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[–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

I thought no-till was a thing because soil erosion was becoming a crisis, the co2 storage just seemed like a bonus. The research focused on commercial corn and soy farms, the insane amount of pesticides used probably say more about commercial farms than about no-till in general.
Then they reference some meta analysis that has mixed results about co2 storage.
Idk man, imma put this one in the keep an eye on it until a subject matter expert chimes in pile.

Edit: so Dr. Eldridge that wrote the article has a PhD in soil science, so I assume he knows wtf he is talking about. I still think the takeaway here is commercial farms are run by greedy bastards and maybe the way we define what counts as no-till is just as dumb as the way we define "organic food".

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    What's dumb about the way we define organic food?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Forgive my US centric perspective but here the organic label doesn't require much scrutiny, allegedly it is trivial to become 100% USDA certified organic while still using pesticides and fertilizers. I honestly haven't dug into it much but based on how everything else works here I assume the organic label is just a way to charge 2x as much for the same product.

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