We used to send boatloads of grain to the world - to Africa- we had so much. It was rotting in the elevators. We used to have feet of topsoil in the heartland, which is now measured in inches... No, this method being used is certainly the wrong way. It is starting to fail.
How is it that my methood produces MORE soil every year? How is it that I can produce beautiful produce without any insecticide whatsoever? How is it that I can produce that beautiful produce without water, and with very little weeding? The answer to that is the key. Without the need to control pests and weeds, there is no need for GMO. I had strawberries almost the size of tennis balls this year. *HUGE and delicious* produce, way better... Way, WAY better. For FREE.
but living in the suburbs I'm not in a position to try it
Have you never heard of victory gardens? Your suburban lot would feed your whole family, and teach your kids invaluable life lessons. A mere generation ago, most of this nation gardened.
And while I am not 'suburban', my property is just under 1/2 acre... and whatever is garden is just that much more I don't have to mow. ; )
Congrats, roamer_1. I really like your thinking on this topic. I live in a city apartment so cannot grow my own stuff, but shop very carefully. Costs me a lot, but not as much as sickness would.
I need a neighbor like you. Having grown up on forty acres and living now on eight or a little better I can’t seem to get the hang of thinking small. I do know that a tiny plot that is cared for correctly will produce as much or more than an acre or two that is haphazardly worked.