Chemical vs. Organic Fertilizers

Written By Good Earth Garden School

Author Ellen Vande Visse

What are the problems with chemical fertilizers? (Also called salt-based or petroleum-based, or synthesized fertilizers.)

When we use salt fertilizers on crop land & we inadvertently:

  1. scald soil microbes

  2. burn up soil carbon

  3. break up mycorrhizal networks

  4. make crops thirsty, water, and weak

  5. which produce less yield

  6. which invites pests and diseases

  7. which further seduces us into using more of the same fertilizer

  8. which further seduces us into a dangerous dance with poisons

Good Earth Garden School

Good Earth Garden School provides education, resources, and products to help gardeners and farmers grow using regenerative, organic methods that restore the health of the soil, plants, people, and the planet. Learn practical approaches to building healthy soil, making organic fertilizers, managing pests naturally, composting, growing nutrient-dense food, and practicing carbon farming.

Founder, author, and educator Ellen Vande Visse, M.S., shares a lifetime of knowledge and hands-on experience through courses that integrate the science and spirit of regenerative growing. The school also offers a rich collection of free educational resources and carefully selected products, including Ellen’s acclaimed book, Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardener’s Guide.

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