{"id":45341,"date":"2020-04-09T19:10:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T19:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=45341"},"modified":"2020-04-09T19:12:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T19:12:35","slug":"progressive-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/04\/progressive-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Progressive agriculture<br \/>\nIs destruction all the way<br \/>\nOrganisms in the soil<br \/>\nThe gods and goddesses<br \/>\nHave always  known  the way<br \/>\nPesticides and herbicides<br \/>\nare horrors to behold<br \/>\nThe soil it cannot cope with them<br \/>\nWhy ofcourse it\u2019s sold<br \/>\nIs to imbalance NATURE<br \/>\nIt\u2019s an absurdity<br \/>\nAliens to the soil itself<br \/>\nAn utter travesty<br \/>\nFood to be authentic<br \/>\nIs never profit based<br \/>\nIt\u2019s grown with soul and energy<br \/>\nAnd the planet then is graced<br \/>\nWith empathy and compassion<br \/>\nThey knew how magick works<br \/>\nWhere in lies authenticity<br \/>\nWhere bugs and friendship lurks<\/p>\n<p>Listen biodynamics<br \/>\nA Teagarden I know<br \/>\nIn India on a mountain<br \/>\nNear Darjeeling<br \/>\nWhere The flow<br \/>\nOf character and compost<br \/>\nWhere a balance is achieved<br \/>\nWorking hard for Nature<br \/>\nNot the arrogance of man<br \/>\nWith organic preparations<br \/>\nAs part of their long term plan<br \/>\nInvesting in improving<br \/>\nPhotosynthesis.<br \/>\nIn progressive agriculture,<br \/>\nThe soil is a lifeless place<br \/>\nThe earth closed down upon itself<br \/>\nFriends we have to face<br \/>\nReality around us<br \/>\nThe evidence is here<br \/>\nThe intensity of flavours<br \/>\nNot something we should fear<br \/>\nThe solar source essential<br \/>\nLet gravity predominate<br \/>\nFor Wondrous crops are achievable<br \/>\nWhich  I am obliged to replicate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Progressive agriculture Is destruction all the way Organisms in the soil The gods and goddesses Have always known the way Pesticides and herbicides are horrors to behold The soil it cannot cope with them Why ofcourse it\u2019s sold Is to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/04\/progressive-agriculture\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-organic-food-trade-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45341"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45346,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45341\/revisions\/45346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}