World Organic News - Mrjonmoore - Conservation Farming, Permaculture, Organic Gardening, Organic Farming, Climate Change.

LINKS CONTACT:  podcast@worldorganicnews.com FREE .PDF One Square Metre Garden: square@worldorganicnews.com Blog: www.worldorganicnews.com Virgil — Durn Fun Adventure Club - STL http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-fU1 Agroecology in Practice — AMELIA LAKE http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-fTN Feeding the World Sustainably: Agroecology vs. Industrial Agriculture — dcook4real http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-fTL **** This is the World Organic News for the week ending 23rd of October 2017. Jon Moore reporting! We begin this week with a one line post from the blog Durn Fun Adventure Club - STL Quote: “Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.” End Quote This is from the ancient Roman poet Virgil and bears much consideration. He was writing before humanity had a measure of pH yet soil type was connected to plant type. Acid soils for potatoes and blueberries, alkaline soils for legumes and neutral soils for most plants. Yes I understand Virgil saw neither a potato nor a blueberry as they are both New World plants but the statement holds true