Robert Seago > writes
>In article >,
> Jim Webster > wrote:
>
>> "pearl" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> > 'Annual crops, grown in conventional systems, demand that the soil
>> > is cultivated. The very act of cultivating the soil serves to destroy
>> > organic matter,
>
>> now prove you understand what your talking about
>
>> explain how a plough, a metal bar dragged through the soil, can destroy
>> organic matter
>
>> Jim Webster
>I think it is fair to say that that action will pretty soon fundamentally
>change the balance of the different types of bacteria and fungi there, in
>terms of the loss of groundcover, increase in amount of air present,
>drying out, exposure to sun at surface level etc.
>
>Not that I think we have much choice to do things a lot different.
>

The explanation is quite simple and well known in agriculture for
decades. I am rather surprised the ecofreaks can't immediately state
what happens and why.

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This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious.