What Makes the Healthiest Soils Black? – JP031
We’ve stated before that its scientifically true that the healthiest soils are black. We give the how and the what behind the Why.
* Works Referenced:* Black Soils are key to achieving Zero Hunger and for climate change adaptation* Harbin Communique* Launching the International Network of Black Soils* International Symposium on Black Soils* 2nd Meeting of the INBS* Humus* Exudates* Glomalin* Humic Acid* Fulvic Acid* Arbuscular Mycorrhizae* My google search for why does lightning happen (no quotes)* UCAR page on thunder and lightning * Why
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Transcript (automated)
Peace,
I am Mason Olonade and this is Jìgìjìgì: Africulture Podcast. Here we believe building a healthy soil builds a healthy soul, so we share strategies for how to do both. To do both we ask two questions: How do you grow while you grow Kale, Collards, Tomatoes, and Melons. And why, do you think, the healthiest soils are Black?
Today we ask a 3rd question.:What makes the healthiest soils Black?
The Former Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations states in a video message to participants of the International Symposium on Black Soil, “Black soils constitute the food basket of many countries, and are very important for the world as a whole. Their high organic matter content puts black soils amongst the most productive soils in the world.”
In an article titled “Black Soils are the Key to Achieving Zero Hunger and for Climate Change Adaptation” the F.A.O. writes, “Black soils refers to many different soil types that often contain a moderate to high content in organic matter. This, with carbon as its main component, is crucial to soil health and fertility,