Abstract
Geological agriculture or GeoAg shows us how to use the rocks of the Earth to produce food and improve water health. For over 25-years, Richard Campbell and his family have been studying and refining GeoAg, growing over 100 plant types in rocks without the use of fertilizers and soil. Today, over 2,000 people from Atlanta, Washington, DC, and New York have been trained in the basics of GeoAg, enhancing access to nutrition in food insecure zones. The rules of agriculture with rocks are very different that the rules of agriculture with soil, fertilizers, and or hydroponically. Campbell has documented his family’s twenty-five year experience with GeoAg in the book River Stones Grow Plants with includes contrbutions from Tennessee State University and George Washington University. This book outlines the rules of geological agriculture. With rock types having varying nutrient output values, Campbell and his team of university partners have to recreate a similar book for each country using the rocks of the specifc country, using local seeds. With the advent of GeoAg governments and countries can technically and appropriately address many of the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals. We start with testing local rocks and showing populations how to grow microgreens and sprouts in rocks delivering food access in fourteen days. We continue with sharing indoor and outdoor GeoAg low cost micro-farming techniques and knowledge in how to grow an full array of plants. Those who know about GeoAg methodologies can technically address hunger relatively quickly as rocks are abundant.
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Environment, Agriculture, Food Security, Climate, Health, Water Quality, Education
