Perennials Trump Annuals. Stay with me here. A perennial is a plant that doesn’t go through its life cycle in one year. Trees, grass, asparagus—these are perennials. Annuals need to be planted every year—corn, soybeans, sugarcane, cotton, wheat, rice. Guess which ones our taxpayers subsidize? Only annuals. But in God’s template, perennials rule; annuals take a backseat. Carbon-Cycling. Until the last few decades, the world ran on solar-driven carbon cycles. Deep, fertile soils built up under herbivores, rest, and disturbance cycles. Chemical fertilizers have and always will be completely
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