III. No-Till Farming Systems - nifty

“No one has ever advanced a scientific reason for plowing.’’
“There is simply no need for plowing in the first instance.
And most of the operations that customarily follow the plowing are
entirely unnecessary, if the land has not been plowed.’’
“There is nothing wrong with our soil, except our
interference.”
“It can be said with considerable truth that the use of the plow
has actually destroyed the productiveness of our soils.”
Edward Faulkner
From Plowman’s Folly (1943)
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