Nearly 50% of waste burned @ Pockwood Pond is compostable- Aragorn A. Dick-Read
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Mr Dick-Read, who owns Good Moon Farm and is also a world-renowned artist and sculptor, was at the time a guest on the June 10, 2024, edition of Talking Points on ZBVI 780AM.
According to Mr Aragorn, the key to sustainable and regenerative agriculture is composting, which the VI can do. “I’m making compost, I’m making soil out of debris,” he added while sharing that trucks are usually seen loaded with debris heading to Pockwood Pond on a daily basis.
“Nearly 50% of what we are burning up there in Pockwood Pond is compostable organic material… between 40-50 percent."
He added, “We’re smoking our neighbours down there with stuff that we can be feeding our soil with, so that’s the sort of crux to the crisis… we’ve gone to the point where we are burning the goodness.”
Regenerative agriculture uses old techniques but modern non-chemical, no fossil fuel-based additives. It is concerned with using compost, manure, and the lunar planting cycle which is used to regenerate old plantation areas such as hillsides, and terraces in the VI.
Food Security
Mr Dick-Read previously said that due to globalisation, since around the 60s, VI has been importing food in a misguided approach towards feeding the population and this approach, he added, is not the fault of a single individual; rather, a shift in the global landscape.
During Talking Points, he said when it comes to food security; however, it’s a dubious phrase that can also mean importing food.
He said the VI should look at food sovereignty, which is a powerful force concerned with providing for yourself and being in charge of your own food delivery.
He said the VI is now in a social economic environment; however, that is not conducive to food sovereignty over a dependence of fossil fuels and office lifestyle.
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Why do these politicians spout all this nonsense them?