Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:55:47 +0000

For centuries ancient humans used animal rotation, crop rotation, cover crop, and fallow years to maintain fertility on agricultural fields.

I'm not convinced any other farming system can promise that type of longevity except for food forests, which we also practice and don't differentiate spaces that are for food forests and those for something like wheat. We just grow wheat under fruit trees when we want to.

To me, it seems like mixing these resilient systems makes sense for food autonomy.