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 “Pesticides...and pollution are major...factors in the...decline of...soil organisms.”

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 Regenerative agriculture can be a much better choice, if possible.  Here’s how: 

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1. No till - “Minimize soil disturbance: ...farmers seed directly into the soil.

2. Maintain soil cover: farmers leave crop residues after harvesting, or grow cover crops.

3. Manage crop rotation: farmers change what is grown and where.”

 

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 Chemical fertilizers use methane gas to make nitrogen, which has helped produce

 an agricultural bounty for the past century!  However, methane and nitrous oxide

 pollute air and water - increasingly more every year. 

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 “By [replacing]...chemical fertilisers...with high-quality organic fertilisers, half...

  of agricultural ghg emissions could be prevented while simultaneously building” healthy soil. 

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 “Another major intervention point” would be to promote “pasture grazing.” 

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 These methods “protect [the] soil, avoid emissions...sequester carbon,”

 and help keep local watersheds clean.

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 One example:  "Agroforestry is a land use management system in which trees or shrubs

 are grown around or among crops or pastureland." 

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 Also see: Agrivoltaics regarding bees and broccoli!

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 Regenerative farming may not work for everyone, however: 

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 “When fields aren’t tilled, pesticides are often used to kill weeds."

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 Some “farmers who planted...cover crops in a given year, failed to do so in subsequent years.”