An Ecofarmer's Discovery: How the soil really works

by Ewan Campbell

“What started as making observations on the farm and then enquiring into how things work and why has turned into an investigation that has taken up a fair chunk of my life. The main driving force on the farm was to always and I mean always get better at whatever we were trying to achieve. Enduring “poor” soils to allow us to have a beautiful place to live certainly was enough to start with, but the increasing degradation of soils, rivers and our health were becoming more and more evident across the country and the world. I was able to visit and inspect so many farms all over New Zealand and many other countries so I had plenty to think about with the issues that were arising, and when these issues kept coming up as a recurring theme it gave me a chance to link the circumstances to the outcomes. So many of these outcomes ARE NOT even considered by what you would call conventional agriculture. Research is only based on the ability to profit from selling the farmer products. There is NO other reason within the Universities and Research Centres to actually function. Apart from a few that have put their careers on the line for the sake of humanity, the institutions function on MONEY. Fundamentally this may be why farmers may be very cynical of new ideas as they’ve been the target of salesmen for a long time. My Grandfather emphasised this to my father more “than once in one of his sayings “The Farmers a Great Mark!”

167 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 2, 2020

About the author

Ewan Campbell is a New Zealand farmer who asked questions about his farm soil. The answers came flooding in and along the way he discovered the presence of electricity in the soil - Probitas. Ewan has a knack of supporting his discovery and observation with science. Farming is so much more than ‘dirt’ and his principles can be applied around the world.

Reviews

[Cat M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible look at soils and nutrition in agriculture