The Roots of Your Profits - Dr Elaine Ingham, Soil Microbiologist, Founder of Soil Foodweb Inc

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters cite her as the explanation for why soil biology, not added fertilizer, drives plant nutrition and farm results.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Oxford Real Farming Conference

Topic

soil microbiology

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

19

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• >if neonicotinoids are a net win for agriculture The logic here seems to be that: * Farmers buy neonicotinoids. * Therefore, neonicotinoids have a net positive effect on agriculture. (in other words, like a good libertarian you are assuming that the market has complete/perfect/accurate information) …

• >Because the alternatives to neonicotinoids are broader-spectrum pesticides Well 'ere's yer problem! ;) You're starting off by assuming that agriculture must use pesticides to grow food. But is that really true? I submit to you that it is not. Furthermore, I submit that a food …

• > If I eat a banana that has potassium in it, it lends to the fact that it took potassium out of the soil. This is true. However the little-known fact is that healthy soil contains all the "machines" required to break down the abundant …