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Can we agree on a definition of mining the soil?
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Kooiker
Posted 1/4/2026 00:10 (#11496131 - in reply to #11496126)
Subject: RE: Can we agree on a definition of mining the soil?



Blusteryknollfarm - 1/4/2026 00:07
AVP_Matt - 1/3/2026 16:27 Thats still a finite amount to me. Everyone argues about sustainability, but if you cant do a certain practice into perpetuity, its not sustainable by definition.
I largely agree with you on everything you said here, but have to point out that the commercial and K fertilizer that gets used is mined from finite sources so we can't keep on fertilizing with removal rates and be sustainable either.




The only thing that could be sustainable is if everything (waste) is returned to where it came from, but that's hardly practical for a population that is largely urban.

Livestock operations can get closer to being sustainable with manure being returned but still not everything is going back on the field.

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