Scary, third of arable land lost in only 40 years

[NorthernRaider]

Did you se that Countryside show on the BBC last year ( maybe the year before) its called Countryfile, they did an article on Organic V Modern farming it left me stunned. Basically they went to an organic field that had not been sprayed in at least 5 years and ploughed it (1) the ground was wonderfully healthy with various assorted critters like worms, bugs, ladybirds etc and within minutes birds were following the plough eating the newly exposed critters. (2) Test of the soil showed it was thriving with bacterial colonies of good bacteria etc showing how insanely fertile the land was.

Next they ploughed and tested a modern field that was never left fallow, sprayed with pesticides, insecticide, fungicides and fertilised using chemicals made from oil (IIRC) There was almost no critters alive in the soil to aerate the soil or to be part of the food chain for birds and mammals, and the soil was borderline sterile when tested, No birds followed the plough as it tilled the land.

What can we do except hope and pray for a miracle or a pestilence to wipe out the large towns and cities,( what a dreadful thought)