A well-intentioned thought. There is indeed a lot of corn. Dedicated fields are valuable, and practical. We just need to find better use for them. 🙂
It’s far easier said than done, but I would love to see fields of industrial hemp! It would clean the soil, water, and sky. Hemp has so many uses. We can wear it, our clothing would be stronger & last longer…I’m telling you, it would be worth a try.
I’m picturing a field of potatoes, beans and hemp laid out in optimized patterns and never 100% harvested. Throw in patches of natives and flowers and some shading solar panels you’d be really cookin… If feasable to totally no till and if it worked, after season, bring in some cows to clear the dead beans and after a few days, chickens to feast upon the poo-munchin invertabrates. Do soil maintenance if necessary… Add fruit trees for the lullz.
Harvesting would have to be really clever…
I bet after a decade or so, upkeep costs woild optimize.
Oh hush; it’s my naive fantasy and I can do what I want.
A well-intentioned thought. There is indeed a lot of corn. Dedicated fields are valuable, and practical. We just need to find better use for them. 🙂
It’s far easier said than done, but I would love to see fields of industrial hemp! It would clean the soil, water, and sky. Hemp has so many uses. We can wear it, our clothing would be stronger & last longer…I’m telling you, it would be worth a try.
I’m picturing a field of potatoes, beans and hemp laid out in optimized patterns and never 100% harvested. Throw in patches of natives and flowers and some shading solar panels you’d be really cookin… If feasable to totally no till and if it worked, after season, bring in some cows to clear the dead beans and after a few days, chickens to feast upon the poo-munchin invertabrates. Do soil maintenance if necessary… Add fruit trees for the lullz. Harvesting would have to be really clever… I bet after a decade or so, upkeep costs woild optimize.
Oh hush; it’s my naive fantasy and I can do what I want.