened.
Don't irrigate permanently! Let Times where the soil get’s dry and the roots of the plant will develop very well and other process are activated.
Between fertilizer-Dosing have a 8-10 days pause
There was a Test with Strawberries: right water-irrigation at the correct time: 50 percent more yield
Fruit-trees need much water
Pond with water lilies cleans also the water; Transports oxygen downward!
When you are in Holiday, what to do with the plants at home? Newspaper in the bath, let water-faucet drip, put plants on it with plastic-foil (against evaporation)
Water-Reservoir: Cat-litter in the Flowerpot or false bottom with suction-wick. Or Plants on a fiberglass-mat and put water in this;
Danger for Fungus if leaves get wet! So don’t irrigate leaves. If necessary, then in the late afternoon that plants can get dry again.
Instead of daily irrigation it is better to irrigate once a week intense that the roots get wet, because there the water is absorbed. Ground should be humid up to 25-30cm (check with a Spade).
To let the water go slowly to the soil: Put one can with water and holes next to the plants

• It is better to irrigate once for a longer time, than many times just a little bit. Because then the water penetrates deeper to the roots. Otherwise you generate shallow roots.

• For deep-rooting, it is good to put the irrigation hose deep into the soil so that the roots grow deep.

In order to optimize the water demand, bring the water direct to the roots. Dig a plastic bottle (open at both sides) in the ground and fill the bottle with water (using a funnel) and close it again on the upper side (with a small hole in the lid) or leaving it open. In any case it is much more efficient to bring the water deep in the soil and not on top (evaporation).

The Trip-irrigation

The trip-irrigation is a very much water-saving (up to 60%) and energy-saving System. With the drip or trip-irrigation, low quantities of water will supply the area around the root of each individual plant by a thin plastic-hose with holes in short distances.

There is no compression of the ground and leafs do not go bad. The yield can be increased. The pressure is below one bar.
Keep in mind not to put the droppers at the trunk of the plant but between the lines, in the middle between two cultures or concentrically round the trunk. That the roots can develop broad. Root doesn't pick up the water at the trunk. Or make a Sub-Surface irrigation.

Advantages:

Very good use of the water due to inferior evaporation and seep away losses.
Optimal formation of the water supply in the ground
Time-correct and easy fertilizing
The leaves are not moistened, fungus on the leaves of the plants are not coming up
Low permanent costs
Drip-irrigation good for tree and bush-cultures
Pressure-differences in the pipe can be equalized by different big drillings: 1,6 mm at the beginning, 2,1 mm on the end.

Disadvantages:

Water for drip-irrigation must be filtered! Relative expensive System;
Critically with water with a high salt content; Salt remains on top of the soil;
The roots don’t generate so extended roots like with rain or rain-like irrigation
In the hillside-area, take care that not all the water escapes in the low area of the drip-system because the pressure is higher in this area.
In Arid areas (dry areas), the drip-system increases the Salt-content of the ground because no rain washes the salt away. May be temporary excessive irrigation helps with optional recycling of the water.

Another Solution

Instead of using the expensive Trip-pipes with the risk of damage at the small holes at the droppers, just take a normal water-hose, drill holes (best small at the beginning, bigger ones at the end of the hose) and switch on a pump of a valve pulsed. Then you will have the Trip-irrigation-effect with normal equipment.

subsurface trip-irrigation

Saves water up to 90%! That has many advantages: you can add liquid nutrients; evaporation is very small, much fewer weed, mechanical treatment of the surface soil is possible. No compression of the surface-soil and therefore air can transfer in and out of the soil.
Caution: not with plants with a flat root and not if the drip-valve can clog up.

For fruit-plantations the basin-irrigation is used, in with pools of water are around the plant.

Plants that grown in rows, like cotton and vegetables are irrigated by channel-(groove)irrigation

More Issues

For fruit-plantations the basin-irrigation is used, in with pools of water are around the plant.

Plants that grown in rows, like cotton and vegetables are irrigated by channel-(groove)irrigation

