Annual crops are wastefull, and need to be replanted each season
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from an article published on october 22 (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/opinion/bittman-now-this-is-natural-food.html) Wes Jackson, at 77 a farmer and scholar, pushes the idea of Perennial Polyculture farms. These farms will closer resemble plant growth in nature and has “ecological stability.” This is a style of agriculture that is revolutionary. Since the beginning of farming we have always used an Annual Monoculture, which is to say it needs to be replanted every spring. If the idea catches on, farms will begin to rely less on chemical fertilizers and pesticides, stop the need to tear up the soil every year, and reduce the pollution of our number 2 source of greenhouse gases, land use.
