ANN says the proverb means: “Run your own life the way you want to,
and let others do the same; be tolerant of differences” (Author
Not Named, undated, BookBrowse, bookbrowse.com).
Noted, that. Personally, an
agriculturist (UP Los Baños Ag Ed 1965),
I take it to mean much, much more than that, because I am aware that humans are
not alone in Mother Nature, that
when we do agriculture, we are dealing with a million lives! And these lives
are as important in the workings of the world as our lives are – whether we
realize it or not, our lives depend on those lives in many ways. Mother Nature exists
for us – we must exist for Mother Nature.
The image above, from BookBrowse, bookbrowse.com), says more:
“Live, Love, Explore, Travel, Laugh, Infinite, Venture, Everyone.” No exceptions!
People, aside from people, “Live and let live” is how I see the
workings of what has been termed as “Regenerative Agriculture” and which is
essentially “organic” in nature.
“Chemical Agriculture” (CA), the current worldwide mode, is the exact
opposite of organic agriculture. With chemical fertilizer, the farmer kills the
microorganisms in the soil – the farmer does NOT live and let live! With
chemical pesticides, the farmer kills the organisms, micro and macro, who feed
on the crops because they are “delicious” – they contain the unnatural
chemicals that the farmer has introduced through his chemical fertilizers. The farmer
thus becomes his own farming enemy. RA saves the farmer from his destructive
self!
I like to repeat my list of 13 RA:
1, Compost application
2, Cover cropping
3, Crop rotation
4, Farm crops + tree crops
5, Green manuring
6, Intercropping
7, Multiple cropping
8, No-till farming
9, Organic fertilization
10, Ratooning
11, “Three Sisters”
12, Trap cropping
13,
Trash mulching.
About the broad subject, Michelle Metech says (Britannica, britannica.com):
Regenerative
agriculture, alternative to modern industrial agriculture that prioritizes
conserving and rehabilitating the land, tailoring specific practices to local
ecosystems and climates. As with sustainable agriculture, regenerative
agriculture focuses on reducing the impact of production on the land, but
regenerative farming goes further by also actively improving the health of the
soil. According to an estimate by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
of the United Nations, more than half of farmland around the world is degraded.
Regenerative practices help protect farmers’ livelihoods, the global food
supply, biodiversity, and the health of the planet.
According
to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) group, if large-scale
regenerative agricultural practices were applied worldwide, greenhouse gas
emissions from agriculture could be greatly reduced,
About greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, do you believe the
UNCCD or not? My guess: Differently, you believe in Chemical Agriculture, so I
say, “You have the right to be wrong!”@517
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