Water-demand can be reduced by bark or foliage, leaves or other organic material on top of the soil. Prevents water-evaporation and keeps the soil cool. Soil-improvement by compost is also possible
Another tip: If the soil is very water-permeable (sandy), then, one good water-holding material can be nappies (diaper) or any similar material. They can keep the water extreme. But I have no experience how the soil manages the nappies, because it is a artificial product.
On dry ground never put fertilizer! Destroys the root of the plant, nutrients can only be picked up with water
With rainwater check the pH-value; Best is 6;
Tap-water is often too hard! Improve pH of the water through peat or with fertilizer peat. For improvement: on 1 m3 peat put on 22,5 g Oxalic or 10 cm3 concentrated Sulphur Acid (pharmacy). Leave it for 24 h.
Temperature: Water should not be too cold or too hot. About 25 °C, minimal 15°C, maximal 35'C! For Temperature-raise or sensitive plants leave Water first in Tank for a while
the warmer the water or the ground is, the more it evaporates; Irrigate if both is not too warm
Put Irrigation-tubes under the earth that the irrigation-water does not become too hot.
By intense irrigation the minerals are washed out. Maybe they have to be put back in any way.
Plenty of water for young plants generates plants which always need much water and they only have flat roots. So refrain from irrigation for dedicated times.
Water-Reservoirs should be covered against algae-formation;
Constant moisture increases the effectiveness of the water
Frost-protection-irrigation: by irrigation with freezing water frost-damages can be avoided; with Sprinkler from 0 °C until max. -7 °C; Switch off if Temperature is 1 °C. Ice protects from freezing through latent heat. But small quantity of water and irrigate constantly!
Too high temperatures are avoided by chilling with irrigation-water: Short water-showers (few minutes) reduce temperature about up to 5'C.
Irrigation-Water from seawater increased 10 times but is still very expensive! Different ways to get it. Most common distillation, electro-dialysis, reversion-osmosis.
Sewage, waste water as Irrigation-Water requires a pre-cleaning. Only compatible with sandy-loamy grounds and a well aerated soil. May be bad smell!
Groundwater is very hard and often cold
River-water very soft and warm. But clean? Is there any waste water of industry around?
By adding of organic substance, the ability for storage of water of the soil can be improved. This is necessary if you have a sandy soil. Look www.gefa-fabritz.de for water additives.
There is a very much water-storing material on Silica basis; one kilo of this powder can pick up about 50 liters of water
Treatment of Clay-soil: First intense irrigation. Then only few irrigation-water because it can hold a lot of water.
More cultures per square-meter make less evaporation but perspiration is increased.
Cover the soil with foil to save water! Or cover the ground with shredder greenwood (no bark but chopped little bushes etc). Collects humidity, much less irrigation-water is required. This rot and forms a very good humus-layer. Best with many mixed branches.
Better two irrigation-canals and alternate. Good for to kill worms, insects, by drying one of the canals. Oder “High velocity water flushing of the canal”
The best is irrigation-water in tubes and not open, so that no mosquitoes etc. can go in
Water-savings also by a glasshouse. Better protection against attack of insects etc, not so extreme Temperature-changes. But irrigation is necessary. You can save the water from the roof of the glasshouse in a Tank.
Organic fertilizer (human or animal Excrements) increases the capacity to hold water of the soil. But it should be heated before (bacteria). Compost should be heated with high temperatures.
If the water does not flow away or the ground-water level is too high plants can have a problem.

Buried clay pot irrigation

Mix the soil you dug out of the hole with 1/3 as much compost or wellaged manure. Place enough mixture in the hole so the pot sticks up 2 cm above the surface.
• Put the covered pot in the hole and fill the hole around it with soil. Press the soil down firmly.

Plant your seeds or plants about 1–3 cm from the pot. Dilute liquid manure and compost and add to the clay pot.
As the soil dries, suction develops and the water slowly seeps out from inside the pot and into the soil around it (the suction force is created by soil moisture tension and/or plant roots themselves. This is a naturally automatic system, if it’s been raining, the soil is wet so there is no moisture tension and the pots don’t release any water. The soil gets just what it needs, right when it needs it with no gadgets or sensors required!
To keep the system working optimally, add more water to the pots as needed and avoid letting them dry out completely. Dig the pots up at the end of the growing season to prevent breakage over cold winter months.
To test whether a pot will work or not, fill it with water and watch if the surface becomes damp. If it does, it’s porous enough. May be you can make some small holes in the pot, if not enough liquid is going out.
Bonus: Because the soil is kept moist inches below the soil surface, this helps reduce the growth of weeds (also means less water consumption and less maintenance)

You can add liquid fertilizer to the water (you’ll need just a quarter to half the amount you would normally use).

They advise painting the top of the pot and may be the side not facing to the plant with white paint to reduce evaporation
For more information on buried clay pot irrigation, see www.paceproject.net
http://www.ecocomposite.org/restoration/claypot.htm

http://www.globalbuckets.org/1999/06/clay-pot-irrigation.html

Save water by a greenhouse

A greenhouse is a closed system and the humidity remains in the system when closed.

Here a simulation of a greenhouse. But plants are threatened by funghis etc because they can develop as well very well. And plants are not resilient, because they are not exposed to challenges (like somebody living always at home). So maybe it can help to “simulate” sometimes the outdoor world like opening the windows or roof in the night or during a rainfall. Temperature and Humid-regulation might be necessary. The soil can be setup appropriate to the plants. If LED-lamps are available a agriculture in several layers is possible.

Make Your Own Pop Bottle Drip Irrigation System

Or use a plastic-bottle reverse in the soil including the cap. Drill 4-8 small holes into the cap of the plastic bottle. If you want it to drip slower use less holes, faster use more holes.

http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2001/05/30/make-your-own-pop-bottle-drip-irrigation-system/

More good ideas

Drill a hole in the bottom of a bucket.

http://www.shelterrific.com/2010/09/21/neat-trick-iowa-watering-hole

Bucket Drip irrigation

http://www.csupomona.edu/~jskoga/dripirrigation/

Wine Bottle Waterer

http://www.lettuceshare.com/2010/05/28/wine-bottle-waterer/

Watering Wells

http://www.veggiegardener.com/create-simple-garden-watering-wells/

Make Your Own Ollas
http://suburbanfarmonline.com/2010/08/09/make-your-own-ollas/

Making a simple, affordable drip irrigation (my idea)

Long tube with T-pieces, branch of the same diameter but kinked at the end as a termination.
drill small holes at appropriate locations.
And then pulse the pump / valve.
Maybe use a pressure regulator in the line and you can go without pulsing?
For cleaning the pipe put a high water-pressure on the pipe. May be close some part of the exits by bending the hose.