title: Sustainable farming with native rocks: the transition without revolution.
abstract: The development process which humanity passed through favored a series of conquests, reflected in the better quality of life and longevity, however, it also provoked upsets and severe transformation in the environment and in the human food security. Such process is driving the ecosystems to be homogeneous, and, therefore, the nutrients' supply, via nourishment. To change this panorama, the present work discusses the gains of incorporating the stonemeal technique as a strategic alternative to give back the essential fertile characteristics to the soils. This technology has the function of facilitating the rejuvenation of the soils and increasing the availability of the necessary nutrients to the full development of the plants which is a basic input for the proliferation of life in all its dimensions.
authors.affiliation: Dept Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada. pjfyfe@uwo.ca
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Fyfe
authors.forename: Othon H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Leonardos
authors.forename: Suzi H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Theodoro
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D005308:Fertilizers; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005308:Fertilizers; D012987:Soil