What about using animals to help with weed control[1], for example ducks used in rice paddies[2] or weeder geese?
Also mulching and growing cover crops alongside and in succession with our crops [3] prevents weeds without as much labor as traditional wedding. For example planting clover around crops, which stays short and fixes nitrogen while competing with weeds.
I wish we would spend more time rethinking our industrial farming practices, rather than try to prop them up with diesel burning robots.
Also mulching and growing cover crops alongside and in succession with our crops [3] prevents weeds without as much labor as traditional wedding. For example planting clover around crops, which stays short and fixes nitrogen while competing with weeds.
I wish we would spend more time rethinking our industrial farming practices, rather than try to prop them up with diesel burning robots.
[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236942635_Grazing_A... [2] https://web-japan.org/trends01/article/021022sci_r.html [3] https://eorganic.org/node/2535