Report highlights importance of composting

摘要

Modern agricultural practices around the world, including those used in Australia and New Zealand, have relied on chemical fertilisers to boost crops to help feed an escalating population. But while this has helped increase the quantity of produce, ithas reduced quality and damaged soils and the environmem. One way to rejuvenate poor soils is to implement a composting strategy. "The earth neither grows old or wears out if it is dunged." (Columella 45 AD) If you have ever been to the Plaza de las Flores in Cadiz, Spain, you will have noticed a large statue of Lucio Junio Moderate Columella. In his left hand he holds a sickle while gazing out across the square. The sickle gives it away.