Primate Change – How We Can Help Queen Mother Earth Fight Climate Change

The United Nations (UN) has always been Negative about Climate Change, while I have always been Positive about Primate Change!

In 2007, I blogged, “The Boys Who Cried Wolf. Stop The Fire. Stay The Ice. Start The Peace[1]” (07 Feb, Frank A Hilario, Blogspot.com). Referring to the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), I wrote: “In relation to data in the past 250 years, it has been seen that: There is global warming….” 2007 was the year Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize because of his one-man campaign against global warming/climate change.

14 years and the globe keeps warming.
To stop Climate Change,
we need Primate Change!

On 31 March 2007, I blogged, “Primate Change? Or Climate Change? You Choose![2]” – The Blogal Village Voice” (The American Frank, WordPress.com).

We primates have notchanged. And so we have the IPCC reporting, “Devastating Floods, Heat, Droughts To Worsen In PH For Next 30 Years – UN Report[3]” (12 August 2021, Pia Ranada, Rappler.com). Ms Pia says:

Hitting 1.5ºC warming will bring “extreme events unprecedented in the observational record” in different parts of the world, says the report.

Humans have spewed so much greenhouse gases into the atmosphere that catastrophic floods, rains, heatwaves, and drought will keep worsening in the Philippines for the next 30 years, no matter what steps we take today to slash emissions.

The IPCC is telling us global catastrophes “will keep worsening … no matter what steps we take today to slash emission.” I reject that science!

My science tells me otherwise. I sing what Joan Baez sang in 1965: “We Shall Overcome[4].”

And my science is? Regenerative Agriculture. Here is Kaitlyn Ersek enumerating the “top 5 benefits of regenerative agriculture[5]” (28 February 2019, Holganix.com):

Building soil health
Maintaing crop yeild
Increasing crop resilience
Improving farm profitability
Helping solve climate change.

Yes, the original #2 reads thus, “Maintaing crop yeild” – we all have to be careful not only with our science but also our English. It should read: “Maintaining crop yield.” This is a UP Los Baños agriculturist, and longtime Editor In Chief, speaking.

Nonetheless, I’m extremely glad that Ms Kaitlyn begins her regenerative list with “Building soil health,” because, personally, I believe, that that is where intelligent agriculture begins.

CropForLifealso lists 5 benefits of regenerative agriculture[6] (Team CFL, “Advantages And Disadvantages Of Regenerative Agriculture,” 11 August 2021, Cropforlife.com), and these are: “(1) Keep soil covered. (2) Maintain living root(s) year-round. (3) Minimize soil disturbance. (4) Integrate livestock. (5) Maximize crop diversity.”

Comparing the Holganix and CropForLife lists, I see that they both begin with soil health. And neither mentions “higher” crop yield – “maintaining crop yield” with organic substances is enough.

The science proves that regenerative agriculture begins with soil health. Starting 55 years ago, with my instructions, my brother-in-law & grade-schooler Inso Casasus in my hometown Asingan, Pangasinan, consistently showed that buildingthe organic matter of the soil increases rice yield automatically – dramatically!@517


[1]http://frankahilario.blogspot.com/2007/02/boys-who-cried-wolf_6391.html?q=see+my+essay

[2]https://theamericanfrank.wordpress.com/

[3]https://www.rappler.com/environment/devastating-floods-heat-droughts-worsen-philippines-united-nations-climate-change-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3SIvaFUNNOKjW1GHM6vVHna3tTFQfsE82P2J7fjYXIoLGhHYiRMeotKr0#Echobox=1639822504

[4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM39QUiAsoM

[5]https://www.holganix.com/blog/top-5-benefits-of-regenerative-agriculture-infographic

[6]https://cropforlife.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-regenerative-agriculture/

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